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Today’s NYT Pinch Puzzle is fun but tricky. Even after I had solved a few answers, I didn’t really understand the theme, although it eventually came to me. (Answer below.) If you need tips and answers, read on.
I go into this story in terms of directions.
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A hint for today’s pinch puzzle
Today’s directions topic is: Better than good in the area
If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Tony the Tiger says so.
Fixed words to unlock the game
Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you get stuck, find all the words you can. Each time you find three words with four letters or more, Strand will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get these hints, but any four-letter or more words you have will work:
- Seats, seats, grams, grams, plate, plates, peas, nuts, plate, plate, lake, then, mind, great, stone, tone
Answers to today’s pinch puzzle
These are the answers that are related to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. Once you have them all (I initially thought there were always eight, but I learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-spangram answers:
- Monkeys, aunts, lakes, minds, plains, hopes
Today’s strand spangram
Today’s Spangram is They are cut in the Area All answers can take into account the word “great”, such as great plains or great aunt. To find the spangram, look for the T, which is the leftmost letter in the top row, and wind.
