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NYT Strands #274 hints for Monday, December 2, 2024
A game-specific report published December 1, 2024, gives the following hints for this board. The clue-token words are reported hints, not theme answers:
- Theme: “Beatlemania!”
- Unofficial thematic hint: “One-word tracks.”
- Clue-token words: GRID, TILT, BACK, LOITER, VOTER, GRITTED, and MATE.
- Spangram clue: It starts with S and ends with S.
The report describes its author noticing an X in the grid before finding TAXMAN, then REVOLUTION and HELP; YESTERDAY came more readily, while BLACKBIRD took longer. That is the author’s solving account, not a verified tile-by-tile route, so it does not establish where any answer sits on the board.
Spoilers: Strands #274 spangram and answers
Stop here if you want to solve the board first. The game-specific report identifies the spangram and theme answers as:
- Spangram: SONGTITLES
- Theme answers: TAXMAN, REVOLUTION, HELP, YESTERDAY, and BLACKBIRD
The board’s connecting idea is Beatles song titles, consistent with the “Beatlemania!” theme and the “One-word tracks” hint. The answer key above comes from the game-specific report; the Beatles’ official discography provides separate music context. Its Red and Blue album announcement lists “Yesterday” and “Help!” on 1962–1966, and “Taxman,” “Revolution,” and “Blackbird” on 1967–1970. The Beatles’ official song pages also identify “Taxman” as a track on Revolver and “Yesterday” as a song recorded for Help!.
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