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For the New York Times Strands puzzle published July 28, 2024, the theme is “Daily delivery,” with the clue “Extra, extra!” The spangram is NEWSPAPER. If you want to solve it yourself first, start with the hints below; the complete answer list is farther down.
Hints for Strands #147
Theme clue
“Extra, extra!” points toward newspapers and the names of publications.
Spangram and direction
The spangram is NEWSPAPER. The answer page’s directional hint is to start at the N three letters in from the far left and wind down. This is a clue from the 2024 answer page, not a live-board check.
Earn in-game hints
Non-theme words of four or more letters that fit the grid can earn hints. Examples listed for this board include PARE, REAP, SPAN, SPAR, SPARE, TIRE, LITE, BILE, CHOIR, and RITE; they are examples, not the only acceptable words.
How Strands hints work
In the rules described by the 2024 answer page, players trace the letters of a word in order and submit it. Finding three qualifying words that are not part of the theme reveals a theme-word hint; further sets can help reveal its letters. The spangram is a theme word that stretches from one side of the grid to the other, and the completed theme set uses every board letter. These instructions are reported from that answer page and have not been independently checked against the current app.
Full answer list for July 28, 2024
Spoilers below: the following are all the listed answers for puzzle #147.
- Spangram: NEWSPAPER
- GLOBE
- HERALD
- TIMES
- TRIBUNE
- JOURNAL
- CHRONICLE
Which July 28 puzzle is this?
This is the historical Strands puzzle #147 published on July 28, 2024—not a puzzle from a later July 28. The answer list and board guidance here come from a 2024 secondary answer page; they are not presented as an independently verified NYT archive record.
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