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The Tuesday, May 13, 2025 NYT Strands puzzle is game #436. Its theme clue is “Keep on keeping on.” If you want a nudge before seeing the answers, the spangram is 10 letters long and stretches from the left edge at row 4 to the right edge at row 5, according to TechRadar.
Hints for Strands #436
Theme clue
“Keep on keeping on.” The theme words are all connected to continuing or making it through something.
Words to find for in-game hints
Try BEGS, PEST, SALT, DUNE, PATE, and SNORE. Finding three valid words that are not theme answers earns an in-game hint.
Spangram clue
The spangram has 10 letters. TechRadar reports that it touches the left side of the grid at row 4 and the right side at row 5.
How Strands hints work
Strands is played on a 6-by-8 grid. The spangram expresses the puzzle theme and connects two opposite edges; together, it and the theme words use the board’s letters. A hint highlights the letters belonging to an unsolved theme word, but you still need to trace the word through the grid. See the NYT Strands rules reference.
Spoilers: May 13, 2025 answers
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Spangram: STAY STRONG (also shown as STAYSTRONG).
Theme words: ABIDE, ENDURE, LAST, PERSEVERE, PERSIST, SURVIVE.
The date and answer set are also reported by Try Hard Guides. The two answer pages agree on the spangram and all six theme words; the NYT puzzle page was not directly retrievable for confirmation.
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