Issue #329 Sat 21 Sep
Strands hints — September 21, 2024
Saturday brings a grid that asks you to find your place in the crowd. Take a breath and look for the spaces where the sound is loudest.
Theme 3 reveals
Today's theme
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open, spilling colored light and bass into the street.
Places for live music performance
SPACES FOR MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
Spangram 4 nudges · 12 letters
The connector word
Compound single word
12 letters.
Starts with C, ends with E.
CONCERTVENUE
Group hint 1 reveal
Show all starting letters
Starting letters
- 1 A (5 letters)
- 2 F (8 letters)
- 3 N (9 letters)
- 4 S (7 letters)
- 5 T (7 letters)
Group hint 1 reveal
Show the first two letters of each
First two letters
- 1 AR (5 letters)
- 2 FE (8 letters)
- 3 NI (9 letters)
- 4 ST (7 letters)
- 5 TH (7 letters)
Theme word 1 of 5 5 nudges · 5 letters
A theme word
A vast, open-air bowl where the sound bounces off the rafters.
5 letters.
Starts with A.
Starts with AR.
ARENA
Theme word 2 of 5 5 nudges · 8 letters
A theme word
A multi-day affair in a field where you lose your shoes in the mud.
8 letters.
Starts with F.
Starts with FE.
FESTIVAL
Theme word 3 of 5 5 nudges · 9 letters
A theme word
Dark corners, sticky floors, and a line that stretches around the block.
9 letters.
Starts with N.
Starts with NI.
NIGHTCLUB
Theme word 4 of 5 5 nudges · 7 letters
A theme word
Where the lawnmower lives, where the mail piles up, where the kids hide.
7 letters.
Starts with S.
Starts with ST.
STADIUM
Theme word 5 of 5 5 nudges · 7 letters
A theme word
Velvet seats and a heavy curtain that rises to reveal the stage.
7 letters.
Starts with T.
Starts with TH.
THEATER