It has been fairly noticeable that the New York Times (NYT) games are slowly declining in quality. Whether it be due to the fact that the creators are running out of ideas or are just growing lazy, the games the past few weeks have been lackluster. This theory can be applied to several of the NYT games including Connections, Wordle, and the Mini Crossword where the hints have been either confusing or mindless. For example, most recently on Feb. 23, 2024, the Mini Crossword presented players with the hint, “Fittingly, it shares the same first two letters with slow and slimy” leading players to play a guessing game to determine which one out of 28 words containing four letters and beginning with “sl” is the correct answer (thankfully the across hints were decent enough for this hint to not throw off the time of completion by too much).
Fortunately, for the students at GHS we here at the Paw Print have crafted our own “M(organ, addie, allory, carter)ini crossword”, “Connections”, and the newest NYT game “Strands” with exceptional hints:

Down
Logan and jake_____
My tummy ________
Can be followed by “ you” or “ful”
Plural of a person soliciting custom or business
2016 snapchat stories

Across
Krabby _______
sound before “Bless you”
Moving company
At a slow tempo – especially in music
And i oop

Connections

Yellow: flash, falcon, buck, beaver (college mascots)
Green: fluff, shoot, dang, witch (replacement cuss words)
Blue: flip, snap, freak, bananas (to lose your mind)
Purple: Great, Mice, Kill, Pride (First non-article words of famous novels)

Strands
Today’s Theme: How Sweet!!!