NYT Strands #779 for April 21, 2026: theme "Risky business," spangram DAREDEVILS. Full theme words and walkthrough.
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NYT Strands #779 for April 21, 2026: theme "Risky business," spangram DAREDEVILS. Full theme words and walkthrough.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands puzzle #779 ran on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, under the theme “Risky business.” The grid hid five synonyms for daring and courageous, all connected by a 10-letter Spangram naming the people who embody that spirit.
Yesterday’s five theme words were BOLD, COURAGEOUS, ADVENTUROUS, GUTSY, and INTREPID. BOLD was the most accessible entry — four letters, common, instantly recognisable as a synonym for bravery. GUTSY stands out as the informal register outlier; players working through more formal synonyms like COURAGEOUS and INTREPID often skipped it. ADVENTUROUS, at 11 letters, is the longest theme word and straightforward to spot once the shorter entries are found. INTREPID is the trickiest — less common in everyday speech and easy to mis-scan in the grid.
The Spangram was DAREDEVILS. A daredevil is a reckless, fearless person who performs dangerous stunts — precisely the “risky business” the theme describes. At 10 letters, it ran edge to edge across the grid. Finding the five theme words first left DAREDEVILS’s path clear across the board.
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