NYT Strands May 12 Answer Revealed: ‘Quite the Pair’ Puzzle Had a Fancy Pants Twist
NEW YORK, May 13, 2026, 07:04 EDT Tuesday’s Strands (#800) from The New York Times landed on a clothing motif: the spangram was FANCYPANTS, and the rest of the theme words—TUXEDO, PALAZZO, HAREM, GAUCHO, TOREADOR, SAILOR—also traced back to pants. The puzzle’s hint, “Quite the pair,” turned out to reference trousers instead of, say, duos or lookalikes. (TechRadar) Timing here
