{
  "id": 7915307,
  "title": "Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 17, #928",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-sept-17-928-7915307",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:09:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CNET",
    "slug": "cnet",
    "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-sept-17-928-2/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today's NYT Strands puzzle features a theme of \"A little comic relief.\" To help solve the puzzle, here are some hints and answers.\n\nIf you're struggling, look for words like \"Doonesbury\" or \"Cathy.\" Any words with four or more letters will work to earn hints. For every three words found, Strands will reveal one of the theme words.\n\nThe goal is to find all the answers, including the \"spangram,\" a theme word that runs from one side of the puzzle to the other. Once you've found all the words, every letter on the board will be used.\n\nHere are the nonspangram answers for today's Strands puzzle:\n- The funnypages\n\nThe spangram for this puzzle is THEFUNNYPAGES. To find it, start with the T at the far left of the grid and navigate down, over, and then down again.",
  "summary": "Here are hints and the answers for today’s NYT Strands puzzle for Sept. 17, 2026.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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        "outlet": "CNET",
        "title": "Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Sept. 17, #928",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/todays-nyt-strands-hints-answers-and-help-for-sept-17-928",
        "published": "2026-09-17T00:09:46.000Z"
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}