NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, October 11 (game #952)

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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

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NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

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Hint #1: Today's theme
Hint #2: Clue words
Hint #3: Spangram letters
Hint #4: Spangram position
Today's answers

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A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 10 (game #951).

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #952) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… They don’t make ‘em like they used to

NYT Strands today (game #952) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

LARGE
BOXES
PRAM
RETOLD
SLOT
GORE

NYT Strands today (game #952) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 12 letters

NYT Strands today (game #952) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

• First side: top, 3rd column

• Last side: bottom, 4th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #952) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 952 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #952, are…

PAGER
ICEBOX
INKWELL
TYPEWRITER
TELEGRAM
SPANGRAM: OLDFASHIONED

My rating: Hard
My score: Perfect

I am old enough to remember when the heft of your Filofax demonstrated the level of your success — much as today the number of your social media followers, regardless of how many of them are AI bots, is a measure of self worth.

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It’s all, of course, just a phase, as this selection is redundant — as once cutting-edge technology demonstrates.

Annoyingly I got OLDFASHIONED after spotting PAGER and ICEBOX (I really thought that X was going to be a fax machine) and regret that I didn’t spend longer trying to add to my Spangram First collection.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, October 10, game #951)

HONEY
SYRUP
TREACLE
MOLLASSES
GRENADINE
SPANGRAM: STICKYANDSWEET

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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