Hints, answers, and help in today’s New York Times, October 16, #592

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New York Times Today Branches The puzzle is fun, but it tricked me at first. I wondered if it was about awards categories, or newspaper sections, but it wasn’t. Some of the answers are a bit difficult to decipher, so if you need hints and answers, keep reading.

I delve into the rules of the threads in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands topic is: The category is…

If that doesn’t help, here’s a guide: Consider a trivial pursuit.

Keywords to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find the hidden words that fit the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, search for any words you can find. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the keywords. These are the words I used to get those hints but any four or more letter words you find will work:

nats, story, chat, sees, gone, stop, then, toss, jewels, mess, rot, caps, spot, pots, storm, looks, trot, chart

Today’s Strands Puzzle Answers

These are the answers that relate to the topic. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, which is a thematic word that connects from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (I initially thought there were always eight but learned the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-Spanish answers: