Today’s NYT Strands Tips, Answers and Help for January 13 #316

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Today Wires puzzle is kind of fun. We all know times like 5 o’clock or 3:30 PM, but there are many ways to indicate the time of day that are not numerical, and this puzzle really makes you dig for those. If you need suggestions and answers, read on.

Also, go in depth on the rules for Strands in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands topic is: Hole food

If that doesn’t help, here’s a hint: salt and poppy are other varieties.

Hint words to unlock hints in the game

Your goal is to find the hidden words that fit the theme of the puzzle. If you are stuck, find all the words you can. Whenever you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get these suggestions, but any four or more letter words you find will work:

• BEEN, SAW, REEL, BEER, READ, SEVEN, SAME, MAIL, REVEL, SEVER

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that link to the topic. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (originally I thought there were always eight, but I learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram responses:

• PLAIN, ALL, SESAME, RAISIN, BLUEBERRY, EVERYTHING

Strands spangram of today

Today’s Spangram of Strands is BAGELS. To find it, start with the B that is four letters in the far right row, and stretch and up.