NYT Strands Answer Today (#928) β 17 Sep 2026 Solution & Hints
- About Today’s Strands
- Today’s Theme
- General Hints
- Spangram Length
- Spangram Orientation
- Spangram First & Last Letters
- First & Last Letters of All Words
- Spangram (Click to Reveal)
- Spangram Definition (Click to Reveal)
- Sample Words (Click to Reveal)
- Full Solution (Click to Reveal)
- Definitions of All Words (Click to Reveal)
About Today’s Strands
Puzzle #928 (published September 17, 2026). One special word β the Spangram β spans the grid and ties the theme together.
Today’s Theme
Theme: A little comic relief
General Hints
- Each answer here doubles as the name of a long-running syndicated newspaper strip.
- Every hidden word belongs to that section of the paper kids used to flip to first, right after checking the sports scores.
- Some of these strips have been making readers chuckle since the days of black-and-white television.
Spangram Length
The Spangram has 13 letters and is three words.
Spangram Orientation
The Spangram runs diagonally, touching the top-left corner and the bottom-right corner of the grid.
Spangram First & Last Letters
Begins with T and ends with S.
Pattern preview (length-obscured): T___S
Note: We always display first/last letters as X___Y with three underscores, regardless of true length.
First & Last Letters of All Words
- Word 1: Z___Y
- Word 2: M___S
- Word 3: Z___S
- Word 4: P___S
- Word 5: B___E
- Word 6: P___S
Spangram preview: T___S
Spangram
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THE FUNNY PAGES
Spangram Definition
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THE FUNNY PAGES β the nickname for the section of a newspaper devoted to comic strips.
Example: “Grandpa always saved the funny pages for last, after he’d finished his coffee and the crossword.”
Sample Words
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- ZIPPY
- BLONDIE
Full Solution
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Theme: A little comic relief
Spangram: THE FUNNY PAGES
All words:
- ZIPPY
- MUTTS
- ZITS
- PICKLES
- BLONDIE
- PEANUTS
- THE FUNNY PAGES (Spangram)
Definitions of All Words
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- ZIPPY β a surreal, long-running strip starring a philosophical pinhead clown.
- MUTTS β a warm-hearted strip that follows the daily lives of a scruffy dog and his feline neighbor.
- ZITS β a strip built around the chaos of raising a teenager, told largely from his point of view.
- PICKLES β a gentle strip about the everyday antics of an elderly married couple.
- BLONDIE β one of the longest-running strips in print, centered on a suburban family and its sandwich-loving patriarch.
- PEANUTS β the classic strip following a round-headed boy, his beagle, and their circle of childhood friends.
- THE FUNNY PAGES β the nickname for the section of a newspaper devoted to comic strips.
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