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Today’s NYT Poisons puzzle has a difficult subject. Some of the answers are difficult to decipher, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I’m going to go deep into the rules for Strands in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

The current Strands theme is: In the key

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Special characters.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find the hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, look up any words you can. Every time 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 the hints but any words of four or more letters you can find will work:

• RISE, TEAR, RILE, RAILS, RILED, DESIRE, DESIRES, BRAT, BRAT, RACK, RACKET, TACK, BACK, HASH, BASH, RASH, RISK, RISKO

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers tied to the theme. The object of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that extends from one side of the puzzle to the other. Once you have them all (at first I thought there would always be eight but found out the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-spangram responses:

• CARET, TILDE, BRACKET, HASHTAG, ASTERISK, UNDERSCORE

Current Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram SYMBOL. To find it, start with the S five letters down in the far left row, and work your way up.

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