NYT Strands Hints and Answers for September 24, 2025 (#570)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of September 24, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
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Hints for September 24, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Lip service
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Lip service”. Read it loosely: the 8 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are F, G, G, P, S, S, S, S. Several share a starting letter (G, S).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5 and 5 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 5.
SpangramThe spangram
EXPRESSIONS
It is a single word of 11 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with E, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- GAPE4 letters
- GRIN4 letters
- POUT4 letters
- FROWN5 letters
- SCOWL5 letters
- SMILE5 letters
- SMIRK5 letters
- SNEER5 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.