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NYT Strands — September 30, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid is full of items you'd find in a shop for musicians.
Hint 2 of 5
Every non-spangram word is an instrument or an accessory used to play one.
Hint 3 of 5
One entry clips onto a guitar neck to change its pitch; another is a small flat tool used to strum strings.
Hint 4 of 5
The spangram names the type of shop where you'd buy all these items.
Hint 5 of 5
Look for AMPLIFIER, CAPO, DRUMS, GUITAR, PIANO, PICK and SYNTH, all spanned by MUSICSTORE.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
An instrumental destination
MUSICSTORE
AMPLIFIER · CAPO · DRUMS · GUITAR · PIANO · PICK · SYNTH
This puzzle by the numbers
- 10 letters
- 7
Counted from our own archive of NYT Strands answers — not published anywhere else.
