NYT Strands Today: Hints, Spangram and Answers for September 16, 2026
Stuck on Strands #1116? Spoiler free hints first, then the spangram and all 6 "Hard not to notice" theme words for Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
16 September 2026 · 6 min read
Stuck on Strands #1116? Spoiler free hints first, then the spangram and all 6 "Hard not to notice" theme words for Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
16 September 2026 · 6 min read
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15 September 2026

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A fifteen year old clarinettist made more progress in six minutes than in weeks of ordinary practice. Here is what deep practice looks like and how to use it.
14 September 2026 · 11 min read

What the studies really say about food and skin cancer, the one supplement with trial evidence, how weight fits in, and how to get your 150 minutes a week when you have been told to avoid the sun.
14 September 2026 · 13 min read

Two patients cut out all plant foods. One stayed bloated and constipated for a year. The other saw her bleeding stop and her inflammation normalise. Both ended up with almost no butyrate.
14 September 2026 · 10 min read

Yes, in most cases, and usually with one operation. Melanoma survival by stage, how basal and squamous cell cancers are treated, and how immunotherapy changed stage IV, told through one family's diagnosis.
14 September 2026 · 13 min read

My mother has had eleven skin cancers removed. Here is what the research says actually prevents them, from the Nambour sunscreen trial to the monthly self check, without living in the dark.
14 September 2026 · 13 min read
Stuck on Strands #1113? Spoiler free hints first, then the spangram and all 6 "OH MY GOSH!!" theme words for Monday, September 14, 2026.
14 September 2026 · 6 min read

A calyceal diverticulum is a small pocket in the kidney most people are born with. What it is, why it forms, the symptoms and tests, and what you can and cannot prevent, told through one sister's diagnosis.
13 September 2026 · 13 min read

When a calyceal diverticulum needs treating and when it does not, with the stone free rates for shock wave, ureteroscopy, percutaneous and laparoscopic options, and the one question to ask your surgeon.
13 September 2026 · 12 min read

The diet and exercise plan for living with a calyceal diverticulum: how much to drink, salt and calcium targets, citrate, the plan by stone type, weight, and safe exercise, with the trials behind each.
13 September 2026 · 12 min read
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