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Strands Sidekick No. 937 covers the daily New York Times Strands puzzle for September 25, 2026.

The Strands Sidekick is the NYT Games daily companion column that breaks down the day’s grid, offers subtle nudges, unpacks the wordplay, and provides the full solution for players.

Puzzle Breakdown

• Theme Clue: “1×1, etc …”

• Theme Explanation: The puzzle revolves around basic mathematicsspecifically, numbers resulting from multiplying a whole number by itself.

• Spangram: SQUARE NUMBER (spanning across the board to define the category)

• Theme Words:

  • FOUR (2 × 2)

  • NINE (3 × 3)

  • TWENTY FIVE (5 × 5)

  • THIRTY SIX (6 × 6)

  • EIGHTY ONE (9 × 9)

The column guides solvers by suggesting they focus on arithmetic concepts rather than literal text interpretations, noting that spotting shorter numbers like “FOUR” or “NINE” helps unlock the letter pathways for the longer compound numbers and the spangram.