Issue #782 Sat 8 Nov
Strands hints — November 8, 2025
A Friday grid that requires a steady hand and some patience. Navigate these intersections with care.
Theme 3 reveals
Today's theme
You take the same route home and a single door is open that's never open.
Physical and metaphorical ways to move inside.
WAYS TO GAIN ACCESS
Spangram 4 nudges · 7 letters
The connector word
A seven-letter phrasal verb phrase.
7 letters.
Starts with L, ends with N.
LETMEIN
Group hint 1 reveal
Show all starting letters
Starting letters
- 1 D (7 letters)
- 2 E (8 letters)
- 3 G (4 letters)
- 4 I (7 letters)
- 5 P (6 letters)
- 6 T (9 letters)
Group hint 1 reveal
Show the first two letters of each
First two letters
- 1 DO (7 letters)
- 2 EN (8 letters)
- 3 GA (4 letters)
- 4 IN (7 letters)
- 5 PO (6 letters)
- 6 TH (9 letters)
Theme word 1 of 6 5 nudges · 7 letters
A theme word
Something you'd do to a pair of shoes before a job interview.
7 letters.
Starts with D.
Starts with DO.
DOORWAY
Theme word 2 of 6 5 nudges · 8 letters
A theme word
The lobby where the mail piles up.
8 letters.
Starts with E.
Starts with EN.
ENTRANCE
Theme word 3 of 6 5 nudges · 4 letters
A theme word
A swinging barrier you latch behind you.
4 letters.
Starts with G.
Starts with GA.
GATE
Theme word 4 of 6 5 nudges · 7 letters
A theme word
The act of stepping across a boundary.
7 letters.
Starts with I.
Starts with IN.
INGRESS
Theme word 5 of 6 5 nudges · 6 letters
A theme word
A sci-fi frame that whisks you elsewhere.
6 letters.
Starts with P.
Starts with PO.
PORTAL
Theme word 6 of 6 5 nudges · 9 letters
A theme word
Where the kids hide while playing hide-and-seek.
9 letters.
Starts with T.
Starts with TH.
THRESHOLD