Having trouble with the NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme, “Word Play”, may contain a wide range of answers

Below is a list of clues and answers for Strands #192 Start with a few clues to get the full answer for Strands #192

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #192

The official theme of NYT Strands #192 is “wordplay”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Child's Play”

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words that will give you valuable hint tokens:

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions Today it starts with a “T” and ends with an “E”

Scroll down to see what it is

TOYSTORE

Now, what is the answer to today's game #192 strand?

Drumroll, please

Spangram was a toystore

Strands #192

“Play-with words”

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Hello Strands fans! Even though I didn't use any hints, today's puzzle was quite difficult As a result, I had to solve the puzzles in order from top to bottom

I was curious about the two “Z ”s on the top row, so I took PUZZLE as the first answer Then TRUCK appeared to the left of it, making it clear that the theme was toys

With that in mind, I got SLIME and DOLL just below the two answers I had: TOYSTORE

BLOCKS was spelled backwards just below that, and I found TRICYCLE at the bottom left The only way to complete the puzzle was to find PUPPET on the other side

As I said, a tricky puzzle, given the number of words that fit the TOYSTORE outline Still, I got there in the end

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article on Strand's solution to yesterday's game 191 can be found here