NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, November 10 (game #617)

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A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, November 9 (game #616).

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

NYT Strands today (game #617) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 617 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #617, are…

ACCOUNTANT
CLERK
MANAGER
RECEPTIONIST
AIDE
SPANGRAM: OFFICEJOBS

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

I had two late-1970s hits going through my head as I played this game. The first being the Boomtown Rats’ classic I Don’t Like Mondays, which was a bit macabre on reflection but something I used to sing to myself as I toiled through homework on a Sunday night.

The second song was Martha and The Muffins’ smalltown anthem Echo Beach, with its chorus of “From nine to five I have to spend my time at work / My job is very boring, I’m an office clerk” – something I can relate to in my former life as a bored office clerk.

Of all the OFFICEJOBS we searched for today, RECEPTIONIST has to be the most fun, especially if you have a computer screen that doesn’t face your colleagues – leaving you free to dream of being back in Echo Beach without your nosey workmates knowing what you’re up to.