New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- The NYT Strands answer today, for Sunday, August 23, 2026, solves puzzle #903 on the theme An epic journey. The spangram is THEODYSSEY.

The six theme words are SHIP, KING, SIRENS, CYCLOPS, SUITORS, and UNDERWORLD, all lifted from Homer's poem.

NYT Strands Hints Today, August 23, 2026 (#903)

The theme is a story roughly three thousand years old that most people met at school.

Two of the theme words are ordinary four-letter nouns and look like filler until you know the theme.

One theme word is exactly as long as the spangram. It is not the spangram.

The spangram begins with a word most solvers never think to look for.

Singers who are bad news, a one-eyed giant, and the men who would not leave.

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