New Delhi, Aug. 24 -- The NYT Strands answer today, for Monday, August 24, 2026, solves puzzle #904. The theme is "You can't eat just one" and the spangram is COOKIEJAR.

One word does most of the damage. SNICKERDOODLE is thirteen letters long, which is more than a quarter of the forty-eight squares on the board, and until you find it the grid will not come apart.

Strands Hints Today, August 24, 2026 (#904)

The theme is a kind of baked good, not a meal.

The spangram runs left to right and names the container, not the contents.

Four of the five theme words begin with the same letter.

Three of them are ordinary English words that have nothing to do with baking until you put them in this list.

The longest entry is thirteen letters and ...