Strands Answers for Oct 5

There are 8 answers for the October 5th NYT Strands puzzle. The starting hint of the theme is "Don't take the bait" and the spangram describing the theme is "itsatrap." The longest word in the puzzle is "deception" with 9 letters. The shortest word to find is "lure" with 4 letters. To see where all of the words are in the puzzle, you can view their positions above just like in the game.

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