NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 18 (game #594)

Looking for a different day?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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, October 17 (game #593).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.Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.NYT Strands today (game #594) - hint #1 - today's themeWhat is the theme of today's NYT Strands?• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Get to work …NYT Strands today (game #594) - hint #2 - clue wordsPlay any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.THENHEATCURTAINGATESTARELOSERUCTIONNYT Strands today (game #594) - hint #3 - spangram lettersHow many letters are in today's spangram?• Spangram has 11 lettersNYT Strands today (game #594) - hint #4 - spangram positionWhat are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?First side: left, 4th rowLast side: right, 3rd rowRight, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.NYT Strands today (game #594) - the answers(Image credit: New York Times)The answers to today's Strands, game #594, are…DETOURCLOSUREALARMWEATHERCONSTRUCTIONSPANGRAM: RUNNINGLATEMy rating: EasyMy score: 1 hintAfter getting corner words DETOUR and CLOSURE, I struggled to get what the theme was all about – so I set about getting random non-game words (there were some good ones today) and using a hint.The hint gave me ALARM and it was only then that I realized we were looking for reasons/excuses why we may be RUNNINGLATE for work.DETOUR covers a lot of ground in this list and covers most of my tardy moments – the others are cats, rain, and lactose intolerance.Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, October 17, game #593)CAPERCAVORTGALUMPHSCUTTLETRAIPSEPRANCESPANGRAM: SILLYWALKSWhat is NYT Strands?Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.