Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 23 #538

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I am in depth on the rules of the strands of this story.

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Index for the puzzle of today’s strands

The theme of today’s strands is: Rub it, why not you?

If that doesn’t help you, here is a clue: skin care.

Word index to unlock the clues at stake

Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you are stuck, find the words you can. Whenever you find three words of four or more letters, the strands reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to obtain these clues, but the words of four letters or more that you find will work:

• Rate, Rare, Mare, Mart, Last, Blast, Cram, Rutts, Rule, Jell, Strut, Sure, Ruse, Butt

Answers for the puzzle of today’s strands

These are the answers that are linked to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (I originally thought there was always eight but I learned that the number can vary), each letter in the table will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

• Balm, cream, jelly, lotion, balm, butter, serum

Spangram of today’s strands

The strands of today Spangram is Moisturizing. To find it, look for the M which makes five letters on the left end row and roll up.