Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Aug. 26 #541

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The puzzle of today’s strands Nyt is not too difficult, with the exception of the final response, which I only associate with tea, not on the theme of this particular puzzle. If you need clues and answers, read the rest.

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: Friendly bee.

If that doesn’t help you, here is a clue: in a meadow.

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:

• Role, Rile, Fell, Fall, Man, Mall, Beam, Meal, Dais, Mail, Rail, Wail, Gold

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:

• Daisy, BlueBell, Marigold, Primrose, Chamomile

Spangram of today’s strands

The strands of today Spangram is Wild flower. To find it, look for the W which is two letters on the right on the upper row and are reduced.

Most difficult strands

Here are some of the subjects of the strands that I have found the most difficult in recent weeks.

# 1: dated slang, January 21. Maybe you didn’t even use this jargon when it was cool. The most difficult word: Phat.

# 2: Thar she blows! January 15. I guess marine biologists could suck this one. The most difficult word: Baleen or on the right.

# 3: Off the Hook, January 9. Similar to the puzzle of January 15 in that it helps to know a lot about marine creatures. Sorry, Charlie. The most difficult word: bigeye or skipjack