Today’s NYT Strands: #471 tips, answers and help for June 17th

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Today is now Strand Puzzles are tough. The answer is a little long and can be difficult to unscramble. If you need tips and answers, read on.

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Strand puzzle tips today

Today’s Strand theme is: Make it work

If that doesn’t help you, here are the clues: make those plans smoother.

Word clues to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find out what you can. Whenever you find three words of four or more letters, the strand reveals one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get their hints, but the words of four or more letters you found work:

• Tan, Lent, Rise, Seen, Tree, Teen, Toy, Toilet, Toilet, Tire, Tire, Tear, Rule, Vein, Gate

Today’s Strand Puzzle Answers

These are answers that are linked to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find everything that includes the Spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (I originally thought there were always eight, but I learned that the numbers can vary), every letter on the board is used. Here is the answer to nonspangram:

• Finagle, Finesse, Comentive, Engineer, Negotiation

Today’s Strandspangram

That’s what strandspangram today grasp. Start with F, then down four characters in the left column and become wind.