Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Dec. 18, #290 | Global News Avenue

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Today’s strands The title gave me a Beatles song as an earworm. The Beatles, however, have nothing to do with today’s puzzle or its themes. Pick the last word in the title and move on. If you want more hints and answers to today’s Strands puzzle, keep reading.

Additionally, I explored in depth Strands rules in this story.

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Hints for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s topic is: You say you want a revolution.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: round and round.

Clue words used to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find any words you can use. Whenever you find a three-word word of four letters or more, Strands displays one of the themed words. These are the words I used to get these tips, but any word you find with four or more letters will work:

• RATE, TOON, TUL, PINE, LINE, RINE, NOTES, REST, TIRE, BALL, SIRE, FEET, RILE, ROOF, WHEELS, BETE, LATE

Answers to today’s Strands puzzle

These are topic-related answers. The goal of the puzzle is to find all of them, including the spangram, a topic word that extends from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of those letters (I originally thought there were always eight, but then found out the numbers can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-Spangram answers:

• dryer, earth, tire, football, windmill, ballet dancer

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is Spinning machine. To find it, start with the S three letters from the left on the bottom row and end.