Tips, answers and help in today’s New York Times for July 30 #879

Today’s Strands puzzle is a fun puzzle, with an interesting theme and fairly easy-to-find clues. If you need hints and answers, read on.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands topic is: Trade names.

If that doesn’t help, here’s the guide: Skilled workers.

Keywords to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find the hidden words that fit the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, search for any words you can find. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the keywords. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any four or more letter words you find will work:

• rope, poor, mat, heat, neat, thin, roast, tops, spot, fold, rip, strip, taps

Today’s Strands Puzzle Answers

These are the answers that relate to the topic. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, which is a thematic word that connects from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (I initially thought there were always eight, but I learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-Spanish answers:

• Mason, Smith, Cooper, Carpenter, Tanner, Potter, Weaver

Strands spangram today

Strands spangram today is Artisans. To find it, start with A, which is the first letter in the top row, and work your way down and up.

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