Hints, Spangram and answers for Tuesday November 12th

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ForbesNYT “Strands” today: Clues, Spangram and answers for Monday, November 11thFrom Erik Cain

The lovely three day weekend is over and I hope all you good Beachistarians had a lovely extra day off to spend with friends and family or just play video games or go out into nature. Now that we're back in the daily grind, we have another Strands grid to solve, and this one is a bit tricky!

Strands is the latest game in the New York Times puzzle game series. It's a fun twist on classic word search games. Each day we are given a new topic and then have to reveal all the words on the grid that fit that topic, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of those words is this Spangram This goes from one side of the grid to the other and reveals even more about the topic of the day.

Spoilers ahead.

Today's Beach Tips

Today's topic: Formulate it

Clue #1: Zulu Romeo

Note #2: Whiskey Mike

Here are the first two letters of each word in the grid:

Remember, spoilers ahead!

What are today's Strands answers?

Today's Spangram is: NATO ALPHABET

Here is the full list of words:

• BRAVO
• DELTA
• ECHO
• FOXTROT
• GOLF
• TANGO
• WINNER

Here is the finished Strands grid:

Today's Strands breakdown

This one really stumped me, even after deciding on a clue or two. For some reason, the theme and the first few words – ECHO and GOLF – didn't make me think of the NATO ALPHABET (today's Spangram). But when I got BRAVO and then TANGO, I finally knew. I tried ALPHA, and when that was gray again I tried ALPHABET. Still a no-go, I filled in all the other words: FOXTROT, DELTA, VICTOR. I was finally able to recognize NATO in front of ALPHABET. Challenging but fun Strands puzzle!

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