Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 23 #872

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle has a pretty straightforward theme. But some of the answers are long and could be difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Hail to the chief petty officer.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Anchors aweigh!

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

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

• RACE, LAIR, REAL, MOCK, MARE, NUDE, RUDE, LANE, TIRE

These are the...

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