StrandsNYTLooking for Thursday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:ForbesToday’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram, Answers: Thursday, June 18 (Beneath The Waves)By Paul TassiTime to ride into the sunset with today’s Strands, heading to the Old West to test out your knowledge of the era. Or you, also modern cowboys too.How To Play StrandsThe New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesWhat Is Today’s Strands Hint?Time to do the NYT hint and then my own hint after that:Look to the WestAnd mine is:Yee-hawToday’s NYT Strands Opening LettersHere are the first two letters of all the words if you don’t want the entire thing just yet.SASPJEBASTCHBOWhat Are Today’s Strands Answers?Now we begin the answer portion of the program which is the spangram and the full list of the other answers, the spangram is:CORALREEFHere it is on the page, and read on:StrandsNYTThe answers:SADDLESPURSJEANSBANDANASTETSONCHAPSBOOTSStrandsNYTSo, we are spanning a bunch of words that could be both about 1800s cowboys or modern day, as I guess not all that much has changed in time. Maybe Stetsons. These are all things you wear except for the one thing your horse wears. Was looking for “lasso” and such, but it didn’t make the cut. Nor did “six-shooter." Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram.Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.