New York Times Strands Today: Hints, Spinograms, and Answers for Monday, May 27

All Strands puzzles begin with the goal of finding “keywords” hidden in a grid of letters. Manipulate letters by dragging or clicking to form words; Double-click the last letter to confirm. If you find the correct word, the letters will be highlighted in blue and will no longer be selectable.

If you find a word that’s not a topic word, it’s still helpful! For every three unrelated words you find that are at least four letters long, you’ll get a hint – the letters of one of the keywords will be revealed and you’ll just have to unscramble them.

Each letter on the grid is used to represent keywords and there is no overlap. Each character will be used once, and once only.

Each puzzle contains one “spangram,” a special word (or words) that describes the subject of the puzzle and touches two opposite sides of the board. When you find the extension chart, it will be highlighted in yellow.

The goal should be to complete the puzzle quickly without using too many hints.

Today’s topic is “Pasta on This”

Here’s a tip that might help: Italian food.

Spanggram today

We’ll start by giving you the outline, which may help you figure out the topic and solve the rest of the puzzle on your own:

Today’s branches answers

If you still need answers, here are the rest of the keywords in the puzzle:

• the tube
• tape
• attached
• spiral
• coincidence
• wheel
• bow tie

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