Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's theme, “Something to see,” isn't too difficult once you get the first answer on the board.

Below are some helpful hints for Strand #282 and the answer when you need it. We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full answer to Strand #282.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #282.

The official theme for NYT Strands #282 is... “Things to Watch.”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “The Magic of the Silver Screen.”

If you're still in the dark, here are a few useful words that give you valuable hint tokens:

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with “c” and ends with “c.”

Scroll down to see what it is.

CINEMATIC.

Now, what is the answer to today's Strand game #282?

Drum roll please.

... Spangram was cinematic.

Strands #282

“Something to see”

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Hello Strands fans! After yesterday's horror puzzle I was able to complete this puzzle without any help.

The word in question is FLICK, and coupled with the theme of “what you see” I realized that this is about what you can see in a movie theater. Above it I found “PICTURE” and in the lower right corner “MOVIE.”

There was enough space available to get a spangram of CINEMATIC, and the word SHORT wrapped around the edge of it.

Then I found TALKIE in the upper left corner and FILM below it. All I had to do was reverse the spelling of FEATURE and I was able to complete the puzzle without difficulty.

Are you reading this in a later time zone than this? The full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's game #281 can be found here.