Having trouble solving today's NYT Strand? Today's Strand wasn't as tricky as yesterday's horror show, but I got the theme wrong and it took a little longer than last time.

Below is a list of clues and solutions to Strand Question 55. We will start with a few clues and then work our way to the complete answer to Strand #55.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #55.

The official theme of NYT Strands #55 is... "Do you want to call?

And here's an unofficial hint from me: it's Mister to you!

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

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with a "T" and ends with an "S."

Scroll down to see what it is.

TITLES.

Now, what's the answer to today's strand?

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was TITLES.

Hints used: 1.

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Hello, Strand fans. Unlike yesterday, this was due to an ambiguous clue and not due to my unfamiliarity with the word!

My first thought when I saw "Call me?" was that this was about communication or dating. I scouted for "phone call" and "Valentine's Day" but couldn't find any at all, so I ended up having to use hints.

Once the QUEEN was revealed, it hit me and I immediately knew the spangram: TITLES. after that, I just had to eliminate them one by one (although I did get caught for a moment by the spelling of SENOR in the lower right corner!) .

I found SENATOR to the right of QUEEN, then PROFESSOR to complete the bottom half of the puzzle.

Moving on to the top half, the DOCTOR immediately jumped out at me, but the last two took a little longer; I took a few wrong turns with REVEREND, but eventually got there, and all that was left was to decipher the last 7-letter anagram: LRAIDAM.

Finally. I reached ADMIRAL and finished the puzzle.

Are you reading this late in the day? Yesterday's article on Strand's solution to Round 54 can be found here.