Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's theme, "Tools for the job," has several meanings.

Below are some helpful hints for Strand #63 and answers when you need them. Start with the hints to get the complete answer for Strand #63.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #63.

The official theme of NYT Strands #63 is... "Tools for the Job."

And here's an unofficial tip from me: weed.

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

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with 'Y' and ends with 'K'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

It's "YARDWORK."

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

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was YARDWORK.

Hints used: 0.

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Hello, Strand fans! Today's problem is fairly easy once you solve the first couple of questions.

With "Tools for the job" I was already thinking garden or household tools, so when I saw SHOVEL in the upper left corner I immediately picked it up. Right next to it was TROWEL, so it was obvious that this was all about gardening tools.

This was confirmed by the GLOVES at the bottom right of the grid. SHEARS followed at the bottom left.

Then I spotted a SPANGRAM: YARDWORK snaking from left to right across the board.

There were only two answers left, both in the upper right corner; TRIMMER seemed obvious, but I was glad EDGER was the only answer left; TRIMMER seemed obvious, but I was glad EDGER was the only answer left; TRIMMER was the only answer left, but I was glad EDGER was the only answer left.

Reading this late in the day? The full article on Strand's answer to yesterday's Round 62 can be found here.