Having trouble with the NYT Strand problem? Today's puzzle, "Deep Dive," is pretty clear, but you may still be missing the answer.

Below are the clues and answers for Strand #104. We'll start with the hints and then go to the full answer for Strand #104.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #104.

The official theme for NYT Strands #104 is... "Deep Dive

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Under the Sea."

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

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with "m" and ends with "e."

Scroll down to see what it is.

MARINELIFE.

Now, the answer to today's strand is...

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was MARINELIFE.

Strands #104

"Deep dive"

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Hello Strands fans! To kick off Saturday, a fun and straightforward puzzle.

Maybe it's just me, but when I heard "deep dive" I immediately thought of deep sea diving and was immediately convinced when I spotted OCTOPUS curled up in the lower left corner.

From there, the answers quickly came one after another: WHALE and SQUID quickly followed in the upper half, leaving room for CLAM.

LOBSTER was next, written backwards along the right side. This opened the way for Spangram: MARINELIFE begins on the left side, touches the bottom, and then reaches the center on the right.

This left two answers separated by a spangram: CORAL was in the center of the board, and SHARK was buried in the lower right corner.

Not the most difficult strand game, but quite fun!

Are you reading this late in the day? You can read the full article on the Strand's solution to yesterday's game #103 here.