Having trouble with today's NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme, "It's way over your head," requires you to think literally, but once you figure it out, you won't have much trouble

Below are the clues and answers for Strands #118 Start with the clue and work your way up to the complete answer for Strands #118

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #118

The official theme of NYT Strands #118 is "It's Over Your Head"

And here's an unofficial tip from me: "Reach for the stars

If you're still in the dark, here's a handy word that gives you a valuable hint token:

Still having trouble? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions Today it starts with 'O' and ends with 'E'

Scroll down to see what it is

OUTERSPACE

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

Drumroll, please

And spangram is OUTERSPACE

Strands #118

"It's way over your head"

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Hello, Strands fans! If you're familiar with this game's hint frames, here's another easy one for you today: when we realized it was part of GALAXY, we confirmed that the "It's way over your head" theme refers to a space-themed answer

PLANET, ASTEROID, and MOON completed the bottom four rows really nicely without overhanging the top half I think I've never seen that before!

With these four netted, I was ready to tackle the spangram The spangram was a bit more difficult than usual, as it touched the other side of the board and then wrapped itself around itself Still, I had already found "SPACE," so all I had to do was put the word "OUTER" in front of it to create "OUTERSPACE"

This long spangram left only two columns and a bit to find the last two answers I found COMET hiding in the upper right corner, so all I had to do was solve SATELLITE backwards to complete the puzzle

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article about Strands' solution to yesterday's game #117 can be found here