Need help with today's NYT Strands? Today's subject is "Say my name", a cryptic subject, but a bit more difficult.

Below are some hints and answers to help you with Strands #133. Start with a few clues to get the full answer for Strands #133.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #133.

The official theme of NYT Strands #133 is... "Say My Name."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Soundly Likes."

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 'H' and ends with 'S'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

HOMOPHONES.

Now, what is the answer to today's Strand game #133?

Drumroll please.

... Spangram was HOMOPHONES.

Strands #133

"Say my name"

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Strands fans. Today's puzzle was a heady one. It requires a bit of lateral thinking, as you need to look for similar sounding words, rather than looking for a name.

In fact, my first answer was pure coincidence as I was looking around for possible words. I stumbled upon MERRY in the upper right corner, which was marked as the correct answer and the first clue. From there, I noticed PEAT to the left of it and I ran off.

I needed to get the HAIRY and GALE on the right to open the way to the HOMOPHONES spangram, but all I had to do was fill in the gaps.

Appropriately, FILL was the next thing I got to fill the gap I left open at Spangram. WHINNY was the next thing I found, hidden under the PEAT. I unwrapped the RUSTLE, leaving only the ATOM (which I assume was Adam).

It was fun! Hopefully tomorrow will be the same kind of training.

Are you reading this late in the day? You can read the full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's Round 132 here.