Having trouble with the NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme "Staying power" is a bit challenging, but not too hard once you know what the answers have in common.

Below you will find hints and answers for Strands #150. We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full solution for Strands #150.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #150.

The official theme for NYT Strands #150 is... "staying power."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Now wash your hands."

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 conjunctive words. Today it starts with 'S' and ends with 'F'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

STICKYSTUFF.

Now, what's the answer to today's game #150 strand?

Drumroll please.

... Spangram was STICKYSTUFF.

Strands #150

"Staying power"

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Hello Strands fans, 150 games! If you've been playing since the beginning, good job (I'm a relative latecomer, having started this column with Strands #44). I'm sure I've improved in that time, but I had a hard time getting a clue as to the first answer to today's topic, "staying power."

When I found the word GLUE, I chastised myself. The word was actually part of spangram: the next one I got was STICKYSTUFF.

From there it was easy: ADHESIVE was just above the end of the spangram, followed by TAPE. Then we found EPOXY in the lower right corner, leaving only BUBBLEGUM in the lower half.

Only one word remained in the top row, and I had to decipher the anagram of RACAELM, and to be honest, I hesitated. But eventually I got there: it is CARAMEL!

Are you reading this late in the day? You can read the full article on the solution to yesterday's game #149 on the Strand here.