Having trouble with the NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme, "Fancy Events," is very easy to decipher, but you may stumble upon some answers

Below are the hints and answers for Strands #158 We will start with the hints and then lead you to the solution

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #158

The official theme for NYT Strands #158 is "Fancy Events"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Everyone is invited"

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 a 'P' and ends with a 'Y'

Scroll down to see what it is

POOLPARTY

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

Drumroll, please

Spangram was POOLPARTY

Strands #158

"Splashy event"

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Hello Strands fans! This time it was much easier for me than yesterday The "splashy event" theme made me think of water, and when I spotted NOODLES in the upper left corner, I immediately thought it must be a pool toy

In fact, when I connected the MUSIC to the bottom, it was not Rather, this was more about the "event" part of the clue than the water part, and I quickly confirmed this by connecting the POOLPARTY spangram along the middle

Even if the weather and housing conditions in the UK meant that pool parties were not that big on the Atlantic side where I live, everything else was pretty easy

FLOATS are in the lower right corner and SUNSCREEN has completed the bottom half of the grid All that remained was TOWELS and DRINKS in the upper right corner, and the puzzle was complete

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article on Strand's solution to yesterday's game #157 can be found here