Having trouble with today's NYT strand? It's not too hard to decipher today's theme of “safeguards,” but it's still hard to pin down some of the answers

Below we have compiled some helpful hints for Strand #219 We'll start with the hints and then the full answer to Strand #219

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #219

The official theme of NYT Strands #219 is

“Protective Measures”

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “Keep prying eyes away”

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

Still having trouble? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions Today, it starts with “S” and ends with “Y”

Scroll down to find out what it is

SECURITY

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

Drum roll please

Spangram was SECURITY

Strands #219

“Protective measures”

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Hello Strands fans! Today's puzzle was a bit difficult, but I was able to set it up well because I immediately saw the PASSWORD in the upper left corner, without even thinking about the meaning of the subject: 'protective measures'

That also allowed the SECURITY spangram to quickly cross the middle of the board

There was a LOCK right above it, but I stumbled a bit after that, so I ended up using a hint I realized that this puzzle was about both analog and digital security methods

Realizing the revelation, I quickly bagged the last three words First I got “BACKUP” and then “FIREWALL” in the lower left corner All that was left was ENCRYPTION, and I had a moderately difficult puzzle to complete

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article on Strand's solution to yesterday's Round 218 can be found here