Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's theme, “Hairy Styles,” is an absolute pun and a great clue, but it doesn't narrow it down much

Below are some helpful hints and what-if answers for Strand #214 We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full solution for Strand #214, so we hope you find it helpful

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #214

The official theme for NYT Strands #214 is “Hairy Style”

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “Clippers ready”

If you're still not sure, 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 “s”

Scroll down to see what it is

SHORTCUTS

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

Drumroll, please

And the spangrams were SHORTCUTS

Strands #214

“Hairy styles”

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Hello Strands fans! The puzzle-setter at the New York Times has come up with the perfect pun on the subject of “hairy style”

Of course, it's obvious that this is about haircuts, but even after narrowing down the types by spangram, I had a hard time naming them all

However, there are some unusual letters on this board, and the two “Z's” and one “X” in the top half set me up nicely, first “BUZZ” and then “PIXIE”; FLATTOP was also very obvious, spelled out to the left of both

What do these hairstyles have in common? Next, the SHORTCUTS spangram (another quality pun!) helped me get the idea

I got the FADE at the bottom right of the board, but by this point my knowledge of haircuts was almost exhausted I had to use hints

There were two left, and SHAG had revealed the first path in PAGEBOY Only FAUXHAWK remained

Are you reading this later in the day? The full article on the Strand's solution to yesterday's Round 213 can be found here