Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's topic, “Channel Surfing,” is very simple, but can be difficult for those outside the US

Below are some helpful hints for Strands #212, as well as answers when you need them We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full solution to Strands #212

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #212

The official theme for NYT Strands #212 is “Channel Surfing

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Where's the remote control?

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 'n' and ends with 'k'

Scroll down to see what it is

NETWORK

Now, what's the answer to today's Strand game #212?

Drum roll please

Spangram was NETWORK

Strands #212

“Channel surfing”

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Hello Strands fans! Today's puzzle kind of scared me as soon as I saw the subject: “Channel Surfing”

I correctly figured that this would be about an American TV network (I quickly found the NETWORK spangram) and realized that as a Brit, I would be at an immediate disadvantage

I needn't have worried I had heard of all five networks and was able to circle the board surprisingly quickly, starting with DISCOVERY in the upper left corner Adding Spangram to this, I cornered PARAMOUNT on the other side and came up with a second answer

The bottom half was a bit trickier, but it didn't take long after I grabbed HISTORY in the lower right corner I could see HALLMARK to the left of it and was able to solve the anagram from IFLTEMIE to LIFETIME, completing the puzzle

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's game #211 can be found here