Need help with today's NYT Strands? Today's puzzle theme, “Music in the Moment,” is a difficult problem to solve, even if you know what it means

Below are the clues and answers for Strands #181 We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full solution of Strands #181

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #181

The official theme for NYT Strands #181 is “makeshift music”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Handmade Instruments”

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 'J' and ends with 'D'

Scroll down to see what it is

JUGBAND

Now, what's the answer to the strand in today's game #181?

Drumroll please

Spangram was JUGBAND

Strands #181

“Makeshift music”

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Hello Strands fans! I struggled a bit with today's puzzle, even after getting the first couple of words on the board I had never heard the term “jug band” before

I had a hunch that today's theme, “makeshift music,” would refer to unconventional instruments, but it still took me a while to find something

Eventually, inspired by that famous SNL sketch, I found COWBELL around the middle and SPOONS just above it

Then I realized that the “board” I had found earlier was actually part of the WASHBOARD; BONES was just to the left of it, and the word STOVEPIPE was just above it

I now had enough space to trace the spangram from left to right: JUGBAND, and the only answer that remained was “BROOM,” tucked away in the upper right

Are you reading this in a later time zone? The full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's game #180 can be found here