Need help with today's NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle topic, “Wake up and” is not difficult to decipher, but you will need to be familiar with the different types of topics in question

Below you will find hints and answers for Strand 179 We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full solution for Strand #179

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #179

The official theme for NYT Strands #179 is “Wake Up” Is

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Full of beans”

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

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctive words Today, it starts with a 'C' and ends with an 'R'

Scroll down to see what it is

COFFEEORDER

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

Drumroll, please

Spangram was COFFEEORDER

Strands #179

“Wake up and ”

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Hello Strands fans! I've been working on a tricky puzzle for a while now, and I'm happy to report that I finally found a puzzle that I can solve easily

I'm actually a bit surprised because I don't drink coffee The phrase “Wake up and” clearly points to the other half of the phrase “smell the coffee”

This was immediately confirmed when I saw that the word “coffee” is spelled from left to right, but I couldn't fully connect the spangram, so I left it out for the moment Instead, I found MOCHA in the upper right corner and LATTE just below it

Then I found CAPPUCCINO snaking from right to left in the lower half

This left enough space to understand the end of the spangram

The spangram split it cleanly, leaving two answers; BLACK was in the bottom half, and ESPRESSO was the last one in the upper left of the grid

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article on Strand's solution to yesterday's game #178 can be found here