Need help with today's NYT Strands? Today's puzzle theme, “I think we're covered,” can be difficult to decipher and quite challenging to solve

Below are some clues and answers for Strand #170 First, a few clues will lead you to the complete answer to Strand #170

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #170

The official theme of NYT Strands #170 is “I think we're covered”

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “Prepare for bad weather

If you're still in the dark, here's a handy word that gives you a valuable hint token:

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

Scroll down to see what it is

RAINGEAR

Now, what's the answer to today's Strand game #170?

Drum roll please

Spangram was RAINGEAR

Strands #170

“I think we're covered”

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Hello Strands fans! This was a bit of a tricky piece Not only does the “I think it's covered” theme apply to many things, but some of the responses seem very US-focused

In fact, I had to use a clue to get the first word on the board after many failed attempts; since HOOD was revealed, I guessed this was about something else being covered

But then UMBRELLA came up and I realized it was about garments especially suited for rain SLICKER followed, and I followed the letters RAIN from left to right to spell out the RAINGEAR spangram

By sheer coincidence, I had already cleared the top half of the board, leaving three words in the bottom half

PONCHO was the first word on the bottom left, but neither of the last two are common words, so it took some trial and error; GALOSHES is certainly one I've heard of, but GAITERS is not familiar to me at all

Tricky! Hopefully tomorrow's puzzle will be easier

Are you reading this late in the day? The full text of Strand's solution to yesterday's Round 169 can be found here