Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's theme, “How sweet!” - is easy to decipher, especially if you have a sweet tooth.

Below are some helpful hints for Strand #241 and the answer when you need it. Please read on if you need a little help, as we'll start with the hints and then get to the full solution to Strand #241.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #241.

The official theme for NYT Strands #241 is... “How sweet!”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Sweet Deliciousness.”

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

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today, it starts with a 'C' and ends with an 'E'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

CANDYSTORE.

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

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was CANDYSTORE.

Game 241

“How sweet!”

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Hello, Strand fans. Today's one is pretty simple; “How sweet!” may have been referring to cuteness, but it seemed more likely from the start that it was referring to a sweet treat.

I still didn't know how that spangram would be completed, but I knew the kind of thing I was looking for, and I managed to find TOFFEE in the upper right corner, followed by CHOCOLATE just below that.

Below that was a gumdrop, which gave me enough room to return to the Spangram conundrum. This gave us enough room to return to the Spangram conundrum.

Two answers were left on the untouched side of the board. I found LICORICE curled up in the upper left corner, and I connected LOLLIPOP underneath it to complete the puzzle.

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's game #240 can be found here.