Need help with today's NYT Strands? Today's theme, “You and Me,” is a pretty fun puzzle.

Below are the clues and answers for Strand #240. We'll start with a hint, and then go on to the full solution for Strands #240.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #240.

The official theme for NYT Strands #240 is... “You and Me.”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Special Relationships.”

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 conjunctions. Today it starts with a “T” and ends with an “S.”

Scroll down to see what it is.

It's “TOGETHERNESS.”

Now, what's the answer to today's strand of game #240?

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was TOGETHERNESS.

Strands #240

“You and me”

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Hello Strands fans! Today's puzzle is not so difficult. I spotted it right away when I found PARTNER spelled backwards on the left wall.

Turning to the other side, I found FRIEND in the bottom corner and BESTIE just above it; COMPANION snaked around the top left corner and found SIDEKICK spelled from bottom to top next to FRIEND.

Only Spangram remained. It was just as well, because if the other answers had remained, I would not have known where to go after the “R”. As it was, I followed the gap and spelled out “TOGETHERNESS” to complete the puzzle.

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article on Strand's solution to yesterday's game #239 can be found here.