Having trouble with the NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme is “Look it up!” - the solution is not too difficult, but the answers are almost all long words (there are only 5!)

Below are the words

Below you will find hints and solutions to Strand #163 We will start with a few clues to get the complete answer to Strand #163

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #163

The official theme for NYT Strands #163 is Check it out!”

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “Go to the library

If you're still not sure, here are some useful words that will give you valuable hint tokens:

Still having trouble? Spangram gives us a hint on conjunctions Today it starts with “R” and ends with “E”

Scroll down to find out what it is

REFERENCE

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

Drumroll, please

Spangram was the “reference”

Strand #163

“Look it up!”

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Hello Strand fans! I don't know about you guys, but I solved today's puzzle in a snap It was a bit of a relief as I have been struggling lately

When I saw the “Look it up!” theme, I immediately looked at the reference book and sure enough, I found THESAURUS in the lower right corner and DICTIONARY above it

Okay, so it's a reference book Finding the spangram was easy: the REFERENCE was to the left of the THESAURUS, spelled backwards from the bottom of the grid to the top

Realizing that the right side had already been cleared, I turned left and found ALMANAC in the bottom corner; HANDBOOK quickly moved above it, leaving only ATLAS to complete the puzzle

In about a minute all the puzzles were done Hopefully tomorrow's puzzles will be a bit more difficult!

Are you reading this late in the day? You can read the full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's game #162 here