Need support for today's NYT Strand? Today's theme of “just what you need” is quite clever, but it may not be clear until you get one of the four answers on the board.

Below are some helpful hints for Strands #300 and the answers in case you need them. We will start with the hints and then continue with the full answers to Strands #300.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #300.

The official theme of NYT Strands #300 is... “Just What You Need.”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “beautiful scents”

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

Still having trouble? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today's word starts with A and ends with Y.

Scroll down to see what it is.

AROMATHERAPY.

Now, what is the answer to game #300 on the Strand today?

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was AROMATHERAPY.

Strands #300

“Just the essentials”

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Hello Strands fans! This was a rather clever puzzle, but not one that particularly suited me; I know something about AROMATHERAPY, but I can't say I know everything about essential oils.

In other words, I needed a clue to start with. As a result, I found LAVENDER, which at least got me on the right track.

Now we were ready to tackle the spangram. [I needed to decipher the anagram of ILOHUCATP. After playing with the letters several times, I finally remembered that PATCHOULI was meant to complete the puzzle.

Are you reading this late in the day? You can read the full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's game #299 here.