Daily Strands guide with theme hints, gameplay tips, and today’s clue breakdown to help you solve the NYT word-find puzzle! (Spoilers optional.)

Today’s Wordle answer is so out of left field that it seems to have sparked a resurgence in online conversation. The New York Times puzzle is a daily word guessing game that launched in 2021, and right now it’s driving people crazy.

Before Spelling Bee, before Wordle and before Connections, there was the crossword. Who invented the first published crossword, and what was it?