Having trouble with today's NYT Strand question? Today's theme, “Keep the Faith,” is reasonably easy to decipher, but some of the answers are tricky.

Below is a list of hints for Strand #293. We will start with the hints and then lead you to the full solution of Strand #293.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strand #293.

The official theme for NYT Strands #293 is... “Keep the Faith.”

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “A Place to Worship”

If you're still in the dark, here's a handy word that gives you a valuable hint token:

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with 's' and ends with 's'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

SACREDSPACES.

Now, what's the answer to today's strand of game #293?

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was SACREDPLACES.

Strands #293

“Keeping the faith”

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Hello Strands fans! I was rather lucky today to get a full-length answer right away.

TABERNACLE appeared in the upper right corner, and after several attempts to spell it correctly (not a word I use every day), it turned blue, revealing that the “keep the faith” theme was about a place of worship.

With that in mind, I found MOSQUE on its left side, then TEMPLE along its right side.

MONASTERY was neatly written at the bottom, and now I was ready to tackle the spangram. Sure enough, I found SACREDSPACES spelled backwards from right to left.

To complete the puzzle, I needed to decipher the five-letter anagram, BBAEY being, of course, ABBEY.

Reading this article late in the day? The full article on Strands' solution to yesterday's game #292 can be found here.