Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #451, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #451, so read on if you need a little help.

Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times.

Well that was a pretty elaborate puzzle that was probably more elaborate than it needs to be.