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19 Great Gifts for $50 or Less

Great deals on everything from speakers and headphones to tech and small kitchen appliances — all for $50 or less.

The holiday season can quickly sneak up on you before you know it, and you don’t always have a sizeable stack of money saved up to spend on everyone. Thankfully, there are great gifts for $50 or less that are sure to please the people in your life.

From an affordable weighted blanket to handy tech that will simplify your life, this year you can buy a perfect gift for the holidays for under $50. Note that several Black Friday deals and Cyber Week discounts are still available throughout the month of December.

Some of our favorite gifts are just a little more than $50 — but often you will find these items discounted at close to or under $50. So keep your eye out for deals and decide if you’re willing to put a little bit of cash with that gift card to grab one of these indulgent finds, which could be a great option as a gift or for yourself.

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Aug. 23 #538

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Aug. 23, No. 538.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle is a funny one, with a lot of short words to find. If you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Rub it in, why don’t you?

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Skincare.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

RATE, RARE, MARE, MART, LAST, BLAST, CRAM, RUTS, RULE, JELL, STRUT, SURE, RUSE, BUTT

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: