NYT Strands today — hints, answers and Spangram for Thursday, April 11 (game #39)

It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for another brain-breaking instalment of the NYT’s Strands puzzle. Except… that makes no sense, because there’s a new Strands game each day, not just Thursdays.

Anyway, the important thing is that there’s a new Strands game to play, courtesy of the New York Times Games section. I’d rate today’s as a fairly easy one, but as always, YMMV.