The theme of today's NYT Strands (game #438) is Animal drives.Clue words for today are: BILE, MUSE, STAGE, BOOT, POEM, PEEL.Today's spangram has 11 letters and touches the board on the left side at the 4th row and the right side at the 5th row.The answers for today's NYT Strands are: BEETLE, BRONCO, MUSTANG, RABBIT, IMPALA, JAGUAR. The Spangram word is AUTOMOBILES.