NYT 'Strands' Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, May 20

The New York Times' Strands puzzle, still in beta, offers a daily word search challenge where players find words around a common theme, highlighted in blue, and a special word called a spangram, highlighted in yellow. Today's puzzle theme is hinted as "Fowl fairy tale" with a transformation aspect, and the spangram is "UGLYDUCKLING." The answers include words like JOURNEY, MISFIT, SWAN, BEAUTIFUL, and REFLECTION, telling the story of the Ugly Duckling.