Can I help you a little today? Today's Puzzle — Par of the Equation" - isn't that hard to decipher, but you might struggle to find some of the 6 answers.

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#76 and the answer to that. We'll start with a few clues before building the full answer for Strand #76, so read on if you need a bit of help.

Warning: Spoilers are ahead for Strand #76.  

The official theme of NYT Strand #76 is... "Part of the equation"

and here is an informal tip from me: "To summarize...

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give those valuable clue tokens:

Still struggling? Spangram will give you tips about connecting words. Today, it starts with 'M' and ends with 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's math.

So what is Strand's answer today for game #75?

Drum roll, please...

...And spangrams were mathematics.

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Howdy Strand Fans. After yesterday's tricky puzzles, today's nice and easy ones. 

"Part of the equation" immediately gets you thinking about the math that happens to be just so spangram, starting with the first letter slot in the upper left corner.

It immediately sealed off the word calculation in the upper right corner and left four more answers on the board.

None of them was particularly taxed. I found the multiplication in the next lower right corner, followed by the division of the opposite number starting just above it. 

The subtraction just appeared on its left and it left the only thing I would not have gotten from a free Association round: derivation.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #75 right here.