Can I help you a little today? Today's puzzle - "Delicious!Some of the words can be tricky, all the same - it's pretty clear what you're looking for.

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#74 and the answer to that. We'll start with a few clues before building the full answer for Strand #74, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers are ahead for Strand #74.  

The official theme of NYT Strand #74 is... "It's delicious!

And here's an informal tip from me: "It's on the tip of my tongue!"

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 'F' and ends with 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #74?

Drum roll, please...

...And the spangram tasted.

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hi chain. A nice and simple thing for today: "Delicious!""Soon I began to think of tastebuds, and it quickly got me into various kinds of flavors. 

The only real surprise was that the spanglam became the 4th, but it was only because I was rapidly finding different kinds of flavors. Salty in the upper right corner immediately pops out, followed by bitter on the left. 

Spicy was also pretty obvious at the bottom right, and it left the most ambiguous answer spelled out on it: tangy. 

These four words on the board indicated that spangram had to start or end with 'SR' and following it led to taste in reverse. It left only four letters in the lower quadrant spelling tart.

The REMAINING THREE WERE VERY SIMPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN I NOTICED THE TWO 'M' THAT HAD TO BE PART OF UMAMI. Just go sweet and sour, completed the puzzle, but disappointed when I have a full fridge did not leave me craving Chinese food. thanks, strand.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #73 right here.