Can I help you a little today? Today's puzzle - "in the bar" - is probably not what you immediately think.

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#79 and the answer to that. We'll start with a few clues before building up the full answer for Strand #79, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers are ahead for Strand #79.  

The official theme of NYT Strand #79 is... "In the bar"

And here is an unofficial tip from me: "Click the mouse.

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...

MENUITEMS.

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #79?

Drum roll, please...

...AND THE SPANGRAMS WERE MENUITEMS.

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hi chain. What a devious puzzle this was! I- as I imagine most people - immediately began to look for the names of alcoholic beverages when I saw them were "in the bar". Indeed, I was shocked when the "WINELIST" that could be written from left to right across the board was not spangram!

In fact, I was at a complete loss on what it was for quite a long time and only got my first words on the board when I was looking for the wrong answer in the tips section above. 

The tool turned out to be correct, but it was puzzling to me. I was even more perplexed when history also proved correct - what the heck do these 2 words have in common?

It got me spangram but in my head I was still thinking about bars and restaurants when I spelled out MENUITEMS from top to bottom. It was only when I put my 3 words together that I realized this had to be about the taskbar on the computer.

From there, everything fell into place very quickly. The window was the obvious one in the upper left corner, as well as the file at the bottom right. Edit finished neatly off the right side.

It left just two to find in the left quadrant, and the favorites were very easy to find at the bottom. From there, only 4 characters remained: I decoded ELHP to help to complete the puzzle.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #78 right here.