Can I help you a little today? Today's puzzle — "The Yellow Brick Road" - should not cause too many problems, but some of the answers are probably also what you are expecting

Below we've put together that answer, with some useful tips for Strand#89. We'll start with a few clues before building up the full answer for Strand #89, so read on if you need a bit of help.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Strand #89.  

The official theme of NYT Strand #89 is:.. "On the yellow brick road"

And here is an informal tip from me: "There is no place like a house.

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 'R' and ends with 'S'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

IT'S RUBYSLIPPERS.

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #89?

Drum roll, please...

...AND THE SPANGRAMS WERE RUBYSLIPPERS.

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hi chain. A tailor-made puzzle for the Wizard of Oz fans! I must say that I am not very familiar with the film, but even I quickly understood the theme. 

I quickly discovered the 'Z' on the right and realized that it had to be part of the wizard that set me up on my way. The scarecrow immediately followed, spelled backwards along the top.

After that, I was a little puzzled because I couldn't find "Dorothy", "Tin Man" or "Lion." But in my search I got a spangram: RUBYSLIPPERS meandered from left to right along the board.

I noticed that the spangrams were neatly blocking the 'T', 'E' and 'R', so I worked backwards from there and got the twister. 

It left only 2 words. To be honest, I still don't know the connection between the movie and Poppy, but as it is in play, Rainbow was the obvious finisher.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #88 right here.