Can I help you a little today? Today's puzzle - "All atwitter" - is reasonably self-evident, but that doesn't mean it will be easier to find all the answers.

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#86 and the answer to that. We'll start with a few clues before building the full answer for Strand #86, so read on if you need a bit of help.

Warning: Spoilers are ahead for Strand #86.  

The official theme of NYT Strand #86 is:.. "All atwitter".

And here is an unofficial tip from me: "Natural sound".

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 'B' and ends with 'G'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

Birds chirping.

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #86?

Drum roll, please...

...And the spangram was the chirping of birds.

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hi chain. Nothing too taxing about today's theme (even if I had spent a little time hunting for the word "hashtag" - old habits die hard, and I Twitter/X Re

It was on from left to right, in part because the tweet was the first word I found. But soon after an abandoned attempt to find a social network-related word, I found a whistle and about something much more fun this

I could have gone for spangram-BIRDSONG- but before I could, I noticed TRILL in the bottom right corner, so my list was full. We have added it to our website. Then, after getting the spangram, I saw CLUCK just below it.

It left three to find. The screech was separated on its own in the upper left corner which is in the same way that I would probably not have thought of it on my own.

The two were on the left and wrapped around each other in the lower right. I got the chirp first, it just left the warble to unravel.

Today's fascinating, if not too challenging, puzzle.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #85 right here.