Having trouble with today's NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme "By the yard" is quite difficult even if you know what it means.

Below are the clues and answers for Strands #125. Please read on if you need a little help, as we will start with the clues and then get to the full solution to Strands #125.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #125.

The official theme for NYT Strands #125 is... "In the Garden."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Garden Art."

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words that give you valuable hint tokens:

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with an 'L' and ends with a 'T'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

LAWNORNAMENT.

Now, what is the answer to game #125 on the Strand today?

Drumroll, please. 21]

... Spangram is LAWNORNAMENT

Strands #125

"By the yard"

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Hey Strands fans. I thought today's piece was quite tough. Aside from garden gnomes, there isn't much of a culture of lawn ornaments in the UK, so I wasn't quite sure what I was looking for.

Even when I found GNOME in the hints, I wasn't sure of the correct terminology. I found PLANTER by accident under it, but then had to use another clue to find FLAMINGO.

Thankfully, this covered enough boards to understand the spangram: LAWNORNAMENTS was spelled backwards from bottom to top.

As a result, I now know where the last two answers lie: WINDSOCK curled around itself in the upper right corner. On the other side, BIRDBATH remained.

Tough problem. Hopefully tomorrow will be easier...

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article about Strand's solution to yesterday's Round 124 can be found here.