Having trouble with today's NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme "In Neverland" seemed easy to me, but if you don't know the references, you will definitely struggle.

Below are some helpful hints and answers for Strands #129. Please read on if you need a little help, as we will start with a few tips before we get to the full solution to Strands #129.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #129.

The official theme for NYT Strands #129 is... "In Neverland."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Tinker Bell's Friends."

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

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with a "P" and ends with an "N."

Scroll down to see what it is.

PETERPAN.

Now, what's the answer to today's strand?

Drumroll, please.

... And the spangram is PETERPAN

Strands #129

"In Neverland"

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Hello, Strands fans! Today's song started out simple. To me, "In Neverland" could only refer to Peter Pan, and when I saw the spelling of HOOK on the left, I felt confident that I could get the spangram: PETERPAN.

But I quickly realized that I didn't know much about Peter Pan. What else did I know about Captain Hook?

Well, there was a crocodile, so I looked for it, and to my delight it was in the bottom half of the board.

And there are Pirates, right? Yes, there are. The answer to that question is in the lower left corner, and thankfully there is still a straight line through LAGOON under the spangram.

The top half was a bit of a mystery. I ended up solving the MERMAID in the upper right corner, which was fortunate because I had no idea that Peter Pan had mermaids in it.

This left only one solution. I eventually found the spelling of DARLING in the upper left corner. After looking it up, it seems that that is the original family name, a new fact to forget...

Are you reading this late in the day? The full text of Strand's answer to yesterday's Round 128 article can be found here.