Need help with a NYT Strand puzzle? Today's puzzle theme, “Grew up in a barn? - is very easy once you know what it means.

Below we have compiled a list of helpful hints and answers for Strands #135. Please read on if you need a little help, as we will start with the hints and then get to the full solution to Strands #135.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #135.

The official theme for NYT Strands #135 is... “Were You Raised by a Bard?”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Farm Life.”

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

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with 'B' and ends with 'L'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

It's BABYANIMAL.

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

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was BABYANIMAL.

Strands #135

“Are you raised in a barn?”

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Hello Strands fans! Today's puzzle took me an embarrassingly long time to solve, even though I quickly found the word “animal” spelled out across the board.

I couldn't find 'farm' anywhere nearby, so I just kept listening. This puzzle is about baby animals.

I went back to 'animal' and found the word 'baby' next to it. As a result, DUCKLING coded nicely and the bottom half of the puzzle was complete.

Four answers were hidden on the other side. I found CHICK in the gap created by the spangram, and FOAL just above it. To the right of that was a LAMB, which to me practically had the most annoying answer written on it. I connected the GOSLING to complete the puzzle.

Are you reading this late in the day? The full text of Strand's solution to yesterday's game #134 can be found here.