Need help with today's NYT Strands? Today's puzzle theme, “Pixar Movies,” will not be of much help to those unfamiliar with Pixar's work, even if you can recite the answers with little difficulty

Below are some helpful hints for Strands #177 and the answers when you need them First, a few hints will lead you to the complete answer to Strands #177

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #177

The official theme for NYT Strands #177 is “Pixar fare”

And here's an unofficial hint from me: “Vegetable Garden”

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 'R' and ends with 'E'

Scroll down to see what it is

Ratatouille

Now, what is the answer to today's Strand game #177?

Drum roll, please

Spangram was Ratatouille

Strands #177

“Pixar fare”

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Hello Strands fans! When I saw today's theme, “Pixar Movies,” I was overjoyed, expecting to see some of my favorite Pixar films and characters However, my enthusiasm was quickly dampened when I learned that this was not, in fact, a rat-filled movie of the same name, but a culinary puzzle based on the ingredients of ratatouille

In fact, it took me a while to even realize that After looking around for a “car” to put in front of the word “toon” in a desperate attempt to find the word “toon,” I eventually gave up and used the clue “onions

After racking my brains a bit to find a character called “Onions,” I realized that this had only one movie title to do with a Pixar movie Instead, I had to come up with an ingredient for ratatouille that I had never actually eaten

The “Z” seemed like a tempting starting point, and after some trial and error, it turned out to be part of ZUCCHINI (probably called “courgettes” in the UK) The double “P” in the upper left corner also looked attractive and I soon realized it was part of PEPPERS I remembered that it looked like a dish made with tomatoes in the movie, which helped me find the answer to the last of the TOMATOES

At this point I decided to make it official and connect the spangram of RATATOILLE I was able to get EGGPLANT without being forced to decipher the anagram!

It actually looks pretty tasty I'd like to try it on vegetarian day

Are you reading this in a slow time zone? The full article on the Strand's solution to yesterday's Round 176 can be found here