Can I help you a little today? Today's puzzle - homemade" - is not particularly difficult to decipher, but some of the answers may be

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#80 and the answer to that We'll start with a few clues before building the full answer for Strand #80, so read on if you need a little help

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Strand #80  

The official theme of NYT Strand #80 is: "The house has grown"

And here's an unofficial tip from me: "Chop in some taste"

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 'H' and ends with 'N'

Scroll down to find out what it is

It's a herb garden

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #80?

Drum roll, please

And the spangram was a herb garden

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hi chain It's pretty simple today When I saw the theme was "homemade", my heart quickly turned to gardening, especially herbs and spices- and sure enough, I saw the parsley spelled backwards and snake upwards from the left side

So the herb theme was confirmed, I was halfway through and I quickly found basil hiding in the bottom right for my second It was immediately followed by rosemary to its left, and it showed me a likely starting point for spangram- HERBGARDEN- crossed the board from left to right

There were 3 left Time was my last on the bottom half of the board, leaving two on top SAGE WAS NICE AND EASY, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT DECODING REDNCRIAO TOOK ME A FEW MOMENTS I finally got there: coriander!

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #79 right here