Can I help you a little today? Today's puzzle — "The Yellow Brick Road" - should not cause too many problems, but some of the answers are probably also what you are expecting

Below we've put together that answer, with some useful tips for Strand#89 We'll start with a few clues before building up the full answer for Strand #89, so read on if you need a bit of help

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Strand #89  

The official theme of NYT Strand #89 is: "On the yellow brick road"

And here is an informal tip from me: "There is no place like a house

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 'R' and ends with 'S'

Scroll down to find out what it is

IT'S RUBYSLIPPERS

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #89?

Drum roll, please

AND THE SPANGRAMS WERE RUBYSLIPPERS

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hi chain A tailor-made puzzle for the Wizard of Oz fans! I must say that I am not very familiar with the film, but even I quickly understood the theme 

I quickly discovered the 'Z' on the right and realized that it had to be part of the wizard that set me up on my way The scarecrow immediately followed, spelled backwards along the top

After that, I was a little puzzled because I couldn't find "Dorothy", "Tin Man" or "Lion" But in my search I got a spangram: RUBYSLIPPERS meandered from left to right along the board

I noticed that the spangrams were neatly blocking the 'T', 'E' and 'R', so I worked backwards from there and got the twister 

It left only 2 words To be honest, I still don't know the connection between the movie and Poppy, but as it is in play, Rainbow was the obvious finisher

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #88 right here