Need help with today's NYT strand? Today's theme, “A Bite in the Morning,” isn't too difficult if you know certain products.

Below are some helpful hints and what-if answers to Strands #292. 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 #292.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #292.

The official theme for NYT Strands #292 is... “A Moment in the Morning.”

And here's an unofficial tip from me: “Just add milk.”

If you're still not sure, here are a few useful words that give valuable hint tokens:

Still having trouble? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctive words. Today, it starts with a 'C' and ends with an 'L'.

Scroll down to see what it is.

CEREAL.

Now, what is the answer to today's Strand game #292?

Drum roll please.

... Spangram was CEREAL.

Strands #292

“Morning morsel”

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Hello Strands fans! Is this US-centric? But maybe cereal brands are an international language.

I quickly found a CEREAL spangram, which of course helped me to cleanly split the board in two.

I started with the bottom half first, finding FLAKE on the left and SMACK directly below it. Next I found PEBBLE on the bottom right and connected the CHARM to complete the section.

The top half was equally easy. There was a CRUNCH in the upper right corner and a PUFF diagonally below it; the CHEERIO wrapped itself around itself in the top two rows, leaving only a LOOP to complete the puzzle.

Reading this later in the day? You can read the full article about the solution to yesterday's game #291 on the Strand here.