Can I help you a little today? The theme of today's puzzle - "Home Work Helper" - is easy once you figure out what it means, but getting to that point may prove hard.

Below we've compiled some useful tips for Strand#108 and the answer to that. We'll start with a few clues before building the full answer for Strand #108, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers are ahead for Strand #108.  

The official theme of NYT Strand #108 is:.. "Home work helper".

And here is an unofficial tip from me: "peripheral vision".

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 'D' and ends with 'P'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

Desktop.

So what is the answer for today's strand in game #108?

Drum roll, please...

...And the spangram was the desktop.

Chain #108

"The work of a home helper"

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hi chain. Once you get the gist of it, today's puzzle is not too tricky. As a freelancer, I immediately assumed the theme of "home work helpers," which is what I was doing long before Covid became necessary. 

But what got me a bit lost was assuming that it was something to support telecommuting, so I spent a bit of time looking for "coffee" and "cake" (in fact) before I got into the real topic: Computer peripherals.

I was away when I found the mouse in the upper right corner. The keyboard continued to the bottom right and the gap between the two created the perfect spot for spangram hunting. Sure enough, the desktop was spelled across the center of the board from left to right.

In the lower half there were 2 webcams and speakers. To keep them out of the way, I turned to the upper half, where 2 more were hiding. The monitor was pretty easy to find in the middle, and that left 1 thing I consider an option in a modern PC setup: a pop

Today there is nothing too taxing, but all the same fun.

Are you reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article of yesterday's Strand answer for game #107 right here.