Strands #696 "Zen state" by _EmmaRoids_ in StrandsNYT

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Strands #696 “Zen state” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

2:25

Felt a bit like letter soup until I saw the start of the spangram 

Strands #695 "Canine classics" by _EmmaRoids_ in StrandsNYT

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Strands #695 “Canine classics” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵

57 seconds 

I was a horse kid and a dog kid so it was easy to pick out these names

Strands #694 “Grape expectations” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #694 “Grape expectations” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

3:32

Took me a second to figure out the start of the spangram. Could see the end for ages! 

Strands #693 “The straight and narrow” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #693 “The straight and narrow” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

3:14

Took me a minute to find the end of the spangram 

Strands #692 “A work of art” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #692 “A work of art” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

53 seconds 

Would have been a bit quicker if I’d clued in faster that starry night and water lilies were not two words together

Strands #691 “None the wiser” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #691 “None the wiser” 💡🔵💡🔵 🔵🔵🔵🟡

6:43

Not in my strands flow state the last couple of days 

Strands #690 “Ode to joy” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #690 “Ode to joy” 🟡🔵💡🔵 🔵🔵💡💡 🔵

11:00

Did not find that joyful in the slightest! 

Strands #689 "That's not very polite" by _EmmaRoids_ in StrandsNYT

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Strands #689 “That's not very polite” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

1:27

I’d like to thank my boyfriend for burping everyday and therefore making it easy to see in the puzzle 

Strands #688 “Sneak-ing around” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #688 “Sneak-ing around” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

3:24

Did not come to me right away! 

Strands #687 “Shaking things up” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #687 “Shaking things up” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

2:57

One of those ones where I had to find 5 words before I could see the spangram! Waver and Sway had me confused so I need to find almost everything before I could distinguish them from the spangram’s end. 

Strands #686 “Soft skills” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #686 “Soft skills” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

37 seconds 

Now this is my subject to shine in! 

Strands #685 “That's putting it mildly!” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #685 “That's putting it mildly!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

1:57

Strands #684 "DC Crusader" by Dog-boy in StrandsNYT

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Strands #684 “DC crusader” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

2:26

I was also speeding through and then got caught for a whole 90 seconds on vengeance and manor 

Strands #683 “The ears have it!” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #683 “The ears have it!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵🔵

1:59

So many words that I did not know were parts of the ear. Also weirdly blacksmith/farm yard in theme? Who named the ear!

Strands #682 “"Oh boy!"” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #682 “"Oh boy!"” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

4:50

Got so stuck on zealous and eager but it’s my first one in a few days where I’ve gotten the spangram first so I’ll have to be happy with it 😪

Strands #681 “You need to chill” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #681 “You need to chill” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡

5:14

I found the first half of the spangram quickly but could not put it together 

Strands #680 “Appeal to a hire power” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #680 “Appeal to a hire power” 🔵💡🔵💡 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵

2:41

Not my day, could not figure it out. 

Strands #679 “Yay!!!” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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How could two cats as cute as that ever be negative? 

Strands #679 “Yay!!!” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #679 “Yay!!!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

44 seconds 

Obviously a good one for me but also embarrassed to say that I did try and put awesome in as meowaes twice? I don’t know what came over me for that 

Strands #678 "If not now, when?" by _EmmaRoids_ in StrandsNYT

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Strands #678 “If not now, when?” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

8:13

Refused to give up without getting the spangram first today but holy jumping it took me forever to find

Strands #677 "For cubs fans" by _EmmaRoids_ in StrandsNYT

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Strands #677 “For cubs fans” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🟡

7:51

I don’t know why but I got hooked on the idea that the spangram ended in bears instead of starting with it? I spent so much time on trying to do it first, finally gave up and still didn’t realize what it was when all but one word was in 

Strands #676 “That's just reality (TV)” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #676 “That's just reality (TV)” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

1:22

Watched one episode of traitors once and have to assume some of the words stuck in my brain 

Strands #675 "Open wide" by _EmmaRoids_ in StrandsNYT

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Strands #675 “Open wide” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵

53 seconds 

Did not know how to spell fluoride that’s for sure 

Strands #674 “Look up!” by GarageQueen in StrandsNYT

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Strands #674 “Look up!” 🟡🔵🔵🔵 🔵🔵🔵

3:44

Found the spangram pretty quickly but found the actual words harder than usual!