@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Got there in the end.

Connections
Puzzle #894
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

I didn't

Connections
Puzzle #894
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #628
“Heard at the board meeting”
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Really hard. But I did it with no hints. Once I got the spangram the rest was easy, though.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #631
“Horsing around”
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@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #631
“Horsing around”
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Spangram first, no hints. 😅

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #632
“Tip top”
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@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #632
“Tip top”
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No hints.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #633
“All aboard!”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

I haven't played this in ages. Took a while to remember how it works.

Strands #633
“All aboard!”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #633
“All aboard!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡

Only one hint to get me started. I have had a couple of beers...

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #634
“With gratitude”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #634
“With gratitude”
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@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #635
“If all else fails ...”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #635
“If all else fails ...”
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Baffled by this one. I can't see a theme. I got "fountain" first and sat here looking mystified. Still am.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #636
“What a piece of work!”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #636
“What a piece of work!”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #636
“What a piece of work!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
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That was quite a quick one. My usual tactic of just trying to find as many words as possible worked quite well when I got to WHEEL.

Yesterday it failed totally when I got FOUNTAIN.

@bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson @markslater @mart_brooks "Humper dumper dido! I'm the son of Man! Humper doo!"

(The cultural reference may be a little obscure and it's been 30 years so I might have it slightly wrong...)

@lproven @bencurthoys @markslater @mart_brooks

Strands #637
“Group membership”
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@stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @markslater @mart_brooks

Strands #637
“Group membership”
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Took me a while to work out the Spangram, then it was very easy. Odd how I was stuck for ages...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #638
“On the ice”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #638
“On the ice”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #638
“On the ice”
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Given how little I know about the subject matter, that one was quite easy.

I mean really I mainly know Canadian sexual positions.

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

That's not what a "double double" is.

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys @mart_brooks

Strands #639
“On the web”
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@markslater

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @mart_brooks
Strands #639
“On the web”
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@bencurthoys @markslater @lproven @mart_brooks

Strands #639
“On the web”
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@stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @markslater @[email protected] #639
“On the web”
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Took me ages to work out the theme...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #640
“It all adds up”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #640
“It all adds up”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #641
“In the driver's seat”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #641
“In the driver's seat”
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Tricky ...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #642
“Feeling peckish?”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #642
“Feeling peckish?”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵💡🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #642
“Feeling peckish?”
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The last one (top left corner) was the hardest.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Easiest one ever

Strands #643
“Tolkien's world”
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@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #643
“Tolkien's world”
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@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #643
“Tolkien's world”
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No hints and almost no false positives. Too easy.

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys

That's what I'm Tolkien about!