@bencurthoys @lproven @stephenjjohnson

Yeah - about 20 seconds

Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@markslater @bencurthoys @lproven

Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #720
“The beer necessities”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵

That was pretty quick... But I dispute some of those ingredients!

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Another quick one

Strands #721
“Olympics wrap-up”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #721
“Olympics wrap-up”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Another really quick one

Strands #722
“Strike a chord”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #722
“Strike a chord”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Took me a while to work out the theme but then it was easy...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Easy again. Think I’m on a decent streak of Spangram first.

Strands #723
“Just for reference”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #723
“Just for reference”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #723
“Just for reference”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵

Not a single false positive.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Darn - didn’t hit the Spangram first today

Strands #724
“That's really out there!”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #724
“That's really out there!”
💡🔵🟡🔵
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
💡🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #725
“Watch the attitude!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

The last word took me a while! (Bottom right corner.)

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #726
“It's a little much”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #726
“It's a little much”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

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@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #727
“Dressing up”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #727
“Dressing up”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #727
“Dressing up”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Fairly straightforward, allowing for Americanisms...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #728
“Dressing down”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #728
“Dressing down”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #728
“Dressing down”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

Found dozens of false positives, could not work out which of several possible themes. Gave up, got a hint, done in 1 minute or less.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

That theme just didn’t hang together for me

Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
🔵🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡💡
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #729
“Home office alternative”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #730
“Everything's in place”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

A very quick one. Well under a minute.

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Got stuck and needed a hint

Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
🔵🔵🔵💡
🔵🔵🟡🔵

@markslater @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡

@lproven @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #731
“Piece of cake”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #732
“That's it?”
🔵💡🔵🔵
🔵🟡💡🔵
🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #732
“That's it?”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #732
“That's it?”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

An American spelling made this really tricky for me. I never even knew y'all had changed that word...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

I’m not happy with that - there were technically two spangrams, and the first one I got was one of them.

Strands #733
“That's dedication”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Aren't they always multiple words?

Strands #733
“That's dedication”
🔵🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @lproven @bencurthoys

Don’t think so. Not always.

Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @lproven Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵💡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡🔵

Do you know what is not in my word list? The spangram. That's not even a thing.

@bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson @markslater

Strands #734
“Nice glasses!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡💡💡
🔵

Messed that one up

@lproven @bencurthoys @stephenjjohnson

Strands #735
“That time of year again”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

The spangram is wrong. It shouldn't have that extra letter on the end

Strands #735
“That time of year again”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #735
“That time of year again”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Quite an easy one...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
🔵🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵
🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
💡🔵💡🔵
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #736
“Cute enough to eat”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #737
“Hey"”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #737
“"Hey"”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #737
“"Hey"”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Having a good puzzle day

Strands #738
“Survival mode”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #738
“Survival mode”
🔵💡🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #738
“Survival mode”
🔵💡🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

Got stuck for the first time in _ages_...

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @stephenjjohnson Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

Today is the first one I have noticed where the letters in a word can be entered in two different valid orders.

@bencurthoys @markslater @lproven

Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys @markslater

Strands #739
“Out-and-out”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

Multiple unusually long red herrings there, such as DETAINEE

@lproven @stephenjjohnson @bencurthoys

Strands #740
“Mountain band”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

@markslater @lproven @bencurthoys

Strands #740
“Mountain band”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵

@stephenjjohnson @markslater @bencurthoys

Strands #740
“Mountain band”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

That theme took a lot of time to find...