Strands - another new word game.

[SteveH]

I found it a bit frustrating at first, but once I fully understood what I had to do, after reading the instructions again, I found it quite amusing.
https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands
My result for today:
Strands #86
“All atwitter”
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[Nearly Sane]

Strands #86
“All atwitter”
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[Outrider]

Strands #86
“All atwitter”
💡🔵🔵🟡
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[Aruntraveller]

Strands #86
“All atwitter”
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[SteveH]

Much harder than yesterday's.
Strands #87
“A good workout”
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[Aruntraveller]

Strands #87
“A good workout”
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[Nearly Sane]

Strands #87
“A good workout”
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[SteveH]

Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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[Outrider]

Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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[Aruntraveller]

Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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I got there in the end, but the original clue did not help me at all. Even when I realised what the category was I didn't do well 

[Nearly Sane]

Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
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[SteveH]

Strands #88
“Pump it up!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵

I got there in the end, but the original clue did not help me at all. Even when I realised what the category was I didn't do well 

I wasted quite a lot of time looking for words in a completely different category, based on the clue "pump it up".

[Nearly Sane]

I wasted quite a lot of time looking for words in a completely different category, based on the clue "pump it up".

The first two I found with a different category in mind.

[SteveH]

Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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[Aruntraveller]

Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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[Outrider]

Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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[Nearly Sane]

Strands #89
“On the yellow brick road”
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A clear clue, and this being a bit of a specialist subject of mine made that easy. I once did a management training course where each group had to do an entertaining presentation  about what they had learned. We did The Wizard of Oz at my behest, in part because I have a management theory about what managers are like based on it. The people running the course said they had had The Wizard of Oz as a theme before but not in in anything like the amount of detail.

[SteveH]

Easy.
Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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[Aruntraveller]

Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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[Nearly Sane]

Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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All getting the spangram first so far

[Outrider]

Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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Yep. One really odd one in there, for me, though.

[SteveH]

Strands #90
“Start the day right”
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Yep. One really odd one in there, for me, though.

For me too - must be an American thing (assuming we mean the same word).

[Aruntraveller]

For me too - must be an American thing (assuming we mean the same word).

Yes, I noticed it as well. Again, assuming we mean the same word.

[SteveH]

Not a subject I'm familiar with, so I had to do a lot of guessing, and it took me ages. I spent a long time thinking the subject was something else, even after finding my first word, which didn't help.
Strands #91
“Nailed it!”
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Re. yesterday: who has quiche for breakfast? Weird!

[Outrider]

Strands #91
“Nailed it!”
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I think I was three or four words in before I realised I'd misunderstood the theme!