NYT Strands - to hint or not to hint

[Xmasfairy86]

Before it fills up.

Strands #288
“Crossed words”
🔵💡🔵🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵
🔵

Not easy for me - and top left must have taken me about 10 minutes!

Strands #288
“Crossed words”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵

I hadn't heard of a few of those. Not easy!

Strands #288
“Crossed words”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

I'm stuck on the top left, I have tried every combination of letters I can.
Please could someone give me a clue?

I had never heard of it but imagine a clip cloppy animal starting with the wrong letter

Strands #288
“Crossed words”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵

Thank you @JaneJeffer 😊

It only took me about 20 goes 😂

ugh. I had to Google top left after I got it 😀

Strands #288
“Crossed words”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Strands #288
“Crossed words”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Yuck! I did not like that one

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡

Did not like that!

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
💡🔵💡🔵
🟡🔵🔵🔵

I was so sure I had the Spanagram after two words that I kept on putting my word in, even though I knew it wasn't correct 😅

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🟡

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

Was pleased when I finally got started. Top right a bit American.

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵
Took me a while to cotton on to the topic but then straightforward

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

Took me ages to get the first few...

Strands #289
“It's lit!”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵