NYT Strands - to hint or not to hint

[Xmasfairy86]

Before it fills up.

Strands #299
“Back in style”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵

not bad once I got started.

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵

That took ages to find the first one...

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵

Kicking myself I couldn't get started on that.

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵

Really needed that first hint to get going.

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡

Luckily I saw one word early which gave me the theme, but it still took a while to get the spangram.

Couldn't see it at all this morning. Left it and came back to it this evening, and boom! Straight away!

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵

Strands #300
“Just the essentials”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

I knew what they erre, but had to guess a few spellings!

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
💡💡🔵💡
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵

Had to use google

Same - google to the rescue

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
🔵🔵💡🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
💡🔵🔵🔵
💡🔵🟡🔵

Very ignorant of this subject and also not good at spelling!

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵

Needed hints to get started and google.

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
💡🔵💡🔵
🔵🔵🔵🟡

Luckily I have a Jewish best friend!

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵

Strands #301
“Festival of Lights delights”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵

I got the topic straight away but was rubbish with some of my spellings and resorted to google :(

Strands #302
“Keep it classical”
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Strands #302
“Keep it classical”
💡🔵🔵🔵
🔵💡🟡🔵

awful 🤦🏽‍♀️