NYT Strands - to hint or not to hint

[Xmasfairy86]

Before it fills up.

Strands #263
“You're getting warm”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Strands #263
“You're getting warm”
💡🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵

Strands #263
“You're getting warm”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Strands #263
“You're getting warm”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Strands #263
“You're getting warm”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Strands #263
“You're getting warm”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Spangram first!

Strands #263
“You're getting warm”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵
Lots of guesswork

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

found it easy but not necessarily because I knew what I was guessing 😆

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵

Two of those I'd never heard of!

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Tough even with the spanagram. Felt like a bunch of random words

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🟡🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵💡🔵🔵
🟡💡🔵🔵
🔵

Is there a connection or is just random spangram?

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🟡🔵🔵

The connection is very American...

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
💡💡🔵🟡
🔵

Easy today and I found an extra that they didn’t have!

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🔵🟡
🔵🔵🔵

@Womblingmerrily - I think it’s just as simple as the Spangram suggests. “Spangram” in the US. I only hadn’t heard of one.

Two of those I hadn’t heard of (and I did find two more).

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🟡🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🟡💡
🔵🔵💡🔵
🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🟡🔵🔵🔵
🔵🔵🔵

I was thrown for a while when the first couple of words that I knew to fit the theme turned out not to be on the list.

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🟡💡
🔵🔵🔵🔵

Strands #264
“This is the place!”
🔵🔵🔵🔵
🔵🟡🔵

meh.

@Peridot1 I kept trying that one