NYT Strands - Into the New Year

[OrsolaRosso]

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Strands #312
“Off the hook!”
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Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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🟡🔵

Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #320
“The time of our lives”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Didn't get most of those!

Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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🟡🔵🔵

Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Huh! That was tricky

Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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That was tough!!

Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Well, I solved it. But I have absolutely no idea what the connection is between them. And the title didn't help at all 😅

Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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@HurdyGurdy19 there's a poem by Walt Whitman that's well known in the USA. The spangram fits the blanks in the clue applies to all the words.

I needed a clue for the second word and then I saw the connection and got the rest.

Strands #321
“O ! My !”
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Strands #322
“I get the message”
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Strands #322
“I get the message”

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