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Strands #9
“Ruler’s decree”
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Saw reign and looked for a different type of ruler… used a hint to straighten that out.

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Strands #9
“Ruler’s decree”
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Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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OK, I still do get it. Aside from the spanagram, I didn’t find a single word without a clue.

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Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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Difficult start … lots of staring at it.

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Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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I had to use 3 hints and I still don’t know what the theme is.
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Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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OK, I still do get it. Aside from the spanagram, I didn’t find a single word without a clue.
I am impressed you found new hint words with only two words left. This is the first puzzle that I had to use one hint, let alone three.

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Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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I had to use 3 hints and I still don’t know what the theme is.

Spoiler alert …

Theme is words that follow “grand ____” grand jury, grand slam, etc. And if you do the spangram last, it’s the grand finale.

And grand is also a reference to 1000.

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Glad I wasn’t the only one who struggled with this. And I still don’t understand the theme. Presumably something to do with a tv talent show?

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Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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I had to use 3 hints and I still don’t know what the theme is.

Spoiler alert …

Theme is words that follow “grand ____” grand jury, grand slam, etc. And if you do the spangram last, it’s the grand finale.

And grand is also a reference to 1000.

Thank you, it was driving me nuts

Grand Rapids is even local to me.

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Thanks for that. I thought ‘grand canyon’ but it just didn’t click in my head.

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Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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Glad to see I wasn’t to only one who struggled with this one.

5 hints before I clued in.

Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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Same here.

Strands #10
“One thousand followers”
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Clean sweep!

Strands #11
“Get animated”
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Strands #11
“Get animated”
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Straightforward today.

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Yup. Easy peasy.

Strands #11
“Get animated”
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Took a couple seconds to get going

Strands #11
“Get animated”
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The theme threw me off a bit, I was thinking of old haunts as places you commonly hang out.

Strands #12
“Old haunts”
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Strands #12
“Old haunts”
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I couldn’t spell the last one to save my life. I was working on it from before the hint!

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Strands #12
“Old haunts”
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Didn’t need hints on this one.