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Navigating the twists and turns of today’sStrandspuzzle proving to be a challenge? No worries! If you find yourself scratching your head over a particularly tricky word, or if you’re at a loss for the entire solution, we’ve got you covered as your linguistic life raft.
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Today’s Theme, Explained
Today’s theme is ‘Here we (don’t) go again’. Expand to see what that means for today’s puzzle.
The words refer things that happen duringa particularly slow-moving, bumper-to-bumper road nightmare.

Thefirst wordmakes your nose and the highway miserable.
Thesecond wordturns your morning commute into a parking lot.
Thethird wordis the unexpected guest that keeps things from flowing smoothly.


