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4B Midweek Edition - July 29-30, 2020 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Wins against 6 Spellbound 10 Rotters 14 “Violet” lead-in 15 Kuwaiti leader 16 Pizzeria’s need 17 Vault over 18 Auction site 19 Like Tonto’s friend 20 Punctuation mark 22 Composure 23 Seize 24 Not yet in stock (2 wds.) 26 Library abbr. 29 Give the pink slip 31 Turkish honorific 32 Wool supplier 33 Ancient story 34 Alpine refrains 38 Director — Kazan 40 Feeling low 42 Face sketcher’s start 43 Church readings 46 Seaweed 49 ‘The Name of the Rose” author 50 Promissory note 51 Russian epic hero 52 Midwest st. 53 No more (2 wds.) 57 Compartment 59 Broken-arm support 60 Emmy or Oscar 65 H.H. Munro 66 Virile type 67 Sci-fi gofer 68 Word from the pews 69 Hackman or Wilder 70 Spurred on 71 Yin complement 72 Crowd, in Madrid? 73 All geared up DOWN 1 Tampa Bay gridders 2 She, in Paris 3 Pipe handle 4 Mannerism 5 Unfunny humor 6 Keeps in office 7 Lectern 8 Frontier saloon feature 9 Hear a case 10 Denver’s state 11 Stay away from 12 Compact 13 Vile smile 21 Word of assent 22 Comic swamp critter 25 Voice vote 26 Vice president, slangily 27 Wise old birds 28 Darth’s daughter 30 Army wear 35 Uniform 36 Tighten 37 Messy person 39 Straightening 41 Lowers in esteem 44 Synthesizer inventor 45 Grab some rays 47 Plunder 48 More arrogant 53 Prospector’s test 54 Alpaca kin 55 Compare 56 Fragrant compound 58 Join forces 61 Adjust a guitar 62 Frat party attire 63 Neck and neck 64 Swirling water 66 Police dept. rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 ,, 17 " 20 21 _ ■ 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 61 62 63 64 65 to CO 1 ” 68 69 70 71 " 77 THURSDAY Answers on next page 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Wooden peg 6 Pt. of week 10 Tie’s place 14 Ruling class 15 On the briny 16 Slow-moving beasts 17 Honored in style 18 Bank on 19 Popular hemline 20 Rug rat 21 Lipstick type 23 Hotel employee 24 Clueless 26 Slowly vanished 27 Track competitors 29 “La Traviata” composer 31 “Village Voice” award 32 Implored 36 Pacino and Hirt 37 More candid 39 Common pronoun 40 Short notes 42 RN assistants 43 City groves 44 Most demure 46 Knoll 48 Nonswimmer, maybe 49 Globe 50 Unit of weight 52 Humbug preceder 55 Paddy product 56 Morose 57 Get hitched quick 59 Turkey’s neighbor 60 Decides 61 Latin dance music 62 Semester ender 63 Wren’s abode 64 Wool fabric DOWN 1 Skillful 2 Dairy case item 3 Quip 4 Hot time in Quebec 5 Account book 6 Fortune-teller’s card 7 Functions 8 Lampreys 9 Remark 10 Like the Bedouins 11 Banish 12 Surrendered territory 13 Make socks 22 Hi-fi records 23 “Star Wars” heavy 25 Maiden-name indicator 26 On the house 27 Prowl 28 Competent 29 Hawks 30 Is, in Segovia 32 Hogwash 33 Exaggeration 34 Ages 35 Check for prints 37 Mark the herd 38 Animal fat 41 Luxurious 42 Strong soap 44 Little Engine verb 45 Most peculiar 46 Op art pattern 47 Whales like Shamu 48 Deli offering 49 Judicial order 50 Bishop of Rome 51 Excuses 53 Basilica part 54 Lettuce buy 56 Comedian — Knotts 58 Statute FRIDAY Answers on next page 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Delhi nursemaid 5 Orchestra offering 10 One-liner 14 Londoner’s farewell (hyph.) 15 Survey course 16 Libra’s stone 17 Harbinger 18 Fissure 19 Japanese clog 20 Kind of orange 22 Filet — 24 Plop down 25 — noire 26 In a state of entanglement 29 Glider or jet 33 Field or Kellerman 34 Set on fire 35 Cry of disgust 36 Lather 37 Strength 38 Semisoft cheese 39 Compass dir. 40 — sense 41 Kiwi language 42 East African republic 44 Cruise ship 45 One of the Karamazov brothers 46 Incline 48 Like lava 51 Got 55 Klutz’s cry (hyph.) 56 Pungent pod 58 Quitting time, often 59 Treadmill unit 60 Consumed 61 Tiny jumper 62 Hang-glide 63 Jargon 64 Peasant DOWN 1 Particle 2 Doll’s cry 3 Two fives for 4 Naughty kids 5 Prefix for wave 6 Square 7 Musial or Getz 8 Tax org. 9 Interchange of goods between nations 10 Runner 11 Sign on a door 12 Green Hornet’s aide 13 Spirited behavior 21 Accomplice 23 Problem with hives 25 Canoe wood 26 Liability opposite 27 Flora and — 28 Bygone 29 Major artery 30 Chef’s attire 31 Laissez— 32 Not our 34 Venom 37 Provides funds for 38 Deputy sheriffs 40 Use a coupon 41 Fr. miss 43 Stringed instrument 46 Most beautiful woman 47 Treat topping 48 Autumn flowers 49 Indiana neighbor 50 Albright or Montez 51 Ms. Moreno 52 Repulsive 53 Happily — after 54 Like Beethoven 57 Falstaff’s prince 1 2 3 ‘ 6 7 8 • 11 12 13 14 " ” 17 „ 20 21 ■ 22 23 24 _ ■ “ 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 ■ 35 36 _ ■ 37 _ ■ 38 39 _ ■ 40 _ ■ 42 43 44 45 _ ■ 46 47 48 49 50 _ ■ " 52 53 54 55 1 56 57 1 58 59 60 „ 62 63 64 THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. EIGMA Z^ ^Z PMYET z^ S^Z AANOST Z^ S Z MOOABB Z ^ IF YOU SET TASSED WHILE PLAYINS TAS, JUST ACCEPT THE FACT ANP THINK — ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. V V N Print answer here: Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. V V N Y Y ^ THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. SPEIO Z^ ^Z VLEBE v Z DYOLEM z^ ALIPSR Z -N v Z ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. v^Z ^Z THE z^c L^Z z^ s z ^z ^z v^Z MMIMM Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek ALGEI kyy v ^ A A y BROTI z^ ^z S^Z XTCEEI L Z z^ v Z ZA FONETS -y y v A y ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. A A y A r 2 ir?s&£k si IN OR PER TO PINPOINT THE PROBLEM, THE AUTO MECHANIC NEEPEP TO — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. A y A y A SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: ☆ DIFFICULTY RATING: DIFFICULTY RATING: ★★★★☆ 9 2 3 6 7 6 4 9 1 9 3 6 2 5 1 2 9 7 1 4 6 1 7 2 9 1 5 1 8 4 3 8 9 6 3 2 6 8 3 5 5 1 2 4 8 2 7 3 8 6 00 5 6 2 7 2 9 5 1 8 1 4 5 8 9 4 9 8 5 4 3 4 5 7 8 1 9 3 4 6 7 7 2 6 4 5 9 2 7 2 7/29 © 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMccl Syndication for UFS 1! 30 © 2020 Dist. b Andrews McMeel Syndication for UFS 7/31 © 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication for UFS Boyfriend says one-night stands are just a phase Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of five years, “Max,” misses “novelty” in our relationship. We are in our mid-20s with career-oriented lives and we make quality time together a priority. We have explored hob bies together, traveled and share many friends. He says I’m perfect for him and he could see married life together in the future but is not ready to settle down yet. He seeks novelty by meeting other women for one-night stands under the pretense of ethical non-monogamy, since I know what’s going on. However, I don’t like it and I have told him so. He states this is a need I currently cannot fulfill and he cannot be happy with out. He would stop if I demanded it, rather than break up. I don’t like ulti matums. We’re still together because he says this desire for nov elty is “just a phase,” and I could see myself with him long-term in a monoga mous relationship. I also don’t want to be closed-minded about relationships involving multiple partners. Should I believe him and stick it out? Or am I enabling immature, self-centered behavior? — Confused I have no idea whether you should believe him. It does appear that doing so breaks in his favor vs. yours about 100% to 0, which would explain in one bite why he sees you as “perfect” for him (despite your no doubt being lovely for unique and substantial reasons), but maybe that’s just me. Here’s the more urgent ques tion: Should you believe yourself? Your letter is uncanny at open ing doors for Max to act in his own interests — he feels this, he envi sions that, he’s not ready for what ever, he would do X upon request, he sees the future and exists in a realm above human nature!!! — while closing doors to your acting in your own interests. You “don’t like ultimatums”? You “don’t want to be closed-minded”? You put up the walls, then run smack into them. You can be open-minded in general about something and still not be a hypocrite for not taking part in it personally. You can sup port the local bar and not have a drink. You, not a sociopolitical board of directors, set the terms of your own heart. So. If you don’t like the terms of your relationship, then change them. If that’s not possible with Max, then break up. That’s it. Maybe it seems dras tic, but since you made no men tion of his being perfect (or even OK) for you, or what you really, really want in life, it’s possible try ing to make it work is actually too generous to him. Even if I’ve misread you and you’re in deep, clear-eyed love with Max, then you still don’t actu ally have to commit to him now to hold the spot for him to commit to you later, when the novelty of novelty wears off and his hypothetical settling-down phase begins. You don’t have to keep him on layaway. You can, instead, live your life without him, with the integrity of committing fully to your own prin ciples, without the nagging sense that you’re making excuses for your own mistreatment. Separating will hurt, but this relationship already hurts. Should you both grow into ver sions of yourselves someday who really are perfect for each other, you can get in touch. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www. washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com
