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4B Midweek Edition - September 2-3, 2020 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY ACROSS 1 Plummet 5 Solemn promise 9 Fountain fare 13 Singer — McEntire 14 Chuck Berry tune 15 Above 16 Italian wine city 17 Passenger 18 Written material 19 Highest peak (2 wds.) 22 Capp and Jolson 23 Like prime steak 24 Gift box filler 28 Bill payer 30 Stashed away 31 Law (abbr.) 32 Scottish for John 33 Withdrawing 35 Just scraped by 38 Feminine principle 39 End of a threat 40 All in one place 43 Mdse, bars 45 Old horse 46 Princess Leia’s love 47 Twisted and turned 50 Regardless 52 Dah partners 53 Sigh of content 55 In a favorable way 58 Is incorrect 61 One of Henson’s creations 62 Upset 63 Talk wildly 64 Film spools 65 College VIP 66 Vaulted recess 67 Nimble 68 — Minor Tuesday’s answers on next page under “Solutions” 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS Wednesday’s answers on next page under “Solutions” 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS Thursday’s answers on next page under “Solutions” 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS DOWN 1 Playhouse fare 2 Like a used car 3 Dull 4 Ache 5 Statesman — Cromwell 6 Summed up 7 Layer 8 Dissenter 9 Strays 10 Imitate crudely 11 Smoked salmon 12 Atlanta-based station 14 Beaver State 20 Bye, in Bristol (hyph.) 21 Fries or slaw 25 Growing medium 26 Samovars 27 Brink 29 Wait a bit 30 Egg producer 33 Polite word 34 Ship’s floor 35 Messina sight 36 Zen riddle 37 Like some waffles 38 Craving 41 A grand 42 Anchor cables 43 Loosens 44 El —, Texas 47 Palermo locale 48 Less taxing 49 Cowboys’ home 51 Impatience 52 Place for lunch 54 “Laughing” animal 56 Kind of school 57 Language of Pakistan 58 Mound stat 59 Beat-heavy music 60 Hosp. personnel ACROSS 1 Enticement 5 Turn thumbs down on 9 Cheech’s partner 14 Attention-getter 15 Osiris’ beloved 16 Eagle’s nest 17 Cloy 18 DEA operative 19 Black as ink 20 Small tower 22 Painter’s device 24 Mottos 26 Depended on 29 Put up 31 Fleet 33 Mint containers 36 Kind of hog 38 Socrates’ hangout 39 Kind of poem 40 Had ambitions 42 Extended family 43 Shows the way 45 Lots of spirit 46 Head support 47 Most recently updated 49 Weighing machine 51 Bad bets 53 Skipped 57 Consumer’s concern 59 One of two 60 Equip again 63 Tiny stream 65 Practical knowledge 66 Intense 67 Toledo’s lake 68 Charles Lamb 69 Flared, as a skirt 70 Join metals 71 Believe DOWN 1 Endures 2 Trailer rental (hyph.) 3 Nostalgic fashion 4 Surfaces 5 Grape growers 6 That senora 7 Run out of energy 8 A Muppet 9 Lawyer’s volume of work 10 Getting better 11 Sun, poetically 12 None at all 13 Right, to a mule 21 Maize unit 23 Dry, as champagne 25 Rifle attachment 27 Call to mind 28 Greek column type 30 Coin-flip result 32 Pull hard 33 Freeway’s lack 34 Perfect 35 “Swell!” 37 Big Dipper neighbor 40 Said positively 41 Painted 44 Notwithstanding 46 Provoked 48 Prefix for dent 50 Twice XXVI 52 Hardware item 54 Oar pin 55 More than odd 56 Fondest wish 58 Ireland 60 Cleaning cloth 61 “The Name of the Rose” author 62 Mink or ermine 64 Like Dogpatch’s Abner ACROSS 1 Old Norse poem 5 Friend of Pythias 10 Writer Roald — 14 “Family Ties” son 15 Griffith or Zola 16 Ogden’s state 17 Cut 18 Narrow streets 19 Festive 20 Royalty abodes 22 Walks 24 Bottom lines 25 Major oil hub 26 Harness part 29 Impressionist 32 At liberty 33 Ruler of Venice 34 Rub out 38 Buckeye’s sch. 39 Spaghetti sauce herb (2 wds.) 42 Conceit 43 Senor’s dwelling 45 Nerve network 46 The L in LEM 48 Sells 50 Comment 51 Mideast nation 54 Stay fresh 55 Piece of cutlery 58 TV sponsor’s concern 62 Sprouting bean 63 Rustic 65 Not plentiful 66 Consumer gds. 67 In the air 68 Dueler’s weapon 69 Century unit 70 Flaky 71 Night follower DOWN 1 Rough file 2 Longest arm bone 3 Sedakaor Simon 4 Spreads out 5 Erase 6 Gather 7 Least amt. 8 Fiesta shouts 9 Oriole’s abode 10 Rough canoes 11 To any degree (2 wds.) 12 Vestibules 13 — apso 21 Media star, informally 23 Motorist no. 26 Coalition 27 Santa—, California 28 Cash subs 29 Drops feathers 30 Kind of molding 31 Educational org. 33 Did Easter eggs 35 Actress — Olin 36 Culture medium 37 Fergie’s duchy 40 Son of Val and Aleta 41 Admiral’s charge 44 Emma Peel or John Steed 47 Called balls 49 Coast Guard off. 50 Acreage 51 Delicious 52 Piano exercise 53 High IQ group 54 Strong brown paper 56 Persia, today 57 Corker 59 Wine valley 60 Got taller 61 Noticed 64 Decompose THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, g to form four ordinary words. | CUENL 7 ■N RSOCS Z s L^2 NETYDR Z N LLAOEC v 2 v 2 ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THE SOLFERS AT ST ANPREWS DECIPEP TO EXTENP THEIR TRIP SO THEY COULO — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. 7^ ^2 ' ' THE 7^ 7^ 7^ 7^ ^2 Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, g to form four ordinary words. | NLBDA 7 T ' ^ L,2 7 N UDOAI ^2 z s ^-2 HYOTTO 7^ L 2 GIPOST z y N Z s (£>2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek That shirt still I hand HE B0U6HT THE SHIRT AT THE CONCERT 30 YEARS A60. TO HIM IT WAS AN - Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. 4^ k_2 H ^z ^z ^Z Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, | to form four ordinary words. | VAHYE ICIMM K Y y K MLYHAN 7^ ^2 DUTBEG _ z y s " v 2 ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek THE ARROtSANT KINtS WHO COULP SAY ''HELLO" IN MANY LAN6UA0ES WAS — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. 7^ ^2 L Z ” L. 2 7^ ^ 2 ' T ^ 2 v_2 Z ^ 7~n L .2 7^ ^2 L. Z L 2 SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: ★★☆☆☆ 8 1 1 8 8 8 1 8 9/2 DIFFICULTY RATING: ★★★☆☆ 1 t> 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMccl Syndication for UFS ^-3 8 1 8 3 2 1 7 6 2 5 8 1 DIFFICULTY RATING: ★★★★☆ 1 8 8 1 1 1 1 ) 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMccl Syndication for UFS 9/4 © 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMccl Syndication for UFS Should I dump ‘fair-weather friends’ after they ignored me? Dear Carolyn: Over the past year I was diagnosed and hos pitalized for a serious and life-threatening ill ness. I have been strug gling mightily since then with severe depression, survived a drug over dose, am in the process of getting divorced from my husband of many years, lost a cherished pet to illness, and have had to sell my house. In the process, I found out that my social network was seriously lacking in the true-friendship department. Of the “close” friends I told about my illness, not a single one remained in contact with me throughout my ordeal, and some were downright rude and insensi tive. All of them know not only about the hospitaliza tion but also my pending divorce. I am in the process of moving and trying to start fresh. I have no intention of send ing these people my new contact details. Now some of them have begun to contact me — nearly a year after the fact — asking me how I’m doing and saying they’re “concerned.” One of the worst offenders left a message on my voicemail at work today saying she’s sorry she hasn’t been in contact (since last fall), but that a lot has been going on and that she was procrastinating (!). She informed me she’d email me “soon.” My instinct is simply not to respond. I don’t even feel I can trust them enough to tell them how painful it was to realize I had no one there to help me. Do I have any obligation to formally cut things off with them? — Looking for More Than Fair-Weather Friends After years and years of advis ing people to talk (and talk), it’s refreshing to say: No. You have no obligation to respond, at least not to a voicemail so thoughtless and noncommittal. If any of these friends proves to be remorseful and, maybe even more important, persistent, you might find it rewarding to respond; at worst you’ll get the satisfaction of being heard, and at best you’ll relaunch a good friend ship. But short of that, please do give yourself the small satisfaction of washing your hands of them all. Dear Carolyn: I am currently struggling with the if-we-get-married-I-come-first issue. I don’t mean to say at the exclusion of his family, but right now I am very firmly not first, and it makes me hesitant to commit. How do we get past this? — Detroit “We” don’t get past this, you do, by getting past the idea that wait ing around for people to change (be it silently, articulately, needily or f oot-stompingly) is the way to initiate change. Marrying them doesn’t work, either. Ultimatums are another change-motivator you want to avoid. If threats are the only way to get the attention you want, you’re not really getting the atten tion you want. The internal ultimatum, on the other hand, is not only effective, it’s also essential. Unless you’re willing to leave — unless you can say to yourself, “or else,” and mean it — you will never have the power to improve your circumstances. So. State aloud what you (reason ably) need from someone to be happy; allow that person (reason able) time to start providing it; and if your needs continue not to be met, then accept they never will be. Then decide whether you’ll stay or go. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www. washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com
