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4B Midweek Edition - September 9-10, 2020 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com ENTERTAINMENT WEDNESDAY Tuesday’s answers on next page under “Solutions” 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Physicist Nikola 6 Beg pardon! 10 Living room piece 14 Some vines 15 Roman fiddler 16 Kyrqyzstan range 17 Old keepsake 18 Surpass 20 Darkroom gear 22 Them there 23 Elected ones 24 Passing grade 25 Beach near Los Angeles 29 Becoming swollen 34 Without company 35 Sporty fabric 36 Caustic substance 37 Holy image 38 Wear the crown 39 Goes to low beam 40 — de guerre 41 Prom attenders 42 Cleansers 43 Toward sunrise 45 Crow’s nest cry (2 wds.) 46 Boathouse item 47 Indy area 48 Rubber city 51 Revoked 57 Dangerous driver 59 Like an arbor 60 Besides 61 Fergie’s duchy 62 Write bad checks 63 Shortfall 64 TV award 65 Linked DOWN 1 Trunk item 2 Level 3 Window ledge 4 Spunky movie princess 5 Give credit 6 Feeds the kitty 7 German gent 8 Historical periods 9 Tues. preceder 10 Drawer freshener 11 Muffin spread 12 Sports enthusiasts 13 Staff member 19 Lieu 21 Veld grazer 24 Fountain toss-in 25 Quebec neighbor 26 Bauxite user 27 Weaving machines 28 Rustic lodging 29 Like some alleys 30 Fails to maintain the pace 31 Homeric tale 32 Dryad 33 Artist’s plaster 35 Jury member 38 Situated at the back 39 Slip on 41 Guitar sound 42 Fill the bill 44 Drove, slangily 45 — Abner of comics 47 Cartoon pig 48 Egyptian sun god 49 Leafy vegetable 50 Small hill 51 Quark’s home 52 Shoulder 53 Wave away 54 Listen! 55 Slight advantage 56 Changed color 58 Sailor’s reply THURSDAY Wednesday’s answers on next page under “Solutions” 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Grind one’s teeth 6 English poet 11 New England cape 14 Pedro’s father 15 Cosmopolitan 16 Cato’s hello 17 Asparagus morsel 18 Cosmetic buy 19 Writer’s need 20 The thick of things 22 Deserves 24 Tolkien creatures 28 Minor injury 29 Recently (2 wds.) 30 Hero’s journey 32 Getz or Kenton 33 Knoll 35 Pilots’ sightings 39 Lean toward 40 House site 41 Mme.’s daughter 42 “Diana” singer 43 Wyoming range 45 Birthday suit wearer 46 Vee makers 48 Spouted rhetoric 50 Have in view 53 Picnic take- alongs 54 Marauds 55 Lake swimmers 57 Explain further 58 Reversal (hyph.) 60 Specks 65 Unisex wear 66 Tailoring job 67 Proclamation 68 Pause fillers 69 Goes out 70 Signs a lease 9-10-20 DOWN 1 Family docs 2 Doze 3 Citrus-based drink 4 Tijuana “Mrs.” 5 Recluse 6 Some Iraqis 7 Romantic deity 8 Border on 9 Assign the blame to 10 Mocks 11 Island off Naples 12 Kilns 13 Thick 21 Information of note 23 Pertaining to fall 24 Shade-loving plant 25 Frequently 26 Unwritten on 27 Gave first aid 28 Sea floor 30 Cite 31 Golden Rule word 34 Flamenco shouts 36 Champagne glass 37 Of longer standing 38 Future flowers 43 Koppel of the news 44 Midnight opposite 47 Make certain 49 Less bleak 50 Steamed 51 Consumer advocate Ralph 52 Spring and ebb 53 Tilts 55 Muslim mystic 56 Court order 59 Okla. neighbor 61 Byron work 62 Nonrusting metal 63 Statute 64 City rtes. FRIDAY Thursday’s answers on next page under “Solutions” 5)2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Patio cousin 5 Accumulate 10 British school 14 Wheel part 15 Jeweler’s measure 16 1899 gold rush town 17 Meat turner 18 Plugged in 19 Hwys. 20 Catcalls 22 Party decor 24 Laundry amount 27 Sock part 28 More perky 32 Mr. Presley 36 Devoured 37 Hearth leftover 39 Retirement plan 40 Writer Ayn — 42 Rural structures 44 Ms. Fitzgerald 45 Gumshoe’s finds 47 Major no-no 49 Wernher — Braun 50 Doglike scavenger 51 Annual 53 Outback mineral 56 Slant 57 Herb tea 61 Bucket of song 65 Elmer Fudd, e.g. 66 Fencing weapon 69 Cleopatra’s river 70 Gator kin 71 Quay 72 Gluck of opera 73 Robust and vigorous 74 Backspace on a PC 75 Chimney deposit DOWN 1 Race off 2 World’s fair 3 Ad award 4 Soup pot 5 APB datum 6 Gullet 7 Tent dweller 8 Jazzy — Vaughan 9 Stone marker 10 Signer-upper 11 Oz pooch 12 Harbinger 13 Gangbuster Eliot — 21 Part of a pump 23 Scallion kin 25 Does target practice 26 Opposite of credit 28 Kind of conifer 29 Where Rome is home 30 Sports locale 31 Pass along 33 Car import 34 Domed residence 35 Lower leg 38 Pajama coverers 41 Censure 43 Overcharge, slangily 46 Tree juices 48 Hydrox rival 52 Safari leaders 54 Walkway 55 Quieter 57 Prickly sensation 58 Director — Ephron 59 Hoodwink 60 Astronomer’s sighting 62 About 2.2 lbs. 63 A Muppet 64 In good order 67 Musical notes 68 Joey or Kiki 1 2 3 * 5 6 7 8 • 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 „ 20 * 22 23 24 25 26 ■ 28 29 30 3^^H 32 33 34 35 36 ■ 1 39 40 ■ 42 43 ■ 44 45 46 1 1 48 ■ 49 50 ■ 1 52 53 54 55 ■ 56 57 58 59 60 1 62 63 64 65 1 66 67 68 69 70 73 " " Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, £ to form four ordinary words. § METTP ^z Z N L^Z GRTIE z^ v^Z 4 S OAHLPO Z"N Z N L^Z SOLONE ^Z Z”\ ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek NAPOLEON Kklll THOUGHT HE COULD WIN AT WATERLOO, BUT HE GAME UP — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. ^ z z^ z^ Z^ Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, £ to form four ordinary words. § LEPSL z~\ z—k z” -N ^z SYATT Z^\ BEUUSD z^ L^Z z^ X^Z Z \ RYWENI Z^ Z”\ z^. ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek THE SCUBA DIVERS GOT MARRIED UNDERWATER AND BEGAN THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER IN — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Z~N v^Z Z~^ v_Z Z^ L, Z z^ Z~N L_Z Z~N v^Z z^ L Z z^ Z^ ^ z Z' L_Z Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, 5 to form four ordinary words. | NTEIP z^ Z > z^ DEIUG ^Z Z^ Z N X^Z TEROBT Z^ L^Z z^ WO R DAT ' ' z^ ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek IF THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER WAS GOING TO TURN IN THE STORy IN TIME, HE'D NEED TO — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. -y A y z^ z^ ^z y A Z' 'Y A X A D SUDOKU DIFFICULTY fWING:iMnYwY? DIFFICULTY FRATING:^-^^ DIFFICULTY RATINGi'&lfnMrH’ 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndicalk 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMccI Syndicalk 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMccI Syndicalk Don’t attempt to social engineer new parents’ lives Dear Carolyn: Just as COVID arrived, a couple my wife and I are close friends with, “Mary and Bob,” had their first child. They decided Mary will not return to work and Bob will con tinue in his job. These adjustments can be hard, and with COVID-19, the feelings of isolation make it even harder. My wife recently learned that Mary is feeling like Bob is spending too much time on activities that don’t involve his family. While the activities are safe and permitted under local guidelines, the time Bob spends away from his family is putting a significant strain on his relation ship with Mary. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to be communicating very well. There is a small group activity — safe and permitted by local guidelines — I’m planning with just the guys. My wife and I are both torn on whether I should invite Bob. The last thing I want to do is put more stress on Bob’s relationship with Mary, but I don’t want Bob to feel bad about being excluded. — What About Bob? Invite Bob, and let Bob figure out whether to accept and how to navigate his marriage, baby and friendships. I don’t recommend even well- meaning attempts at social engi neering based on second — and third-hand information. What friends are well-posi tioned to do, almost uniquely so, is ease the new-parent workload and isolation. Pandemic protocols will limit you, but not completely. You can still drop off dinner, run errands for them, invite them out as a family to a socially distanced activity. You can still and always be the friends who give them a safe place to talk as they figure this out. Maybe one of the kindest things you can do is not think of Mary and Bob just as this, just in these terms. As you said yourself, these adjustments can be hard, and adjusting when you can’t fill your home with helpers and sup porters is no less than a cosmic cruelty. But every life has its grueling phases. People living one difficult part of, in all likelihood, a long life together can really benefit from friends who focus less on the “gru eling” and more on the “phase” — who see them as people and as friends and as individuals and as two people their baby is lucky to have as parents. Be the people who believe in them when they’re low on belief in themselves. Dear Carolyn: Whenever my roommate is confronted with a task, she tries to get me to do it. This ranges from regular requests for me to hand her things to pounding on the bath room door when I’m on the toilet to ask me to intervene when her cat gets into something of hers. I’m trying to set boundaries gently, because she’s fragile, but I’m stuck on the mild versions of this — the constant requests that I get her things she can reach her self. They’re annoying, but do I let them go? — Roommate Pounding on the bathroom door? That’s every “no” I’ve got. I urge you to learn, quickly, to decline with calm, unflinch ing good nature any unwelcome request for non-emergency assis tance. And to say this: “Unless there’s a fire, do not bother me in the bathroom.” After which you ignore the pounding every, single, time. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www. washingtonpost.com. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com
