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THURSDAY FUN+GAMES
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12-22-22 © 2022 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS
ACROSS
1 Casual eatery
5 Folding money
10 Hit the malls
14 Shoe part
15 High standard
16 Good engine
sound
17 Raw minerals
18 Leaf of grass
19 Lectern
20 Showed fright
22 Literary works
24 Fr. holy woman
25 Sec’y
27 Horror movie
staple
31 Get the lead
out?
33 Actor —
Danson
34 Country addr.
35 Bright red
38 Lower in dignity
40 Goner’s fate
43 Flakes
45 School near
Windsor Castle
46 Annoyed
48 Skulks about
50 Mess up
51 Eggs, to Ovid
53 PC chip maker
56 “Seinfeld”
character
58 Island near Java
60 Ad — (wing it)
62 Harped on
64 Male vocalist
66 Hill
69 Low voices
71 Finish a jacket
72 Sudden ouster
73 Our, to Pierre
74 Patella site
75 Female relative
76 Fragrant
77 Auctioned off
DOWN
1 Karate moves
2 Fill with fizz
3 Antenna
4 “Anything —?”
5 Type of overalls
6 Runs in neutral
7 Fewest
8 Fellows
9 A sordid person
10 Charley horse
11 Whir
12 Poet’s “eye”
13 Old hand
21 Track event
23 The Force was
with him
26 Try to find
28 Impudent tot
29 In that case
(2 wds.)
30 Shangri-La
32 Zenith
33 Little kid
36 Santa —, Calif.
37 Harry Potter’s
friend
39 Optimum
40 Pocket change
41 Thermometer
type
42 Gumbo veggie
44 Go by yacht
47 Portuguese title
49 Clingy fabric
52 Human herbivores
54 Ocean
phenomenon
(2 wds.)
55 Big name in trains
57 Awkward
58 Midler or Davis
59 Cherish
61 Rear
63 Soft light
65 North Woods
roamers
66 Color TV pioneer
67 Cash substitute
68 Energy source
70 Ready
H&1K
Unscramble these Jumbles, ®
one letter to each square,
to form four ordinary words.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
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LHAWET
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All Rights Reserved.
Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon.
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Yesterday’s
(Answers tomorrow)
Jumbles: GROVE ADMIT INLAND IMPAIR
Answer: They had to delay letting customers test out the
new cars because of the — DRIVING RAIN
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
INSTRUCTIONS: Find as
many words as you can by
linking letters up, down,
side-to-side and diagonally,
writing words on a blank
sheet of paper. You may
only use each letter box
once within a single word.
Play with a friend and
compare word finds,
crossing out common
words.
BOGGLE
POINT SCALE
( 3 letters = 1 poinT)
( 4 letters = 2 points?)
C 5 letters = 3 points')
( 6 letters = 4 points?)
( 7 letters = 6 point?)
( 8 letters = 10 points)
C 9+ letters = 15 points')
Boggle 0 BrainBusters Bonus
We put special brain-busting words into the
grid of letters. Can you find them?
Find AT LEAST FIVE COLORS in the
grid of letters.
YOUR BOGGLE 0
RATING
151+ = Champ
101-150 = Expert
61-100= Pro
31 - 60 = Gamer
21 - 30 = Rookie
11 - 20 = Amateur
0-10 = Try again
BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc,
© 2022 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved.
Answers to Wednesday's Boggld BrainBusters:
PARIS SEOUL MINSK QUITO
www.bogglebrainbusters.com
SUDOKU
DIFFICULTY RATING:*****
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© 2022 Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication for UFS
HOW TO PLAY:
Each row, column
and set of 3-by-3 box
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By DAVID
OUELLET
HOW TO PLAY: All the words listed below appear in the puzzle — hori
zontally, vertically, diagonally and even backward. Find them, circle each
letter of the word and strike it off the list. The leftover letters spell the
WONDERWORD.
THE ANTIPODES
Solution: 5 letters
C D O P P O S I
SO I T H E A T
AROMEFET
MMEREGLG
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D T O T T U N I
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A R G O E G N
CAROLYN HAX
tellme@washpost.com
Update to ‘cringey
wedding ring hurts
the wife’s feelings
My wife and I were high school
sweethearts and got married in col
lege. Despite the struggles of mar
rying so young, I wouldn’t change a
thing — except the wedding band
I chose.
We picked out our rings together,
and I wanted my ring to look cool.
My wife wisely chose a classy and
timeless style. My ring is large,
clunky, mostly black, and has a
cringey design on it with a shiny
faux stone inlay. I loved it at the
time and couldn’t understand why
my dad laughed when he first saw
it.
I’ve matured and slowly come
to hate it. I am very self-conscious
about it at the office and usually
take it off when I meet with impor
tant clients. I feel horribly guilty,
since my wife saved for almost two
years to buy me that ring.
For our 10th anniversary, I gen
tly broached the topic of getting a
ring that looks more adult and pro
fessional, but my wife is hurt, say
ing she has wonderful memories of
picking our rings out together and
saving her waitressing tips to buy it,
and we’ve had the bands all these
years and that’s really special to
her. I absolutely do not want to hurt
her feelings, but I just don’t want to
wear this monstrosity anymore.
—Love the Marriage, Hate the
Wedding Band
You share those wonderful
memories, clearly, so you will
wear the original ring on special
occasions.
And wear a new, timeless band
the rest of the time.
Your wife’s attachment is touch
ing, but she is well into the wrong
here. Guilting you into wearing a
dated ring she knows you don’t like
is not cool.
Dear Carolyn: I have a girl
friend I have dated on and off for
25 years. We met when we were
both 15 and we are 40 now. I have
been married twice, and she has
remained unmarried. We decided
to try once more to see if we could
make the relationship work. She
believes we are soul mates, if you
believe that kind of thing, however
I am skeptical because we have
tried maintaining a relationship
over the years and failed.
I have produced children in my
marriages and unfortunately she
has not, and believes she is past
the childbearing age. I’m trying to
figure out if I should just let her go
because evidence shows we aren’t
great for each other. But I feel
guilty about her not having chil
dren, because in a way it feels like
she has been waiting for me, and I
owe her my love.
— Skeptical
What? No. You don’t owe anyone
yourself because you feel guilty. Or
a child, if that’s what you’re imply
ing. Gah.
Date her if you enjoy her com
pany. Don’t if you don’t.
Chat with Carolyn online at noon each
Friday at www.washingtonpost.com.
WORD SALSA ANSWER
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© 2022 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com 12/22
Acting, Aircraft, Angle, Australia, Circle, Climate, Coal,
Coordinates, Degrees, Desk, Diameter, Dimension, Drama,
Earth, East, Equator, Field, Geography, Half, Hemisphere,
Latitude, Magnitude, Meeting, New Zealand, Numbers, Ocean,
Opposite, Plane, Play, Polar, Pole, Position, Route, South,
Theater, Theory, Time, Travel, Volcano, Water, Wave, West, Zone
Yesterday’s Answer: Religion
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WORP SALSA
by Tony Tallarico
Circle these English words and their Spanish equivalents that
appear in the grid horizontally, vertically, diagonally and backward.
Encierre estas palabras en ingles y sus equivalentes en espahol
que aparecen al reves, horizontal, vertical y diagonalmente.
PUBLIC AQUARIUM
ENGLISH
SPANISH
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PLANTAS
REPTILES
REPTILES
SHARKS
TIBURONES
SPECIES
ESPECIES
TURTLES
TORTUGAS
WATER
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