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FRIDAY FUN+GAMES
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
Weekend Edition-December 23-24, 2022 3B
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1 Wallet stutter
5 Flower lover
8 Out of control
12 Camelot lady
13 Hair treatments
15 Citrus tree
16 Small dent
17 Prize marble
18 “Gotcha!”
(2 wds.)
19 Mounts
21 Bravo, in Spain
22 Cold War capital
23 Curse
25 — Bovary
27 Gave money back
31 Luxury furs
35 Jump over
36 Caspian Sea
tributary
38 Wide-eyed
39 Neckline type
40 Turn to stone
42 Go on the —
43 “Sesame
Street” name
45 Stoic founder
46 Dry watercourse
47 2000 Olympics
site
49 Facades
51 Form 1040
experts
53 Polio vaccine
inventor
54 Like some steaks
57 Bard’s prince
59 Visitors
63 —the Terrible
64 Express one’s
views
66 Merger or buyout
67 Large amounts
68 Made a decision
69 Karachi language
70 Before, in combos
71 To date
72 Fall fruit
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1 Govt, agents
2 “What’s
for me?”
3 Grape producer
4 Barely win (2
wds.)
5 Entreat
6 Proof word
7 Griffith or Zola
8 “Open sesame”
guy (2 wds.)
9 Japanese soup
10 Birds of ill —
11 Finely sharpened
13 Late (2 wds.)
14 Gives the
impression
20 Aykroyd or Marino
24 Car rental agency
26 Zillions
27 Wanders about
28 Abrasive
mineral
29 Horror flick role
30 Has the nerve
32 Fragrant
blossom
33 Dodge, as taxes
34 Highway cruisers
37 Charlie Brown’s
pal
40 Baby chick sound
41 Rummaged for
food
44 Temple supply
46 Heard the
alarm (2 wds.)
48 Boor
50 Winter complaint
52 Sentimental
54 Beatles’ meter
maid
55 Bard’s river
56 Diatribe
58 Lo-cal
60 Dried-up
61 Mock fanfare
(hyph.)
62 Insult
65 Beauty salon
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Unscramble these Jumbles, ®
one letter to each square, f
to form four ordinary words. =
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
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WHEN THE yoime BOXER
LEARNED HOW TO THROW A
QUICK PUNCH, IT WAS A —
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: BULKY DADDY PARLAY WEALTH
Answer: The baseball player got a better contract because
he and his agent - PLAYED HARDBALL
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
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek words.
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BOGGLE 0
POINT SCALE
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( 4 letters = 2 point?)
C 5 letters = 3 points')
( 6 letters = 4 points')
C 7 letters = 6 points')
C 8 letters = 10 points) 1
( 9+ letters = 15 pointT)
Boggle 0 BrainBusters Bonus
We put special brain-busting words into the
grid of letters. Can you find them?
Find AT LEAST FOUR DOG BREEDS
in the grid of letters.
YOUR BOGGLE 3
RATING
151+ = Champ
101 -150 = Expert
61-100= Pro
31 - 60 = Gamer
21 - 30 = Rookie
11-20= Amateur
0-10 = Try again
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Answers to Thursday's Bogglef BrainBusters:
TAN RED CYAN GRAY BROWN
www.bogglebrainbusters.com
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HOW TO PLAY:
Each row, column
and set of 3-by-3 box
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numbers 1 through 9
without repetition.
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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.
CHICHEN ITZA, MEXICO Solution: 7 letters
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Ancient, Angle, Archeology, Artifacts, Carving, Cenote,
Chamber, Copper, Corn, Court, Culture, Diverse, El Castillo,
Explore, Flint, History, Incense, Jade, Jaguar, Kukulkan,
Large, Mathematics, Maya, Museum, Pottery, Research,
Ruin, Spanish, Statue, Step, Stone, Temple, Textile,
Throne, Tunnel, Visit, Wall, Warrior, Water, Wells, Yucatan
Yesterday’s Answer: Globe
To purchase WONDERWORD books,
visit www.WonderWordBooks.com, or call 1 -800-642-6480.
Dating people
from functional
homes feels bad
Dear Carolyn:
My family is really dysfunctional.
I’ve made peace with it except for
when I date someone from a big
happy close family, which just high
lights the weirdness — like when
they ask what they think are harm
less questions. And I’m left either
dodging them or answering: “No, I
don’t have a favorite food my mom
makes because she stopped cooking
after my dad threw a hot casserole
at her when I was 9.” Or, “Nope, I
don’t see my dad on Father’s Day
— my visit would interfere with his
drinking.” Or, “No, we don’t really
have holiday traditions because my
mom joined so many weird cults. ”
At first I tried telling the truth,
but that was so awkward. Lately I’ve
been dodging and it’s exhausting.
So I’ve decided not to date
anyone unless they come from a
similar background. My friend says
that’s an “incredibly limiting and
self-destructive choice,” but I don’t
see another option. Do you?
— Exhausted
I do, and agree with your friend.
There is vast acreage between
dodging completely and telling
entire truths every time. For
Father’s Day queries: “Not a big
thing in my family.” It’s a true, com
plete unto itself, and covers a func
tional family that skips Hallmark
holidays, or a “really dysfunctional”
one. Only you know the difference
until you choose to share.
Same with favorite mom-food:
“Sandwiches? Mom didn’t cook.”
True, and true enough. People
aren’t as attentive to your history as
you are.
Or tell truths without the sledge
hammer: “Mom joining cults was
our tradition — my childhood was
... ‘interesting.’” [air quotes]
I’m thinking you know this,
though — and maybe your erf-it-
I’m-done-with-happy-families is
less about what to say that how to
stop being constantly reminded of
the chances you didn’t have.
And if so? Absolutely fair.
But, back to your friend’s obser
vation: Denying yourself an entire
category of people seems like a
permanent, self-defeating fix to a
temporary problem.
Close families have their weird,
too. You fit in more than you think.
Readers say:
■ Do yourself a favor, and date
the happy family! You are worthy,
regardless of your parents’ choices.
I dated dysfunction for years so I
wouldn’t be rejected by healthy
families. Thank goodness I didn’t
marry until I realized I belonged at
a healthy table too. My husband’s
family welcomed me, even with
my extended family struggles.
■ Stick to people who take you
at your word about the weirdness. I
have a family of real oddballs and
I wouldn’t date anyone who said,
“Oh, that couldn’t really have hap
pened,” or, “I’m sure they meant
well.”
Chat with Carolyn online at noon each
Friday at www.washingtonpost.com.
WORD SALSA ANSWER
FOR DECEMBER 22
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WOfcP 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.
HOLIDAY TRINKETS
ENGLISH
SPANISH
CANDLE
VELA
DECOR
DECORACION
FIGURINES
FIGURITAS
GARLAND
GUIRNALDA
MISTLETOE
MUERDAGO
MUSIC BOX
CAJA DE MUSICA
NUTCRACKER
CASCANUECES
ORNAMENTS
ADORNOS
SNOW GLOBE
BOLA DE NIEVE
STOCKINGS
MEDIAS
SUPPLIES
SUMINISTROS
TINSEL
OROPEL
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