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2D Midweek Edition-December 28-29, 2022 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
WEDNESDAY FUN+GAMES
CROSSWORD
PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED
12-28-22 ©2022 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS
ACROSS
1 Barrel
5 Electric car
10 Hold one’s own
14 Con
15 Big computer
key
16 Icy precipitation
17 Dinghy or dory
18 Go aimlessly
19 Vases with feet
20 Tooth adjuster
23 Sigma follower
24 Exploit to the
max
25 Twitters
29 Bit of corn
31 Cotton gin
name
32 Casual wear
33 Scale notes
34 Before birth
36 Emmy relative
39 Hidden
microphone
40 Get boring
41 Turns down
44 — Moines
46 Frazier foe
47 Underworld
ruler
48 Noted ones, for
short
51 Try to
understand
53 Bedouin
54 Letter before
sigma
56 Installation into
office
59 Bear in the sky
62 Commerce
63 Fusses
64 Dread
65 Talks wildly
66 Give out
sparingly
67 Earthen jar
68 On the lookout
69 Furtive whisper
DOWN
1 Henry — Lodge
2 Parka
3 Museum piece
4 — and kin
5 Lingerie items
6 Matriculate
7 Reek
8 Went away
9 Magazine piece
10 Mailbox device
11 Rowboat need
12 Kegler’s target
13 Chicago trains
21 Former science
magazine
22 Leg part
26 Jazzy — James
27 Bell sound
28 Bear’s advice
30 Road map info
31 Work unit
34 New pet, maybe
35 Altar area
36 Iridescent stone
37 South Seas
paradise
38 Nile goddess
39 Commuter
vehicle
42 TV genie
portrayer
43 Ol’ Blue Eyes
44 Costliest
45 Place of exile
48 More uncouth
49 Some
newlyweds
50 Tender sprigs
52 Diadem
53 Yucca kin
55 Beginning
57 Eurasian range
58 Pack down
59 ET craft
60 Family mem.
61 —ammoniac
Unscramble these Jumbles,
one letter to each square,
to form four ordinary words.
RPUNS
HERFS
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All Rights Reserved.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
2 EVEN THOUGH RABBITS AREN'T
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Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon.
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(Answers tomorrow)
I Jumbles: BERRY HEDGE FLORAL DECADE
es er ay s | Answer: thought the sunglasses that were discounted
50% were - “EYE-DEAL" FOR HER
JUMBLE ANSWER FOR DEC, 23
I Jumbles: EVENT AWFUL BALLAD ADJOIN
es er ay s | Answer: yyfw, the young boxer learned how to throw a
quick punch, it was a — “JAB” WELL DONE
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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( 3 letters = 1 point~)
( 4 letters = 2 points;
C 5 letters = 3 points')
( 6 letters = 4 points')
( 7 letters = 6 points)
C 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 STYLES OF
MUSIC 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
Answers to Tuesday's Boggld BrainBusters:
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BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc,
©2022 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved. WWW.bogglebrainbuSters.com
BOGGLE ANSWER
FOR DEC. 23
Answers to Friday's Boggle 0 BrainBusters:
PUG HUSKY HOUND POINTER
SUDOKU
DIFFICULTY RATING: ★★☆☆☆
12/28 © 2022 Disi. by Andrews McMeel Syndication for UFS
HOWTO PLAY: Each row, column and set of 3-by-3 boxes must
contain the numbers 1 through 9 without repetition.
ANSWER FOR DEC, 27 ANSWER FOR DEC, 23
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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.
LESLIE JORDAN (1955-2022)
Solution: 12 letters
M A D H O
I O L O L
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© 2022 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com 12/28
Actor, Afire, Allen, American, Awards, Bodies, Call Me Kat,
Carpet, Cool, Emmy, Evidence, Gift, Grace, Heap, Hearts,
Help, Hero, Horror, Kids, Life, Lived, Lives, Lonnie Garr, Love,
Madhouse, Mangus, Misadventures, Mischief, Moon, Moving,
Musicals, Peggy Ann, Pink, Ranch, Range, Reba, Singer, Ski
Patrol, Sordid, Special, Stand-up, Story, Trip, Well, Whoa, Will
Yesterday’s Answer: Kayak
Treasuries 27,29,31 and 33 through 49 can be purchased
online at www.WonderWordBooks.com.
WONDERWORD ANSWER
FOR DEC. 23 Pyramid
How does sister push
back against her
parents’ dating advice
Dear Carolyn:
My younger sister is 21; she has dated
her boyfriend for two years. They had
some rocky times, which made the
family a little worried, but in the past 16
months he has really
redeemed himself.
The preponder
ance of the evidence
that he is, in fact,
a great guy for my
sister has been good
enough for everyone
in the family except
for my dad and
stepmom. While my sister was home
from school this summer, they were
constantly suggesting she date others.
Furthermore, my stepmom thinks it’s
just really stupid for “young people”
to be in long-term relationships. (I’ve
heard this one, too.)
My sister is not talking marriage or
cohabitation; she’s just been dating him
awhile. How can I help her stand up to
this? She’s a senior in college, so dad
and stepmom are still paying half her
expenses - this adds an awkward layer
to the discussion.
— Older Sister
This does indeed sound “awkward.”
I’m sure it also undermines your sister’s
sense of autonomy, puts her on the
defensive, strains her relationship with
her stepmother, and thus your dad - and
... am I leaving anything out? Made her
summer a bummer?
This is aggravation, not irreparable
harm. Apparently her financial half
support isn’t even in peril.
So, yes, you can be a huge help to
your sister, by declining to join the cast
of this shouldn’t-even-be-a-drama.
It’s a deceptively difficult role, to
relinquish one’s role. You have to fight
the very impulse that moved you to
write this letter, the voice that’s tell
ing you, “I want to help my sister,”
and, “Someone needs to restrain my
stepmother.”
But your sister needs to restrain your
stepmother, and she needs to do it by
helping herself.
If she were making a disastrous
choice — if her boyfriend were abusive,
say — then it would be your duty to get
involved.
This situation, however, like most,
isn’t extreme. It may be human nature
to see life in terms of highs and lows, but
the bulk of it, really, is just navigating
the vast, annoyance-flecked stretches in
between — without inflating them into
dramas.
So the happiest outcome would be for
your sister to develop some navigating
skills of her own. Champion her right
to live her own life, and otherwise bite
your tongue.
Chat with Carolyn at noon each Friday at
www.washingtonpost.com.
CAROLYN HAX
tellme@
washpost.com
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CROSSWORD ANSWER
FOR DEC. 23
WORLD SALSA ANSWER
FOR DEC. 23
WORLD SALSA ANSWER
FOR DEC. 27
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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 aI reves, horizontal, vertical y diagonalmente.
ADJECTIVES
ENGLISH
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©2022 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/28/22
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