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THURSDAY FUN+GAMES
CROSSWORD
PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED
2022 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS
12-29-22
ACROSS
1 Did the crawl
5 Fall guys
9 Small farm
14 Movie theater
15 Nope (hyph.)
16 Put on the
payroll
17 Garbage bin
output
18 Point the finger
at
19 Asserts
20 Jammed
22 Coke rival
24 Mocked
26 Tribal emblems
29 “Late Show”
feature
31 Robber at sea
33 Minor argument
36 Barely gets by
38 Imposed a levy
39 Sly fox
40 Dexterously
42 Fleming of
spydom
43 Green —
45 Bombay attire
46 Madame
Bovary
47 Break away
49 Like many
models
51 Really enjoy
53 Coax
57 Happen
59 Monotony
60 Imported cheese
63 Muslim mystic
65 Asian royalty
66 Concede
67 Brick oven
68 Grad-school
exam
69 Dove’s quest
70 Cozy
71 Ceremonial fire
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1 Flat boats
2 Enlarge
3 Battery post
4 Business deals
5 Divided
6 Gleeful cry
7 Shoe style
8 Mattress covering
9 Virtue
10 Jet set
destination
11 Pizarro’s quest
12 Hardly any
13 Six-pointers
21 Before, in verse
23 Kind of quiz
25 Fists, slangily
27 Saying
28 Kind of engine
30 Himalayan
country
32 Novelist —
Ferber
33 Dietary needs
34 Wedding party
member
35 Pesto or
marinara
37 Toss here and
there
40 Give up the
crown
41 Igniting
44 Lyrical
46 Vision medication
48 PC bailout key
50 Horse command
52 Corn covers
54 Personal
journal
55 Some eclipses
56 Zola of
literature
58 Tumbledown
building
60 Breach
61 Poem by Keats
62 Actress —
Thurman
64 Kind of vaccine
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Unscramble these Jumbles, ®
one letter to each square, f
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©2022 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
All Rights Reserved.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
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: SPURN FRESH SPRUCE GLOBAL
Answer: Even though rabbits aren’t insects, they can
be - GRASS HOPPERS
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.
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Boggle 0 BrainBusters Bonus
We put special brain-busting words into the
grid of letters. Can you find them?
Find AT LEAST FOUR THINGS TO
SIT ON 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 Wednesday's Boggld BrainBusters:
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BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc.
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SUDOKU
DIFFICULTY RATING:★★★☆☆
12/29 © 2022 Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication for UFS
HOW TO PLAY:
Each row, column
and set of 3-by-3 box
es must contain the
numbers 1 through 9
without repetition.
PREVIOUS SOLUTION
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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.
SKATE PARKS Solution: 7 letters
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© 2022 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com 12/29
Angle, Backyard, Balance, Bank, Bench, Bike, BMX, Bowl, Build,
City, Corner, Cruise, Curb, Curve, Deck, Dome, Environment,
Fast, Feet, Flip, Fun, Half-pipe, Helmet, Hill, Hockey, Ice, Jump,
Kicker, Launcher, Loop, Pole, Railing, Ramps, Ride, Rink, Safety,
Scoop, Scooter, Shape, Shoes, Skateboard, Slope, Speed,
Spine, Stairs, Street, Trail, Tricks, Turn, Wave, Wheels, Wrist
Yesterday’s Answer: How Y’all Doing
The NEW Treasury 50 can be purchased online at
www.WonderWordBooks.com, or call 1-800-642-6480.
CAROLYN HAX
tellme@washpost.com
How can I deal
with boyfriends
offensive friend?
Dear Carolyn:
My boyfriend and I each have
one or two friends whom the other
doesn’t really like, and it’s okay
with us. However, recently, my
boyfriend became friends with
someone I find very offensive.
This person will say things that I
find racist or sexist. In addition, he
drinks heavily. (I mean, he calls
himself the Manimal.)
I have told my boyfriend how I
feel, and he said he doesn’t spend
much time with him — and that
I have to get to know him before
judging him, because he can be a
nice person, too. Now that we’re
back at school, I really do not want
my boyfriend hanging out with
him. When he’s with him, my boy
friend tends to drink more than
usual. What to do?
-Va.
Nothing. You’ve made your
point. The more you try to control
your boyfriend, the less you witness
his free will in action. There’s no
more productive way to discover
someone than to let him be himself.
So wait, and watch.
If you don’t like what you see,
though, then here’s an important
thing not to do: blame the Manimal.
Your boyfriend is fully responsible
for his taste in friends and his
behavior in their presence.
You, likewise, are responsible
for your companionship choices —
not to be confused with a responsi
bility for making your companions
change in order to justify your
choice. Something to keep in mind
if you find yourself with a Boyfrien-
dimal on your hands.
Dear Carolyn:
My girlfriend of two years was
invited to the wedding of a class
mate of hers. I asked if I could
attend as her date. Well, she said
since the invitation didn’t include
me, I shouldn’t go. I asked if she
wouldn’t mind asking the bride.
She refused.
I assumed she would stay only
a very short time. By midnight I
finally hear from her. She pro
claims that I am completely wrong
and should not have made this into
a big deal. My problem is that she
didn’t even try. And, she also was
going to see two people with whom
she has history. I believe I wasn’t
included because of them, which
she denies.
-R.
Your girlfriend was right: An
invitation addressed only to her
means you weren’t invited, and it’s
not acceptable to pressure couples
to add guests.
If you really believe your girl
friend is a liar who can’t be trusted
without a chaperone, then please
direct your efforts to asking your
self why you haven’t just broken up
with her — instead of angling for
invitations to weddings you appar
ently had no other reason to want
to attend just to supervise her.
Chat with Carolyn online at noon each
Friday at www.washingtonpost.com.
WORD SALSA ANSWER
FOR DECEMBER 28
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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.
STRUCTURES
ENGLISH
SPANISH
ABBEY
ABADIA
BARN
GRANERO
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©2022 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/29/22
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