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6A Thursday, February 9, 2023 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com THURSDAY FUN+GAMES CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Round dwelling 5 Cattle calls 9 Royals’ org. 12 Nautical greeting 13 Border state 15 Fridge stick 16 Perfume ingredient 17 Vaccine 18 Get tired 19 Torrents of rain 21 Executive’s assistants 23 Enjoys a fine brandy 25 Large herring 26 Not stringent 29 Murmurs 31 Men and women 35 Wrath 36 Aquarium denizen 38 Unflinching 39 Type of wolf 41 Duelers’ weapons 43 Jedi knight trainer 44 In the thick of 46 Isaac’s mother 48 Malone of “Cheers” 49 Artificial waterways 51 Two pounds, plus 52 Urban trains 53 Dust particle 55 Gusto 57 Arsonists 61 Rust and patina 65 Muddy the waters 66 Rule 68 Batman’s garb 69 Night hunters 70 Wheel part 71 Furrowed 72 Novelist Rita — Brown 73 Muscle injury PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED 0 V A L M E G F A S T E R R E B A O R A E X P O S E B R A Y O R D L L A M A S 1 N T E R R O G A T E D T E E T H R E D S E R F S T 1 A T D S D E L L U N B E N D S 1 M P H A Y R E F O O P N I L E K E G A L S R 1 G L U M M E R E T A T E R S E R E D O T E S A w E A M P L E P H 1 L A D E L P H 1 A A P P E A L M G R H A N S R E C E D E P E N 1 S E E M A S S E S S S E S E N D 2-9-23 74 Pouches DOWN 1 Edible tubers 2 “No way!” (hyph.) 3 Mounted 4 Small fry 5 Pronounced incorrectly 6 Sonnet cousin 7 Galley movers 8 Boards up 9 Fr. miss 10 Noted limerick maker 11 Naturally waterlogged grounds 14 Old cattle town 15 Not clocked in (hyph.) 20 Involuntary movements 22 Brief crazes 24 Cleansing agents 26 Purple hue by Andrews McMeel for UFS 27 Agreeable odor 28 Rare gas 30 Red meat 32 Free to roam 33 Kind of pool 34 Rips off 37 More than odd 40 Nail polishes 42 Less rosy 45 Whipped cream serving 47 Fraud 50 Discarded ends 54 Cairo locale 56 Scratches 57 “It Came — Outer Space” 58 Davenport’s state 59 Tick off 60 Kind of gin 62 Carvey of “Wayne’s World” 63 Saga 64 Fixes a clock 67 FBI acronym S 2023 UFS, Dist. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, a> one letter to each square, f to form four ordinary words. = NACKR NLGIF r- X LPONLE s / MAICSP 7^ r- N ©2023 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. WHEN THE POSS STARTED PLAYFULLY "KISSIN6" HER FACE, TH£y WERE — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Answer here: (Answers tomorrow) I Jumbles: ITCHY BURRO STANZA DIGEST es er ay s | Answer: g-^g tabby watched the robins from his spot by the window, which to him was the — CATBIRD SEAT 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. SlTlUjS hIaIriim E|A uisiMiv 2-9-23 BOGGLE 0 POINT SCALE ( 3 letters = 1 point") C4 letters = 2 points) C5 letters = 3 points") C6 letters = 4 points') (l letters = 6 pointT) (^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 PLANETS 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: DAmr t ,w , , HERON EAGLE EGRET CRANE BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. © 2023 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved. WWW.bogglebrainbuStorS-COm SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING:★★★☆☆ 2/9 © 2023 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 3 8 5 2 1 9 6 7 4 2 1 9 4 7 6 8 5 3 6 4 7 8 3 5 2 9 1 5 3 1 9 8 4 7 6 2 9 6 4 7 2 3 5 1 8 7 2 8 6 5 1 4 3 9 1 7 6 3 4 8 9 2 5 4 9 3 5 6 2 1 8 7 8 5 2 1 9 7 3 4 6 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. METADATA Solution: 10 letters TSESYGOL I A T U P D A T TVBONOTO L E I L R E S U EVXDEAVR N I H T E © G E OTCUC@EE I P R E P © R T T I A N U © S I A R E O E I C P MCSCNAHA O S X I TORT T E M I N T E R UDOELTNE A N A L Y S I S O N H C E T T E S H I N E I H P M A V D N A A V I E U F G E T N M N O L A T B A R R R I E M R T M F R E T G E A A Y R O O N T E R F P R I I R D U I P L O R A H C D N N P R E T C O A M E G A N A M S E N I S U B © 2023 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com 2/9 Accurate, Administrative, Analysis, Automation, Business, Chart, Descriptive, Excel, Graph, Hard, Icon, Identification, Image, Information, Interpret, Management, Modify, Name, Number, Online, Phone, Photo, Program, Relevant, Report, Revenue, Search, Storage, Table, Technology, Text, Title, Tool, Topic, Updates, User, Video, Year Yesterday’s Answer: Scalpel The NEW Treasury 50 can be purchased online at www.WonderWordBooks.com, or call 1-800-642-6480. CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com ‘Unkind’ husband hammers on about troubled stepson Dear Carolyn: My husband of 16 years fre quently says unkind things to me about my son, 25, who according to my husband “has a lot of issues.” My son moved back home during covid, which was not what anyone wanted, but I thought we made the best of it. These comments are hurtful to me and I have asked him to please stop, go to therapy with me, look at the situation from a different viewpoint and more. We have tried therapy but he’s not that invested in it and he’s not willing to try it again. I can work collaboratively with my son to solve problems and we do, but it’s not a straight line. If it were easy, we’d be there now. My husband and I have gone to programs at NAMI, which provides much help, but my husband’s memory is long for what upsets him and short for solutions and a problem-solving approach. He is a bootstraps kind of guy. — At Cross-Purposes You say “long for what upsets him and short for solutions” — so, he’s an entitled, grudge-holding passenger content to let you do all the driving when it comes to a stepson/son with mental health struggles, under the guise of rugged virtue? Tell me otherwise and I’ll come up with an answer for you. But if I’m right, then the issue seems to be the effect your choice of stepfather had on your son in his formative years. Meantime, I hope your son is not still living in this hostile environ ment while he tries to work on his mental health, but I am not hope ful. I weep for his tween and teen age years. Readers’ thoughts: ■ Single parents: If you want to maintain a good relationship with your kids moving forward, please do not marry or move in with a per son until you are sure they like (a whole lot) and respect your kid(s). It can feel like such a betrayal to the kids (yes, even adult) and can irreparably damage the bond *you* have with your child. ■ My kid is very mentally ill; as in, he’s an adult and we still don’t know if he’ll ever be able to live on his own. If someone in his life was relentlessly critical — no matter how difficult things can be — I’d yeet them into the sun. My kid’s traumatized enough without hav ing mistreatment in his own orbit. ■ The husband or the kid at home might need a permanent change of scenery no matter how good the marriage otherwise is. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. WORD SALSA ANSWER FOR FEBRUARY 8 ONLINE PUZZLES Go to gainesvilletimes.com/puzzles to access interactive puzzles online, including multiple varieties of Jumble, Sudoku, and crosswords as well as Hitori and Futoshiki. Once there, click the “More games” button at the top left to view the options. Once a puzzle is selected, learn howto play by clicking the question mark. D N D 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. ALWAYS ENGLISH SPANISH CERTAIN CIERTO CONSTANT CONSTANTE DURABLE DURADERO ENDLESS SIN FIN ETERNAL ETERNO EVERMORE CADA VEZ MAS FOREVER PARA SIEMPRE INFINITE INFINITO ON AND ON INCESANTEMENTE PERMANENT PERMANENTE PERPETUAL PERPETUO RELIABLE DE CONFIANZA ©2023 Tony Tallarico. 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