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6A Tuesday, June 27, 2023
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
TUESDAY'S FUN+GAMES
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6-27-23 © 2013 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS
ACROSS
1 Held one’s own
6 “Gold” or
“black” ender
11 Infuriated
14 Defense ploy
15 Sun, in combos
16 “Honest” fellow
17 Boughs
18 Talk, talk, talk
(2 wds.)
20 —eared bunny
21 Shape or form
23 Desist
24 Post of etiquette
26 Intended
28 Put into words
30 Reserves a
flight
31 Undersized pups
32 Pomme de —
33 Lightning by
product
36 Pointed arch
37 Welsh dog
38 Lectern
39 TV knob
40 Fish-like
41 Oldie “Stupid—”
42 Burn slightly
43 Thick liquids
44 Dwindles
47 Broadcast
again
48 Sighed with
relief
49 Daughters’
brothers
50 Tooth pro’s deg.
53 Impasses
56 Moron
58 Pipe bend
59 Arsenio’s buddy
60 Pat’s cohost
61 Do batik
62 Sacks out
63 Psychic —
Cayce
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1 Phone
2 Jumble
3 “The Scarlet —”
4 Diminish
5 Brush aside
6 Timidly
7 Beowulf’s drink
8 Sort
9 Dressy
accessory
10 Flapjack
11 Uxmal resident
12 Humble
13 Faked out the
goalie
19 Desires
22 Yea, to a
matador
25 Spouse
26 Gershwin hero
27 Petty or Loughlin
28 B.C. or N.S.
29 Sci-fi award
30 European
capital (var.)
32 Kitchen tool
33 About to
happen
34 NYC theater
award
35 Drowses off
37 Film
38 Mystique
40 Square dance
musician
41 Handwritten
42 Kind of pearl
43 Coop
44 Hit the ceiling
45 Bright and —
46 Atacama
Desert locale
47 —are red...
49 Comedy routine
51 Lady of Spain
52 Black hole,
once
54 Keats opus
55 LP successors
57 Parent
Unscramble these Jumbles,
one letter to each square,
to form four ordinary words.
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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
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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: YIELD FRONT SPEEDY SAILOR
eseraysj Answer: The termite and the cockroach became best
buddies, which made them — “PEST” FRIENDS
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.
6-27-23
BOGGLE°
POINT SCALE
( 3 letters = 1 point )
(A letters = 2 points)
(^5 letters = 3 points)
(^6 letters = 4 points)
C7 letters = 6 points)
C8 letters - 10 points)
( 9+ letters = 15 points')
Boggle” BrainBusters Bonus
We put special brain-busting words into the
grid of letters. Can you find them?
Find AT LEAST FIVE FIVE-LETTER
THINGS MADE TO BE WORN in the
grid of letters.
YOUR BOGGLE”
RATING
151+ = Champ
101 -150 = Expert
61-100= Pro
31-60= Gamer
21-30= Rookie
11-20= Amateur
0-10 = Try again
Answers to Monday's Boggle 0 BrainBusters:
, J , IM L , OUT BAT HIT FOUL FIELD PITCH
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SUDOKU
DIFFICULTY RATING:
5/27 © 2023 Dist. by Andrews McMecI Syndication lor UFS
HOW TO PLAY:
Each row, column
and set of 3-by-3 box
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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.
METALLICA IS BACK Solution: 7 letters
Y D D E N
D E L P V
L T N A U
E S D V R
I W R O O
F E A I C
T N T D K
E N I A T
H B U R O
N A G N R
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R H G A T
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M B A N D
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© 2023 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com 6/27
Albums, Atlas, Band, Bass, Big Four, Blackened, Burton, Cliff,
Dave, Flame, Guitar, Hammett, Heavy, Hetfield, James, Jason,
Kirk, Lars, Live, Load, Lux, Master, Metal, Mirrors, Music,
Mustaine, Newsted, Orion, Puppets, Radio, Riff, Rise, Roam,
Robert, Ron McGovney, Rock, Room, Sandman, Seasons,
Sets, Songs, Stranger, Things, Thrash, Times, Trujillo, Ulrich
Yesterday’s Answer: Seasoning
To purchase THE COLLECTED WONDERWORD, Volumes 56 through 73,
order online at www.WonderWordBooks.com. (In Canada, call 1-855-232-2367)
CAROLYN HAX
tellme@washpost.com
Fiance says money
concerns are
Trivial small talk’
Dear Carolyn:
Many topics that I find impor
tant, my fiance views as irrel
evant, inefficient small talk.
When I moved in with him, we
established a joint bank account
for regular expenses like food
and utilities and other joint
expenses. We equally put in a
few thousand dollars to start it
off, and each equally put in a few
hundred with each paycheck.
Just this week, he withdrew 50
percent of the balance without a
word to me. It took a lot of effort
for me not to explode and just
SMH.
I tell him I need to know what
is going on, I need an ongoing
dialogue. His stance is that if I
trust him, there’s no need for
him to tell me what the with
drawal was for. He classifies it as
meaningless small talk that is a
waste of his time.
The explanation is that a few
months ago, we started using his
new credit card that gives us/
him a good rebate on groceries.
So the withdrawal was for three
to four months of groceries and
other monthly expenses.
Any ideas how I can break his
habit of evaluating topics and
unilaterally deciding what top
ics are worthy of discussion and
what are not? I sense that he’d
prefer no conversation and just
to make decisions as if he were
single.
— Need Communication
This is shooting off red flags
like a T-shirt cannon.
“Evaluating topics and unilat
erally deciding what topics are
worthy of discussion and what
are not” is not a “habit.” It is a
disregard for you and for your
agency in your own life. This is a
dealbreaker. See this, please, and
say it to him. And run.
Also, “a lot of effort for me not
to explode” identifies a root prob
lem to address, not a symptom to
celebrate your ability to gut out.
Don’t marry him, or anyone,
until you speak freely and feel
heard, and valued for who you
are. Full stop.
Readers’ thoughts:
■ Please don’t marry this guy.
If he won’t even tell you what he
spends your joint money on, is
he also going to buy a house, or
speculate on the stock market,
without your knowing, because
you should “trust him?”
■ Omigosh, Carolyn was so
even-keeled in her response!
Girl, RUN. Your fiance takes out
half your shared stash and won’t
share the reason (at the time)?
That is NOT COOL. To classify
finances as “meaningless small
talk” is such... I can’t even...
you know one of the first reasons
for divorce is that couples are not
on the same page financially? He
won’t even DISCUSS his finances
with you — your SHARED check
ing account!
Chat with Carolyn online at noon each
Friday at www.washingtonpost.com.
WORD SALSA ANSWER
FOR JUNE 26
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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.
&EO&RAPHY
ENGLISH
SPANISH
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LONGITUD
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