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MONDAY FUN+GAMES The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com Sunday, December 31, 2023 7A CROSSWORD PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED 1-1-24 2024 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 “Jurassic—” 5 Hemmed and — 10 Flag maker Betsy — 14 Actor — Alda 15 Tequila source 16 Track shape 17 Greek Muse of history 18 “The Thinker” sculptor 19 Tractor-trailer 20 Leaning 22 Compared 24 Something to do 26 Perceives 27 Where fenders are fixed (2 wds.) 31 Spook session 35 Simian 36 Jeweled headband 38 Primp 39 Be brimming with 41 Smoke column 43 “Holy cow!” 44 Edict 46 Battery terminal 48 Dir. letters 49 Motorsports giant 51 Impressed deeply 53 Colors 55 Jewels 56 Forage plant 59 Sherlock’s doctor friend 63 Chief 64 Tropical resin 67 Hawser 68 Hotel chain 69 Goes far and wide 70 Toward shelter 71 Design detail 72 Small drum 73 Furnish DOWN 1 Covenant 2 “ Want for Christmas Is You” 3 Marsh bird 4 Difficult 5 Adversity 6 In the past 7 Shapeless mass 8 Afflictions 9 Says it’s not true 10 “ red...” 11 Baking chamber 12 Alike 13 Skidded 21 Bridge seat 23 Hold on to 25 Eucalyptus eater 27 Stick for a majorette 28 Puccini piece 29 Acts 30 Do a garden job 32 Desert in Israel 33 — and desist 34 Concluded 37 In the company of 40 Pit crew member 42 Get a word in — 45 Actor — Julia 47 Humorist — Bombeck 50 Directs 52 Relating to the stars 54 Parlor 56 Israeli writer — Oz 57 Lantern 58 Superior 60 Food fish 61 Golfing event 62 Requirement 65 Actress Longoria 66 Mai de — Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. RNSLA THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek rope-a-dope / worked! trained hard. I don’t understand how he got the ud PLXEE TLABEL BABOMO A ©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Print answer here: WHEN ASKED HOW THE ROOKIE BOXER HAD BEEN ABLE TO KNOCK HIM OUT, HE SAID — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Saturday’s (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: PRIZE MACAW HIATUS FUNGUS Answer: For the much stronger arm wrestler, victory was - WITHIN HIS GRASP 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. BOBS □000 BOGGLE 0 POINT SCALE ( 3 letters = 1 poinTJ ( 4 letters = 2 points ) C 5 letters = 3 points') ( 6 letters = 4 points”) ( 7 letters = 6 points) C 8 tetters = 10 points") C 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 SIX UNITS OF TIME 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 Saturday's Boggid BrainBusters: DA „„. c . J , 4U u , TIN LEAD ARGON BORON COBALT BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc, ©2024 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved. WWW.bogglebrainbuSters.com SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: ★☆☆☆☆ 1/1 © 2024 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 1 5 7 6 8 2 9 4 3 2 6 3 1 9 4 5 7 8 4 8 9 3 5 7 2 6 1 6 1 5 7 4 8 3 9 2 9 3 4 5 2 1 7 8 6 7 2 8 9 3 6 1 5 4 3 7 1 4 6 5 8 2 9 8 9 6 2 7 3 4 1 5 5 4 2 8 1 9 6 3 7 RW0RT3 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. CHAMPAGNE IS FLOWING Solution: 7 letters N B L C E H H E E V U C B Y P E 0 I H K C P S D E R U A I R W L M E A I 0 0 P E B N N C 0 Y L E E C R S E A B R 0 0 H S E I P R L A C M L E T M D I E A N 0 N G I R E P M 0 D N L C R G E E P R S E E E Y Y A L C S E T S 0 S P U T Z T D H A 0 E R S V U E N E Z R P R C C B V M A R T I N I A S T I G I R E L T A E I F P N R G N U P U F I L R I D D L I N G K R 0 ® C A N N I V E R S A R Y K R © P V E U V E C L I C Q U 0 T © 0 N I B M A B E T N A M U P © © 2024 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com Anniversary, Bollinger, Brut, Bubbles, Cake, Chandon, Cheer, Chill, Citrus, Cream, Cuvee, Dom Perignon, Dosage, Drink, Epernay, Fizzy, Flavor, Krug, Lemon, Lime, Martini Asti, Moet, New Year’s Eve, Palate, Party, Peach, Pear, Pinot Meunier, Prosecco, Reds, Rich, Riddling, Soft, Spice, Spumante Bambino, Taste, Tropical, Veuve Clicquot Last Saturday’s Answer: Tributes To purchase WONDERWORD books, visit www.WonderWordBooks.com, or call 1-800-642-6480. (In Canada, call 1-855-232-2367) CAROLYN HAX fellme@washpost.com Today s problems seem too big. So why even bother? Hi, Carolyn: I'm feeling overwhelmed by the sheer volume and magnitude of issues that I'm passionate about — gun control, abortion access, environmental protections, etc. I've sent out feelers about volunteering for organizations that address these huge problems, but then I start to feel like it's all hopeless anyway, so why bother? How do I get past these feelings and get started? And how do I prior itize these commitments when they all feel equally important? — Volunteering Like with anything that feels too big, think methodically and small. Not “how do I fix it all,''just “what is the next step?" So, see how the organizations respond and what opportunities they otfer you. Then: What's the next step? Pick one that fits with your schedule, energy level and sense of purpose. What's the next step? Work at it for a while, then reevaluate to see if it's meeting your needs and the needs of the moment. Small things in big numbers = big things. Never forget that. Readers’ thoughts: • A volunteer I admired once told me she was sometimes criticized for not directing her efforts toward other (presumably more important) issues. She said she responded, “If every single person picked one thing they care about and did something about it, 90 percent of the world's problems would be solved.''You can't do it all, but you can do some thing. You can do your part. • While I wouldn't describe myself as an activist, I have always paid attention to world events, vol unteered, voted in every election, made regular calls to my representa tives and donated when I could. In that time, it has felt as though the world has just gotten worse and worse. I was talking to my therapist about this and said that I know we may not see progress in my lifetime. She reminded me that the architects who built cathedrals knew that not even their children's children would see it completed. That made a lightbulb go off— because I'm a writer. Writing is something I do because it brings me pleasure, not because I expect more. The point is the daily practice of showing up to the blank page and finding my purpose in putting the words on paper, no matter what hap pens to those words after. It made me realize I need to stop looking at my political activism as a means to an end, but as a practice that has meaning in and of itself, whether or not it advances progress. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. ONLINE PUZZLES Gotogainesvilletimes.com/puzzlestoaccessinteractive 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 toviewthe options. Once a puzzle is selected, learn how to play by clickingthe question mark. WORD SALSA ANSWER FOR DEC. 30 D E T N C I T E H T A P M Y S E L E 6 [El E IT R A N Q U I L O T B E z V V D E P H M R A W N R A W A A I |o S O R E N E G O A M s R U u A L Y Q U I D E z E A M I S I O S O Z O N E N A H C O N S I D E R A D oj C E R M T c |Y L D N E I R F z E R O R U I Q E T A R E D I s N O C A L T R U I S T A c E N T U N W l A U T [L U F P L E Hi U s E F M P T A P |H S I F L E S N U I A M I A B L E| T N E C E D B S W I L I N G N I O G Y S A E H S S U P P O R T I V EJ B E 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. INTO THE NEW YEAR ENGLISH SPANISH ANTICIPATE ANTICIPAR CHANGES CAMBIOS CONFIDENCE CONFIANZA EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIVAS FAITH LA FE FRESH START NUEVO COMIENZO HOPE ESPERANZA KARMA KARMA LUCK SUERTE OUTLOOK PRONOSTICO PROSPECTS PERSPECTIVAS WISHES DESEOS ©2024 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC 1/1/24 P T O z N E I M O C O V E u N R R Z A N T I C I P A R C E K O A N C H A N G E s F L N C A N T E A I P R NW I S H E s R 6 S I M T I A D 6 s T T D A M s H M B S C N E p 0 H I I V A T S P I 0 I Z S z p E A F I Z I E R O N T O E V R S F N T N C R O S A N K O 0 L T U O A A O F S V M A O S w I S E C T R C L P A R A Z N A I F N 0 C E L A E S A V I T C E P S R E P U F C T K A A M A R / O N A P S C E T R E U S D I F N 6 C X E K C S N O I T A T C E p X E A
