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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
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trained hard.
I don’t
understand
how he got
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PLXEE
TLABEL
BABOMO
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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
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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
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numbers 1 through 9
without repetition.
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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
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© 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.
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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 al reves, horizontal, vertical y diagonalmente.
INTO THE NEW YEAR
ENGLISH
SPANISH
ANTICIPATE
ANTICIPAR
CHANGES
CAMBIOS
CONFIDENCE
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EXPECTATIVAS
FAITH
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FRESH START
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HOPE
ESPERANZA
KARMA
KARMA
LUCK
SUERTE
OUTLOOK
PRONOSTICO
PROSPECTS
PERSPECTIVAS
WISHES
DESEOS
©2024 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC 1/1/24
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