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8A Sunday, December 31, 2023
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com
TUESDAY FUN+GAMES
CROSSWORD
PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED
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1-2-24 © 2024 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS
ACROSS
1 Hobble
5 Lock of hair
10 Uproar
14 Eternally
15 Cattle farm
16 British gallery
17 Porcelain
container
18 Beyond usual
limits
19 Hymn word
20 Examine
22 Many times as
much
24 “You — the
Sunshine of My
Life”
25 Friend
26 Thaw out
30 Compilations
34 Runs with gears
disengaged
35 Burden
37 Daunt
38 In the past
39 Memorable time
40 Fish eggs
41 Get some sleep
42 “— Las Vegas”
43 Coat with gold
45 Deadly poison
48 Idea
50 Show of approval
51 Wing
52 Raze
56 Old sailing ship
60 Indian princess
61 Peace prize
name
63 Altar location
64 Love, in Rome
65 Wizened woman
66 Finest
67 State bird of
Hawaii
68 Glowing coal
69 Some votes
DOWN
1 —Strauss & Co.
2 — the Terrible
3 Soldier’s meal
4 Ready
5 Cease-fires
6 Long complaint
7 Culminate
8 Rabbit’s tail
9 Embarrassed
10 Suppress
11 Edible tuber
12 Country near
Switz.
13 Plant used for
thatching
21 Matchmaker of
myth
23 Old equine
26 Goddess of the
hunt
27 French painter
— Degas
28 Fails
29 Matter at hand
30 Former gold coin
31 Rawboned
animal
32 Capped item
33 Dulcet
36 Fall mo.
39 Proof
43 Public opinion
inquiry
44 Song for baby
46 Uncut
47 “— in the least!”
49 Spirit doctor
52 Actress —
Drescher
53 Silvery fabric
54 Soon
55 Standard
56 Factor in heredity
57 Foil relative
58 Greece’s
Mount —
59 Catches a fish
62 Move up and
down
Unscramble these Jumbles, j
one letter to each square,
to form four ordinary words.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
OCCUH
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Ew! I can’t believe we
These taste paid so much for
THE ma WALNUTS WERE
EXPENSIVE ANP NOT ALL
THAT THEY WERE —
©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
All Rights Reserved.
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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: SNARL EXPEL BALLET BAMBOO
Answer: When asked how the rookie boxer had been
able to knock him out, he said — BEATS ME
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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1-2-24
BOGGLE 0
POINT SCALE
( 3 letters = 1 point”)
C 4 letters = 2 points')
C 5 letters = 3 points')
( 6 letters = 4 point?)
( 7 letters = 6 points')
( 8 letters = 10 points')
( 9+ letters = 15 points)
YOUR BOGGLP
RATING
151+ = Champ
101 -150 = Expert
61-100= Pro
31-60= Gamer
21-30= Rookie
11-20= Amateur
0-10 = Try again
Boggle 0 BrainBusters Bonus
We put special brain-busting words into the
grid of letters. Can you find them?
Find AT LEAST 13 WORDS WITH
"OO" IN THE MIDDLE in the grid of
letters.
Answers to Monday's Boggle’ BrainBusters:
no ^ ir . J . ,,i i ■ EON ERA DAY YEAR MONTH DECADE
BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc,
© 2024 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved. WWW.bogglebrainbUSters.com
SUDOKU
DIFFICULTY RATING:
l /2 © 2024 Dist. by Andrews McMecI 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.
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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.
ABSORPTION Solution: 8 letters
CNEMULOV
HOHYDRAT
L I T M E D I C
O T D T D R ® I
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I E F K © N R T
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E I A F A O A U
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T R O S E R T
O R O M I E N
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X Y G E N E L
R E N I M T O
O O D N U O S
© 2024 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonden/vord.com 1/2
Atoms, Bandage, Blood, Chlorine, Clay, Cotton, Digestion,
Drops, Energy, Flow, Food, Force, Form, Gases, Heat,
Hydrate, Ions, Iron, Light, Medical, Minerals, Moisture,
Nutrients, Oxygen, Pharmacy, Photon, Pores, Science, Skin,
Soak, Soap, Socks, Solute, Solvent, Sound, Space, Spill,
Sponge, Surface, Temperature, Vapor, Vitamins, Volume, Water
Yesterday’s Answer: Popping
To purchase THE COLLECTED WONDERWORD, Volumes 56 through 76,
order online at www.WonderWordBooks.com. (In Canada, call 1-855-232-2367)
CAROLYN HAX
tellmefctwashpost.com
How to tell parents
their visits are hard
Dear Carolyn:
I live five hours from my parents.
They have gotten in the habit of
telling me they are visiting, not ask
ing, and not accepting reasons it is
not a good time. I also typically get
less than a week's notice.
These visits are usually only a
day or so, and due to my parents"
age and overall health, I cave. These
visits are hard on me, especially
with the cleaning and preparations.
My spouse and I have stressful jobs
and are raising young children. We
are barely keeping it together, and
I cannot even find a therapist who
will take new patients right now.
How do I put my foot down and tell
my parents they cannot come when
I am just racked with guilt?
— Anonymous
You just do it. “Please respect
when I say ‘no" to a visit."’
If you can offer a better date on
the spot, then do it, or come back
with one within 24 hours. I do not
endorse their methods or boundary
blindness, at all, but I wonder if
they justify them because a “good
time” never materialized.
Caving isn’t good, of course, but
your reasons for caving are. Plus,
the only sure way to stop your par
ents is to bar the door when they
show up, which you don't sound
willing to do.
So other options include: saying
you need X weeks" notice; booking
them a hotel; skipping the “prepara
tions"’ and warning them of chaos
accordingly. Presumably, they're in
this for you, not to see guest towels
perfectly stacked.
Find your line, articulate it, hold
it — kindly.
As you wait for a therapist, try
“Lifeskills for Adult Children"’ by
Woititz and Gamer. It's boundaries
for beginners.
Dear Carolyn:
My wife has dementia and has
been in a facility for a few years.
Her children visit rarely, and sib
lings and friends have never visited.
Because of this, I don't see the
point in having a funeral or memo
rial service upon her passing. Her
children and siblings disagree. I am
at a loss how to handle this.
— At a Loss
I am sorry, what a lonely journey.
People forget visitation is as much
for caregivers as the ailing.
But that's no reason to sanction
her people by withholding a ser
vice. If they would like to celebrate
her life, then maybe it would be
healing for you, too. And maybe the
people who didn't visit would be
grateful to “show up"’ by planning
these events, so you can focus on
her care.
Ask the most vocal proponents
of a service if they'd like to take the
lead.
Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday
at www.washingtonpost.com.
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WORD SALSA ANSWER
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WOKP 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 aI reves, horizontal, vertical y diagonalmente.
STAY TRUE
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