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6A Sunday, January 21, 2024 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com SATURDAY FUN+GAMES CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 On-campus housing 5 West Coast sch. 9 Final-sale warning (2 wds.) 13 Notion 14 Mother-of— 16 Center 17 Glass container 18 Equivocate 19 Witticism 20 Salad plant 22 Figure with radiating segments 24 Aim 26 Small case 27 Traveling show 31 Pate de foie — 34 Mature 35 Art movement 36 Car type 38 Poet — Whitman 40 Synthetic fiber 43 Challenge 44 “Dancing With the —” 46 “To — his own” 48 Kind of soup 49 Go offstage 50 Runner in a race 52 Glass piece 55 Lacerated 56 Licensed property brokers 60 Harsh 64 About (2 wds.) 65 Parking attendant 67 Length times width 68 Cover 69 Video game maker 70 Force 71 English measures PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED 2024 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS 1-20-24 72 Energy cartel 73 Pretends DOWN 1 Plunge 2 Supreme Norse god 3 Interpret 4 Speak ill of 5 Disruption 6 So-so grade 7 Youths 8 Engage in debate 9 Secured 10 Not at all fresh 11 Rainbow 12 Clan 15 Time of fasting 21 Null and — 23 Annoys 25 “— Sings the Blues” 27 Cries like a crow 28 Playing marble 29 Unwind 30 Shoestrings 32 Make fit 33 Garment for a ranee 37 Come close to 39 Look-alike siblings 41 Engrossed 42 Word puzzle 45 “On the double!” 47 Charter 51 Silver State 53 Star that flares 54 Poetic muse 56 Paddy plant 57 Lab compound 58 Shrinking Asian sea 59 Insult 61 Musician — Clapton 62 Landlord’s due 63 Diner sign 66 Poetic contraction TOfil THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. EAGAD 7^ L^z LUWDO / N L^z CRODAC 7^ ^Z TRRIEW 7^ L^Z 7^ S^-Z L^z WHEN THE JUMBLE CARTOONIST BEOAN SKETCHING PEOPLE AT THE PARK, HE — ©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Arts. here: 7^ S^Z ^Z 7^ (Answers Monday) I Jumbles: FIGHT DOUGH INVEST OPAQUE es er ay s | Answer: |_| e know a fathom equaled six feet because that unit of measure was — OUT OF HIS DEPTH 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. L OIM AIEIS eirTa B|DlL 1-20-24 BOGGLE POINT SCALE ( 3 letters = 1 point ) ( 4 letters = 2 points) ( 5 letters = 3 points) ( 6 letters = 4 points) ( 7 letters = 6 points ) ( 8 letters = 10 points) ( 9+ letters = 15 pointed YOUR BOGGLE” RATING 151+ = Champ 101-150 = Expert 61-100= Pro 31 - 60 = Gamer 21 - 30 = Rookie 11 - 20 = Amateur 0-10 = Try again BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. © 2024 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved. WWW.bogglebrainbuStorS-COm Boggle” BrainBusters Bonus We put special brain-busting words into the grid of letters. Can you find them? Find AT LEAST SEVEN FOUR-LETTER MAMMALS in the grid of letters. Answers to Friday’s Boggle 0 BrainBusters: KNEE ANKLE BRAIN ELBOW HEART SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: ★★★★★ 1/20 © 2024 Dist. by Andrews McMccl 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 4 3 7 1 8 2 9 6 5 2 9 1 6 7 5 8 3 4 8 6 5 3 9 4 2 1 7 9 4 8 7 2 3 6 5 1 6 5 2 8 4 1 7 9 3 7 1 3 5 6 9 4 8 2 3 2 4 9 1 8 5 7 6 5 8 6 4 3 7 1 2 9 1 7 9 2 5 6 3 4 8 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. EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK Solution: 6 letters END T C Y A A O M M E I P T L I I C N K R G L O E I C R A O O N D T S I S B L E N ERE A N G P R E G L F O R E S T P O O o H ERE S S S M A L U T E L R A N S A Y N K D E F E L I H A I D K R EVA F T E L T K L E R OOO LBN R K R S A E M Y V W A I R K R A L S L A K R A I A H S W N A A D W I T G A R R T A A A I S O L S MAS I R U A U N M T R I A I E N S R I E N I T R O P I A T G L A B N O C H ©® ®© RANGE R E E D N T S E M I T N A P P © 2024 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com 1/20 Airboat, Bays, Camping, Climate, Crocodile, Cypress, Deer, Ecology, Endangered, Fern, Flamingo, Florida, Forest, Heron, Island, Kayak, Lake, Limestone, Marine, Miami, Moat, Natural, Okeechobee, Panther, Pond, Prairie, Ranger, Restore, River, Salt, Sawgrass, Shark, Snail Kite, Snake, Sunrise, Tide, Trail, Turtle, Waves, Wetland, Wildlife Yesterday’s Answer: Steel Magnolia The NEW Volume 76 can be purchased online at www.WonderWordBooks.com, or call 1-800-642-6480. (In Canada, call 1-855-232-2367) CAROLYN HAX fellme@washpost.com ‘Forced togetherness’ of boyfriend s family is too exhausting Dear Carolyn: We did Thanksgiving with my boyfriend's extended family, who are intensely close. They were very nice to me, but I found all the forced togetherness exhausting. My own family doesn't gather for Thanks giving (my parents aren't American, siblings live too far away), so I didn't mind doing it, but I think I would like to opt out in future years. When is the right time to broach this with my boyfriend, who seemed to really enjoy the visit? Do I wait until next year and then suggest he go without me? I wouldn't mind if we alternated and spent every other year separately; I just don't want it to be expected that I burn a whole week's vacation on it in perpetuity. — Do I Have To? Don't hold on to this until next November, because it isn't really about Thanksgiving. Which is a good thing for me, because I flagged your question weeks ago to answer in a column, then forgot about it and am now publishing it in January. It's important to talk about feel ings like this as they come up because they're about compatibility. Someone with an “intensely close” family who clears an entire week for one holiday and “seemed to really enjoy the visit” deserves to know if his partner is not as thrilled about these things as he is. He especially needs to know that the scene he loved through his eyes looked like “forced togetherness” through yours. You can respect his family affections while also busting any illusions he has about you. If he wants to be with someone who values the same things he does, then you're not the right person for him. You likewise deserve to know whether he's ungrudging and liberal with his blessings for you to opt out of his cherished family rituals. If he's constantly hoping you'll join him or wishing you'd change, then he's not right for you, either. Forget just “blessings”; you want him to want you to do your own thing, to see it as the best possible partnership luck. It's not a crazy idea. He will never have to sacrifice his Thanksgivings for your family's to appease you. You're a perfect mismatch, in a way. But I digress. The point is, you both deserve to be loved fully for who you are, and to be with some one who feels so lucky to have you. If you hold back how you really feel, then neither of you will get to see the truth about the person you're dating — at least, not until you're so invested that it will feel easier to keep being disappointed in each other than to do the awful work of a breakup. 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 FORJAN. 19 G N i G G A W L I A T| E T U/ t, [Al M A S C G N O I N A P L I N D O R D N E I V O/H O O R E N U O T I R R E/ A P L C U A I O l/V B U S F 'K Jn L L A N T k H I J, -4 ki G O U A L I O C D Z S C p T R 0 L 9 R o II P P Y 0 G D W/ A G Y T Y P -A G R N % D E [H I L L H, A O U E O M K "N I 0/ F O N I D T E S s I F I V I C / fc> C N A, H D D Y D O F T C H C E C Y O L O M |e L C O L L A R P IS A T A P 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. COHHBCT ENGLISH SPANISH AFFIX AFIJO ATTACH ADJUNTAR BOND ENLACE BRIDGE PUENTE CLAMP ABRAZADERA FASTEN SUJETAR HITCH ENGANCHE JOIN UNIR LINK ENLAZAR MOOR AMARRAR SECURE SEGURO TRUSS BRAGUERO ©2024 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC ENGLAZAHCATTACH NETADJNTLFANCHE GBR I DGECALNERBN LAMPKNRBMTRHAIG HAZNI OJ OPUXCZDN CRS SURTRCBRTAAC EEZOBUREEKNILSH ODRJLGSUZLRHNSL TAOIMENGANCHEEZ GZOFJ SEAREDMJTR TAMARRARSTNBOND HRKJIDKBCSZRBEN EBAFNCRERATEJUS RATNUJDAFFIXUPE ENLAZRDZARBATEN
