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6A Tuesday, February 20, 2024 The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com TUESDAY FUN+GAMES CROSSWORD PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED s T E p A 1 D E c L I P K E E P E C A R D A N S 0 B ■ 0 L A M E E T T 0 F F E G A I N R 1 N D E L D ■ s P E A T H 1 N G E P E s I N u 1 O G Y ■ u ■ ■ R c 1 A o K D O N N y| 1 R K N G s O s E S E 1 D A L o N G u s A G E P E F E A ■ s I P S H O E C A T E o M A N N c L E S E A R L T A o U 1 s E N N E T A L L Y M O O S E R N E D E E R 2-20-24 © 2024 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Slipped 5 Luggage labels 9 Strikebreaker 13 Heart 14 White House name 16 Fashion brand 17 Ardent 18 English explorer 19 Ship of myth 20 Consequence 22 Read hastily 24 — King Cole 25 Spiral 27 Walter — Disney 29 Compelled with threats 32 Spring celebration 35 Old coin 36 Goliath’s adversary 38 Cabbage 39 Scrap 40 Lawful 42 Estuary 43 Ride charge 45 Bolt for I-beams 47 Food fish 48 Frightens 51 “The Lion Sleeps —” 53 Eminent 55 Reveal 56 Honest — 58 Declare openly 60 Lea 64 Plunder 66 Rub out 68 Dissolute fellow 69 Burden 70 Poe’s bird 71 Old English measures 72 Say breathlessly 73 Pressure 74 Chair DOWN 1 Disfigure 2 “l Want to Know What — is” 3 Purple flower 4 Infer 5 Relating to combat maneuvers 6 Oklahoma city 7 Yaks 8 Go up in — 9 Hydro 10 Food thickener 11 Marine plant 12 Wader 15 Set of steps 21 “The — of the Rings” 23 Actress — Farrow 26 Crowbar 28 Invite 29 Pinkish shade 30 Shocking 31 Toe or finger 33 Poet T.S. — 34 Interpret 35 Living room piece 37 Chunk of turf 41 Dilapidated building 44 Go wrong 46 Scrabble piece 49 “Give break!” 50 Frugal one 52 Fierce looks 54 Synagogue scroll 56 Like a bump on 57 —fide 59 Tsunami 61 Valley 62 State near Colo. 63 “The Wild Wild 65 Recipe meas. 67 “Too Many Fish in the —” WMMUR Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. SIBSL yE A THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek I can’t believe you chose me as your successor, I hope I’m worthy, y, GROOF y y \i— LCUEBK V Nk Ni YIY CTIGHL ^ Y N THE yOUNtS CLOWN REPLACING THE RETIRING CLOWN HAD — ©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC AH Rights Reserved. Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. TO Yesterday’s (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: DERBY SWEET GOBLET CLOUDY Answer: The movie being filmed in Death Valley had a — LOW BUDGET 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. T|A|B|Y V|RjE| I eIuIvIl sIgIoim 2-20-24 BOGGLE 0 POINT SCALE ( 3 letters = 1 poinF) 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) Boggle 0 BrainBusters Bonus We put special brain-busting words into the grid of letters. Can you find them? Find AT LEAST FIVE RODENTS in the grid of letters. YOUR BOGGLP 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 5 BrainBusters: , ...... SWAN TERN LARK DOVE LOON BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc, © 2024 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved. WWW.bogglebrainbUSters.com SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: 2/20 © 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. PREVIOUS SOLUTION 5 3 8 9 7 1 6 4 2 6 1 7 2 4 5 8 9 3 9 4 2 3 6 8 7 1 5 7 2 6 5 1 4 3 8 9 8 9 1 7 3 6 2 5 4 3 5 4 8 9 2 1 6 7 1 8 9 4 2 7 5 3 6 2 6 3 1 5 9 4 7 8 4 7 5 6 8 3 9 2 1 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. CABBAGE SOUP Solution: 7 letters K I T C H E N S OCCROCKP ODLENNEF CEEETTRO EMLFEUST LYPLFKAL E H M E I U A S R T I E B E T O YOSLENPS E M (0) D R D A I LA(E)AEUED ST@LSTCE RO0AAHER A U G L O N O I PEPPERED T O L L A H S O T L A S P P G A R L I C I F M O C R U N O V E E E R A E K A N N R C R M I B N Y H M W L A I CL I E P C D H I N A S O I I O C N N N S C E EE I O H K V B S R M I E I T I R T U N L N A I R O C O © 2024 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonden/vord.com 2/20 Bacon, Blend, Celery, Chicken, Chop, Comfort, Cook, Coriander, Cream, Crockpot, Cumin, Curry, Dinner, Dish, Fennel, Fiber, Garlic, Herbs, Kale, Kitchen, Ladle, Leek, Meal, Mince, Napa, Nutrition, Olive Oil, Onion, Parsley, Pepper, Plate, Pulled Pork, Recipe, Salt, Sausage, Saute, Shallots, Simple, Spice, Spinach, Stove, Stuffed, Thyme, Tomato, Wine Yesterday’s Answer: Pictionary 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 Girlfriend’s weight gain is affecting relationship Dear Carolyn: I have found myself tiptoeing around the issue of my girlfriend's weight gain. When we first met, she was at a healthy weight but was not living a healthy lifestyle. She still is just not very interested in establish ing a fitness routine. That's OK and her choice, and I accept it, but the significant extra weight is starting to have an impact on me and how I view our relationship. For context, I'm very fit and enjoy exercise and all of its benefits. I have been struggling to find the proper words to let her know I love her and want to be with her only, but am concerned about her long-term health and how, frankly, her consis tent weight gain tells me it's going to keep moving in that direction. I understand I'm being superfi cial, but it's important to me that she stop letting herself go. Bring on the firing squad! — Tiptoeing No, no. No execution. Your mis take isn't superficiality — it's that you're conflating separate, impor tant issues. Her inactivity is the rela tionship problem; her weight simply made that visible. You are active and enjoy exercise. Maybe it's time to recognize that's a core value for you, so partnering with someone sedentary is a bad idea? It's also important to recognize she is not “letting herself go." She is simply being herself. K? This is her lifestyle of choice, always was, the age effects notwithstanding. And for what it’s worth, “let herself go" is so often used against women who don’t conform to, ah, “aesthetic expectations'’ that it's a good idea to shelve it entirely, thanks. Certainly some partners who are mismatches in this regard do fine. They have to like that about each other, though, or at least not care about it relative to the much bigger things that are well matched. You, alas, are wishing (hard) that she would be different. You don't have to knuckle down and make yourself stay with some one incompatible because you're afraid it will seem shallow to break up over exercise. You can love a per son bunches for who she is and still recognize you're not a good lifestyle match long-term. Do an honest reckoning with yourself. Decide whether you love her completely, as is, or will forever be trying to change her. Then tell her the truth lovingly either way. 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 FEB. 19 s E C N E R E F E R P L A N s T O P I N I O N E S| | E N A L P E L A I C N E D I F N O C A L R A S T A M I S T E R I O S S C I S In. 6 I C A M R O F N I A E T W 6 P G O S S I P S T N I I N o l N O s P N C I A R F C N E R c S W R D A H N Z A O N O D D E T A I L s| I I N S R E I I S A Z E N A H S O A E M R T F I N A N C E s| M N N N A E I N N [D. E T A L L E S I A T F B O S A N E B E L I E F S I E M C R E E N C I A s A Z N O R A M B I C I O N E s C 6 N P 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. QOH'T WORRY, BE HAPPY ENGLISH SPANISH BLISS FELICIDAD CHEERFUL ALEGRE ECSTATIC EXTATICO ELATED EXALTADO GLAD CONTENTO GRATITUDE GRATITUD JUBILANT JUBILOSO OPTIMISTIC OPTIMISTA POSITIVE POSITIVO SATISFIED SATISFECHO THRILLED ENCANTADO UPBEAT ANIMADO ©2024 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC S D E T A D I C I T A T S C E S E B L A O V I T I S O P I N I T S L L E P 0 S I T A s T C L A G I J D E I F S I T A S A B L I B O J U B I L A N T I N D E L L I R H T A T I C I M T E X T A T I C O C H E R S I A D A A T D A D I C I L E F T D U L E I G P O S I T I V E P O T T B V E R J B L S N V C O D A P E L H L U F R E E H C A T D U P A T S I M I T P O A M A O S O L I—H B u J U R H A D I R O T N E T N 0 C T E N T O N G R A T I T U D O E R G E L A 2/20/24
