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MONDAY FUN+GAMES The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com Sunday, February 25, 2024 7A CROSSWORD PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED B 1 B E M U T E M P E C H | E R O o K A N T E B E A D 2-26-24 © 2024 UFS, Dlst. by Andrews McMeei for UFS ACROSS 1 Diploma holder 5 Floating ice mass 9 Blue-green 13 Stand 14 Flagstone 15 Highest point 16 Poker stake 17 Efface 18 Ratitebird 19 Ship’s captain 21 Tree nut 23 Nobleman 24 Oolong, e.g. 25 Norse god 27 “Black Tie” is one (2 wds.) 33 Made beer 35 Cakes and — 36 Liquor 37 Bring home the bacon 38 “Willy — & the Chocolate Factory" 40 Discovery 41 Naval rank 42 Wrath 43 Fronds 45 Condemned 49 Say with confidence 50 Certain psychedelic 51 —facto 53 Open shoe 56 Take back 60 Jai — 61 Ait 64 “ what you mean" 65 Departed 66 Family member 67 Flooring piece 68 Seven — 69 Pesky bug 70 Young newts DOWN 1 Mardi — 2 Skating venue 3 Italian wine city 4 At heart (2 wds.) 5 Excluded 6 Actress — Longoria 7 Legal matter 8 National emblem (2 wds.) 9 Runway surface 10 Repeat 11 Prayer ending 12 Heavy metal 14 Furtive look 20 Unadulterated 22 Miserables” 25 Draw 26 Leggy bird 28 Eastern queen (var.) 29 Wapiti 30 Gothic arch 31 Modest eatery 32 Concludes 33 Stoop 34 Growing smaller 39 Tolkien creature 40 Most liked 44 Direction 46 Hits from the past 47 Can. neighbor 48 Lead 52 “Our Gang” dog 53 Hangs limply 54 Succulent plant 55 Grandma 57 “ 1 cared!” 58 Ancient Briton 59 Shirts 62 Do wrong 63 Pasture THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. MEOTP 'y- k Y Y A ULDIF S^Z CEJOTB EJYESR ' N s^z ©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. / Y Y N v Y Y > ^ Y Y N v Y Y > (Answers tomorrow) I Jumbles: MERRY DOUSE STREWN ABSURD a ur ay s | Answer: -j-^g resor t was popular with the 18th letter of the alphabet and was great for — SOME “R” AND “R" 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. boggle 0 POINT SCALE ( 3 letters = 1 poinU) ( 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 FIVE UNITS OF LENGTH 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 Boggle' BrainBusters: TAN RED BLUE PINK CYAN PURPLE BOGGLE is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc, ©2024 Hasbro, Inc. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved. WWW.bogglebrainbuSters.com SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: ★☆☆☆☆ 2/26 © 2024 Dist. by Andrews McMeei 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 6 7 1 2 3 8 4 5 9 3 4 2 1 5 9 8 7 6 5 9 8 7 6 4 1 3 2 7 6 4 5 9 1 2 8 3 2 5 9 8 4 3 7 6 1 8 1 3 6 2 7 9 4 5 4 2 6 9 8 5 3 1 7 1 3 5 4 7 2 6 9 8 9 8 7 3 1 6 5 2 4 RW0RE 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. AIR FORCE GENERALS Solution: 7 letters O M M A N D FLYING T ® ® ® ® E LAC N I U S I E T Y A N G F E E R D T R I A E S R D ETA R S E P L L N O I R A A L B T UHL T T O OPE A F A E V L F E I VTA E E A REE S S I S R E R O P OSD N I U RAT N I Y CAT H C N T G E R Y L BAM M M O T P O R I A E R S D L E MAR T O L R A R I O N A C J O I T Y I V T O A U L R P C I C T S C I L C G U U N T I F I I N E I P L M Y E D D V U E A A E R N M T A E F V L F Y U A E R T E H S A R D © 2024 Andrews McMeei Syndication www.wonderword.com 2/26 Active, Aerial, Airport, Altitude, Army, Authority, Aviation, Base, Captain, Chief, Combat, Commanders, Commission, Congress, Defense, Duty, Field, Flying, Fuel, Gravity, Guard, Helicopter, Land, Leader, Level, Lieutenant, Lift, Major, Marine, Navy, Operation, Order, Pilot, Plane, Presidents, Rank, Rescue, Role, Rule, Staff, Strategy, Travel Last Saturday’s Answer: Seafloor To purchase WONDERWORD books, visit www.WonderWordBooks.com, or call 1-800-642-6480. (In Canada, call 1-855-232-2367) CAROLYN HAX tellme@washpost.com Spouse now tries to manage her after ADHD diagnosis Dear Carolyn, I'm a woman in my 40s who was recently diagnosed with ADHD. Cool. Explains a lot. Since receiving my diagnosis, I've had a major shift in how I perceive myself, mostly for the better. I recognize there are a lot of arbitrary societal expectations that I simply don't conform to and that is society's problem, not mine. I am not a bad person because I strag gle to complete tasks a certain way, and there is no shame in needing additional clarifications around how long a task should take to complete. This has been very freeing, and giving myself a break to do things the way it works best for me has improved my life all around. The problem is that my spouse seems to think it is their job to man age me now. This ranges from how I complete certain chores to getting upset when I am working (success fully) with the TV on. This one particularly irks me, because I feel how I do my work is none of their business. Unfortunately, my work is remote and my home office is in a shared space, so they are privy to how I work. How do I get my spouse to back off or, better yet, respect me as an autonomous adult?! — Recently Diagnosed 1. Ask spouse: “How do I get you to back off or, better yet, respect me as an autonomous adult?!'' Have the conversation about what is and isn't in bounds for express ing concern. Ideally, “Zip it, we're both adults,'' would suffice, but your ADHD may have led/almost certainly led/absolutely led to extra work for your spouse up to now, so creating a new dynamic and distri bution of labor is fair conversational game. I suggest both of you talk specifically about what would be productive for each of you — and not productive, like nagging and infantilizing. Role-play it, so it's clear. 2. If the intrusions don't stop after this conversation, then you go all verbatim on it until Spouse makes the adjustment: “Thanks, I've got this.'' “Thanks, I've got this.'' “Thanks, I've got this.'' It's no way to conduct a mar riage for any stretch of time, but as a temporary retraining tool, it is extremely effective. Readers’ thoughts: • I love that a diagnosis helped you see yourself in a new light and gave you permission to operate differently from others. That’s the power of a label. Sometimes just getting one works as permission to be gentler with yourself. I hope it also helps you find ways to move through the world differently and seek out resources. 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. 24 E X P L R O I FIIVITACAV X E Q U D P E B M A E R D V A P G V C E O T Y E N 0 I C E C N O I T A C O L|B U L A L N A 6 A A N M I H \EJ A P I U Q E I T J 6 B 6 Z IN O I T A C A V C S A I U IY E N R U O J S T A A I R F L I G H Tl Z U A T R C Z R L W A N D E Rl v R U R A A I U iSE R A G U/Ut I I N A R C L T L P R Y yv A S X V O I A I E c T Zz L J T X E L O C O D Y Q E HE E C A L P N O N O I /OIN O I S R U C X E L U G G A GIEI R O L P X El E S 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. FACIAL EXPRESSIONS ENGLISH SPANISH BLUSH SONROJO CHUCKLE RISITA CRINGE ENCOGERSE FROWN FRUNCIR EL CENO GAWK PAPAR MOSCAS GIGGLE RTSTLLA LAUGH CARCAJADA LEER ARCHIVO POUT ABADEJO SNEER BURLA SQUINT ESTRABISMO YAWN BOSTEZO ©2024 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC 2/26/24 ABA BEL A S R D T U ORB J H C O G R C U I HAN I L G V L E O I E CSN R I O ARC D O J O O E NH NSWN E T O P C A R C L R F R E UWT RWS Q I NRH C Y E L N C O G U J AD R I S I F RUN H I V O C H T V R VU J E P OJEDA YLNNP A J AD A WCWL R NGG EM U I N T O R E E N S K C UH C E R S E A A B AW S T A KU I O J O RN VG I GG C R A Q S L B A L O S I SMC TOE EMN z s o O I s G BM CAE H R Z N T O O S A LEY
