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MONDAY FUN+GAMES The Times, Gainesville, Georgia I gainesvilletimes.com Sunday, March 3, 2024 7A CROSSWORD PREVIOUS PUZZLE SOLVED G L u M S C o T G i N L U N E A L D E R s L o E A L U M v 0 1 L A T U N A D U M B D o w N P R 1 E S T E A R N s T U N s T U R D Y F L U s T E R s c o T F L A R E V E T 0 R T B R O K E E G O u S E F A ] R E R A N T o R T I L L A M O T T L E o V A L B o R E F L A X E N M A D D E N E D L o N i c A u s E | T A M E 0 N A N E L L 1 s E V 1 L p E T L E N T R E T E 3-4-24 © 2024 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Injury 5 Four-bagger 10 Church service 14 Jai — 15 Deliver a speech 16 Racetrack shape 17 Hear It for the Boy” 18 Turner’s machine 19 Budge 20 Chum 22 Grew less harsh 24 Ripped 25 Witnessed 26 Racing vessel 30 Part of the eye 34 Tap 37 Rains hard 39 Toned down 40 “ a kick out of you” 42 Brought to bay 44 Honey drink 45 Corrects 47 — and penates 49 Abbr. on an envelope 50 Shelter for pups 52 Jeans fabric 54 Love god 56 Zippy 59 Powerful weapon (2 wds.) 63 Drunken state 65 Approached 66 Pentateuch 68 Road division 69 Ardor 70 Muse of poetry 71 Ohio’s lake 72 Fender mishap 73 Refresh 74 “All hands on —” DOWN 1 Partly 2 Wide-awake 3 Proportion 4 loves company” 5 Grasp 6 man mouse?” 7 Pads 8 Cultural spirit 9 Type of jacket 10 Driving force 11 English river 12 Except 13 Toboggan 21 - tide 23 Abound 27 Flimsy bed 28 Pitch 29 Tire surface 31 Bit of news 32 At hand 33 Says further 34 Select 35 Chills and fever 36 Seabird 38 Withered 41 Decrepit building 43 Lair 46 Eastern European 48 Strain 51 Thief of a kind 53 Manhandled 55 Campfire treat 57 Extra 58 Refreshing drink 59 Made a hole-in- one 60 Yarn 61 Muscat and — 62 High fiber food 63 Exposition 64 Smell 67 Devoured THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. LZAWT ONWSO VHIRTE SAGTEK ^2 ©2024 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Are we ready? THE IDENTICAL TWINS STARTED A NEW BUSINESS AND WERE READY TO — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. ~Y X Y y Tv yL Saturday’s (Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: GROUT JEWEL KITTEN MISFIT Answer: The baby bird was anxious to leave the nest and decided to - JUST WING IT 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. 3-4-24 BOGGLE 0 POINT SCALE ( 3 letters = 1 poinT~) ( 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 EVEN NUMBERS 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 Boggld BrainBusters: nncrir- t , i , m u i OAK ELM PALM PINE HICKORY 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 4 5 8 3 5 9 2 5 7 8 2 3 4 1 2 3 9 2 6 3 8 8 7 9 4 7 3 2 6 8 3 2 8 9 1 8 7 3 3/4 © 2024 Dist. by Andrews McMeel 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 2 4 7 9 8 6 3 1 5 3 6 8 4 1 5 7 2 9 9 1 5 2 3 7 6 8 4 1 3 9 5 4 8 2 6 7 5 2 4 7 6 1 9 3 8 7 8 6 3 9 2 5 4 1 6 5 1 8 7 3 4 9 2 8 9 2 6 5 4 1 7 3 4 7 3 1 2 9 8 5 6 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. BLACKPINK (BAND) Solution: 8 letters H C S C I R Y L N A H B I L L B LAYRLEFA ABEAOLLR DOERBMET YRSUOMAF G N I S I K O T APGNOSSO G I A B E E S P ANVOLENO S K U L I I L P I L I N E D N K L N N E W S I K G E C O I D U T JANE LESS O D A N C E S O A R D O T T S H I O N H S I G B M C E I J E H U E A L S T F S R L Y U I O I T B A I R H C L U L B C O W O M P E R A U Q S O N E T S I L P u ©®®<D s u I O E D I V L S A R E N A A A V A G E K R © 2024 Andrews McMeel Syndication www.wonderword.com 3/4 Anime, Arena, Bestselling, Billboard, Blink, Bold, Boombayah, Born Pink, Chromatics, Concert, Dances, Famous, Fans, Fashion, Film, Girl, Group, Jennie, Jisoo, Korean, K-Pop, Lady Gaga, Lisa, Listen, Lyrics, Music, News, Outfits, Playlists, Popular, Really, Rose, Savage, Selena, Seoul, Sing, Song, South, Square One, Studio, The Album, Video, Whistle Last Saturday’s Answer: Taxes 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 Under pressure to forgive ailing mom for abandoning them Dear Carolyn, My estranged mother left our family very suddenly 10 years ago when I was almost 14. My dad was and is a workaholic, so the care of my younger sister and the house hold fell on me. Though I lost any chance of a normal childhood the day she walked out, things at home had not been good for a while, so there was some relief to having her gone, and I did my best to make life as normal as possible for my sister. Now our mom is back in our lives, saying she had mental health issues and with therapy is ready to be part of our lives again. To my dis gust, my dad and sister are welcom ing her with open arms. I kind of understand my sister, but I'm surprised and angry that my dad doesn't have more self-respect. My mom and I talked briefly, and she apologized, but I feel like her “Sorry I abandoned you, but I had problems'' doesn't make up for me having to grow up overnight. Everybody has an opinion on this. My boyfriend is telling me to keep her out of my life, while my father and sister say it's healthier for me to let go of my anger and forgive her. How do I get through this? She and my dad seem to be reuniting. —Angry Wait — why is your dad off the hook? A sick parent leaves, and the healthy co-parent... watches his older child shoulder an inappropri ately heavy burden, and does noth ing to stop it? Maybe you skipped over his role, but still, he was the well parent and spouse, so your misery is not 100 percent your mom's fault. Forgiveness is healthier for you than anger, of course—but it's not a switch. It's a process. Counseling would at least give you support from someone without an agenda—and at best an informed guide. You went through a difficult, painful and unjust struggle just as you were hitting your adolescence. That means bringing your adult perspective to your youthful one will probably be a layered process, where you address not only your mom's choices, but also the context of the absentee husband/dad and your own thwarted adolescence. And the boundary issues of every one coaching you on how to feel now. It is a lot. Maybe respect your instinct to keep your distance, and use the space you create to let therapy do its thing. Readers’ thoughts: •You can forgive her without reconciliation. Reconciliation is about TRUST. She hasn't earned yours. Be around her in measured amounts, to see who she is now. Chat with Carolyn online at noon each Friday at www.washingtonpost.com. WORD SALSA ANSWER FOR MARCH 2 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. s E M K G A W E R B D I D G A E H R L R E IC E R V E C E R o R C O I cafe£ N i E F A c P E T M lo L L I N I L 0 M N A X L S I IS N A E B E E F F 0 c R U U L E IA D I B E _Bj i I S A O F B |R E D N I R G E 0 L D S D R o A S T F DlW A i S T E A A O R H IT S U B O R N s E C B L V X S P IB R F W F Rl E R A R O A M E L I N L O V O R [ F 0 C L S RAlCAFE E X P R E s R F I L TRARI V B |A S A D 0 E N I E F F A Cl A F N E T E R P E R C O L A T O R D N R G 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. NATIONAL FOUNQ CAKE PAY ENGLISH SPANISH BAKE HORNEAR BERRIES BAYAS BUTTERY MANTECOSO DESSERT POSTRE EGGS HUEVOS FLOUR HARINA LEMON LIMON RECIPES RECETAS SUGAR AZUCAR SWEET DULCE VANILLA VAINILLA WHIPPED CREAM CREMA BATIDA ©2024 Tony Tallarico. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC 3/4/24 TRESWETBECETIDA MANTECATRES SEDL E C L UD KME GCOMI L L GAZUERAYRETTUBI GYHORNEARKAZ TEN SRASTORLHBRNCRI OSROSMCIAFLOURA V G I COEDMZLTUB IV CGNEPLEOSEPICER UW ATBRPNAOCPHSB Z S ZNCHPOYRUYUP I AUUALLINAVZGEPM MGCMGGHABYAEVIE ORATEEWSORPHOHR NORECETASIHWSWC
