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Hollywood legend Rearrange the words to complete the quote.

Marilyn Monroe makes

this observation.

BEEN BUT CALENDAR NEVER ON TIME

I’VE________ ________A______________,

________ ___________ON________.

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Friday’s Answer: “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have

chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Desmond Tutu

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Today’s theme

Geography

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clues.

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1 2 3

4 5

6 7

8

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10

11

(^1) P (^2) B (^3) B A E (^4) L
(^5) L E E K E
U A^6 P M
(^7) MU N G (^8) A O
(^9) RO W A N
(^10) O K R A P
(^11) P E A C H
(^12) DA T E W
ACROSS
1 Italian prosciutto
city
6 “Care to repeat?”
9 Pod in Cajun
cuisine
13 Devoured eagerly
14 Colombian
currency
15 Pellets from
above
16 “The Twilight
Zone” creator
18 ___ Valley
(Reagan Library
site)
19 Ocelot marking
20 Regatta
implement
21 Things to fight for
23 “American Idol”
host
26 Auto racing
records
28 Bugs’ toon foil
29 Pool rafts, e.g.
30 Glamour
competitor
31 Use a 20-Across
34 Like a dirty old
man
35 Braying beast
36 Beer pong cup
brand
37 Pindaric work
38 Source of gas
or air
40 Test-prep giant
42 Pot booster
44 Island north of
Malta
45 “Grown Ups”
costar
48 Slip by, as time
49 Political map color
50 Treated, as a
sprain
54 Workbench
attachment
55 Pete Best’s
replacement
58 All squared up
59 Brickell married to
Paul Simon
60 Like a moonlit
cemetery
61 Discounted by
62 Fawn bearer
63 Included in the mix
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1 Some course
scores
2 Perched upon
3 Second draft
4 Book not to be
missed
5 Gibbon, e.g.
6 Probate court
figures
7 “Anchors Aweigh”
org.
8 State fair contest
cry
9 “I’ll believe it
when I see it”
10 Crusty round
bread
11 “How Do I Live”
singer LeAnn
12 Like Met Gala
guests
14 Is proactive
17 Waze map lines
22 Wile E. Coyote’s
supplier
24 “That being
said.. .”
25 Coral reef
denizens
26 Toy on a snow
day
27 Sources of
political support
29 Progressive
spokesperson
30 Sci-fi ability
32 Total Effects skin
care brand
33 Took all the
marbles
35 “You said it!”
36 Full of pizzazz
38 Instagram
postings,
briefly
39 Worked the
aisles
40 Little fella
41 Opening
Day pitcher,
typically
43 Trembling
poplars
44 Attack on Troy
45 Live it up
46 Greek salad
morsel
47 Bert’s Muppet pal
51 Part of a suit
52 Keystone State
port
53 Scott who sued
for freedom
56 Witness’s promise
57 Aquaman’s home
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Amazon wants you to just love a little
bit again.
The streaming service’s new anthol-
ogy series, “Modern Love,” is based on
The New York Times column about the
different ways we love in the contempo-
rary world. This can be love in a mar-
riage, sure, but also between a paternal
doorman and a tenant, a couple on a
second date or any other way we ex-
press or acquire the emotion, or lose it.
Or almost lose it.
The fourth and best episode of the
series, “Rallying to Keep the Game
Alive,” is about a marriage on the verge
of collapse, a husband (John Slattery)
and wife (Tina Fey) who aren’t sure
what they will have in common after
their growing children leave the house.
They eventually find their way back to
each other, through admitting their fail-
ures, putting the past in the past and
playing a lot of tennis.
The episode is instantly relatable for
those who have been in long-term rela-
tionships that require care and mainte-
nance, and who go through rough
patches that seem to have no end. Its
universality makes it even more sur-
prising that the episode is based on a
column written by actor Denis Leary’s
wife, Ann.
Slattery’s “Dennis” is an actor of at
least some fame and wealth (his fabu-
lous New York apartment and a fan en-
counter make that clear), and his wife,
Sarah, often is aggrieved by the lifestyle
of partying and affirmation that being
an actor has afforded him.
But their problems are deeper than
fans coming up to him in restaurants or
her being kept at arms’ length from the
fabulous parties he attends. They’re
about the resentment built up between
them when they didn’t notice, a frustra-
tion that they can’t even discuss openly
at marriage counseling sessions. It isn’t
until they give up on therapy and share a
resigned meal that the real problems
they confrontcome to the surface, so

they can start addressing them. Eventu-

ally, the rhythms of tennis help their re-

lationship rally, quite literally.

Over its eight episodes, “Love” un-

cynically embraces sentiment, a tone

that’s welcome in some episodes and

distinctly mawkish in others (the final

episode’s attempt to tiethem all togeth-

er in a saccharine montage is fully on

the side of cloying and annoying). “Ral-

lying” finds a space for a small amount

of skepticism about the sheer power of

love without losing a hopeful mood. It

also has a sardonic humor that’s dis-

tinctly missing in other episodes.

The notion that no amount of money

or fame can solve love’s limits is reas-

suring. We all struggle, but some of us

overcome and “stay in the game.”

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The marriage of Sarah (Tina Fey) and Dennis (John Slattery) is faltering in “Modern Love.”

Tennis helps Sarah get back in the game.PHOTOS BY CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS/AMAZON