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ACROSS
1 Meat shaped
for a burger
6 Consider
10 Place to unwind
13 Sound before
“Bless you”
14 Food brand for Fido
15 Visa competitor, briefly
16 Like a wet day
17 “Deal me a hand”
18 __ slaw
19 Nickname for Elvis
Presley
22 One rotation of Earth
on its axis
23 Up until now
24 “I’ll pay any price!”
28 Nod off
31 Not hers
34 “We’re having __!”:
retail come-on
35 Jupiter’s wife
36 Marriott rival
37 Nickname for Ella
Fitzgerald
40 Scarlett’s plantation
41 Acme
42 “Nevermore!” bird
43 Boy in “Star Wars”
prequel films
44 Currier and __:
printmakers
45 Seth of “SNL”
46 Ring or stud site
48 He wrote
“The 42-Across”
49 Nickname for
James Brown
58 Funny Bombeck
59 A4 automaker
60 Scarlett’s last name
61 Close by
62 Marvel Comics mutants
63 Post-op therapy
64 2,000 pounds
65 Ain’t right?
66 BrutalizesDOWN
1 Place to spread a picnic
blanket
2 Smoothie berry
3 Slender
4 Half a barbecuer’s pair
5 Up-and-down weight
loss effort
6 Grocery section
with milk
7 Red Muppet8 “Lawrence of Arabia,”
e.g.
9 2000s OCD-afflicted
TV sleuth
10 Often sarcastic
“Nice one!”
11 __-mell: disorderly
12 Ice skater’s jump
15 Property measure
20 White part of beef
21 “Science Guy” Bill
24 1990s commerce
pact acronym
25 Thai or Laotian
26 He’s not single
27 Film lioness
28 Fellas
29 Banded gemstone
30 Place to observe
animals
32 __ circle: group
of close advisers
33 Omens
35 Joke
36 “__, can you see ... ”
38 Loo
39 Having an irregular
design
44 “Roth” investment45 Bovine sound
47 Not at all close by
48 Make a hard copy of
49 Fellow
50 Black-and-white treat
51 Uber alternative
52 Runs smoothly
53 Blissful Genesis place
54 New York stadium
dismantled in 2009
55 Honolulu’s island
56 Eurasia’s __ Mountains
57 Chocolate dogs
ANSWER TO
PREVIOUS PUZZLE8/26/198/26/19CROSSWORD
By Kevin Christian © 2019 Tribune Content AgencyEdited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols LewisSUDOKU
BLISS By Harry BlissKENKEN
Every box will contain a number; numbers depend on the size of the grid. For a 6x6
puzzle, use Nos. 1-6. Do not repeat a number in any row or column. The numbers in each
heavily outlined set of squares must combine to produce the target number found in the
top left corner of the cage using the mathematical operation indicated. A number can be
repeated within a cage as long as it is not in the same row or column.FAMILY CIRCUS By Bil Keane DENNIS THE MENACE By Hank KetchamARGYLE SWEATER By Scott Hilburn MARMADUKE By Brad & Paul AndersonSPEED BUMP By Dave CoverlyCOMICS
Aries(March 21-April 19):
“Love me, love my dog.” The
two have different love re-
quirements, and it’s possible
that a person is capable of
one love and not the other.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): Make no assumptions
about what people can do
just because they have done
a thing before.
Gemini(May 21-June 21):
You already know what
you’re going to do. Why must
you pretend not to want
what you want?
Cancer(June 22-July 22):
You’re in the mood to take a
risk, but you also have a heal-
thy respect for the danger in-
volved. Much will be accom-
plished here through defer-
ence and reverence.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
Well, it turns out that people
are much more complicated
and mysterious than you
thought. Your mysteries ar-
en’t just for them to figure
out; they are also for you to
figure out.
Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Loyalty is always built on
what stands before. Make
sure what stands before is
rock solid.
Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 23):
Jokes don’t come out of no-
where. Poke around at your
humor as though it’s a clue
to your deeper beliefs. It is.
Scorpio(Oct. 24-Nov. 21):
Dominant forces are alive in
your realm. Sit back and
learn about what you’ll deal
with in the future.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21): You’re emotionally
intelligent and processing
what’s happening instead of
pretending you feel some
way other than the way you
feel.
Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.
19): Give love the way you
want to instead of worrying
about catering your atten-
tion.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.
18): Complications can en-
sue, and those take time tosort out. The best route to-
day isn’t the shortest one
but the least complicated
one.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March
20): You’ll no longer waste
your energy on the parts of a
job that don’t pay you back.
You’ll spend time on the
right things and build them
up.
Today’s birthday(Aug.
26): You’ll host as many peo-
ple as you possibly can this
year, as you’re the one peo-
ple want to visit, be around,
go places with and celebrate
with. You’ll root for a win-
ning team. There’s a move in
February, and you’ll be a
part of an important project
after that. The world will be
better for your involvement
in this. Libra and Sagittari-
us adore you. Your lucky
numbers: 11, 24, 9, 30 and 50.Holiday Mathis writes her
column for Creators
Syndicate Inc. The
horoscope should be read
for entertainment.HOROSCOPE
By Holiday Mathis
Cy the Cynic says that
maybe nice guys finish last,
but sometimes they don’t
even know they’ve lost.
West led the nine of
hearts against 3NT, and
South won with the queen
and next took the queen,
king and ace of diamonds.
Then, judging from the
opening lead that hearts
would not break 3-3, he con-
ceded the fourth diamond to
East.
South then had nine win-
ners, but East shifted to the
jack of spades. When South’s
queen covered, West won
and returned a spade to
East’s king, and the third
spade went through declar-
er’s 8-6 to West’s 9-7. Down
one.
South complimentedEast-West’s defense. He ne-
ver realized that 3NT was
cold. No matter how the
spades lie, South can lose
four spade tricks only if the
first spade lead comes from
East. So at Trick Two, South
should lead a diamond from
dummy to his nine.
West wins, but South has
set up four diamond winners
and is at risk of at most four
losers.
Question: You hold: ♠10 5
♥A Q 8 4 ♦A K 8 4 3 ♣7 2. You
open one diamond, and your
partner responds one spade.
What do you say?
Answer: You had a man-
datory opening bid but face
an awkward choice of second
bids. Some players would re-
bid two diamonds, but that
call would suggest longer
diamonds. I would try 1NT
despite the weak club hold-
ing. That bid will let youreach a heart contract if
partner has A 7 6 4 2, K J 6 5, 5
2, 8 5, but he would pass two
diamonds with that hand.
South dealer
N-S vulnerableNORTH
♠10 5
♥A Q 8 4
♦A K 8 4 3
♣7 2
WEST EAST
♠A 9 7 2 ♠K J 4
♥9 5 ♥J 10 7 6
♦10 6 ♦J 7 5 2
♣Q 9 6 5 4 ♣J 8
SOUTH
♠Q 8 6 3
♥K 3 2
♦Q 9
♣A K 10 3
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 ♣ Pass 1♦ Pass
1 ♠ Pass 2♥ Pass
2 NT Pass 3 NT All PassOpening lead — ♥ 9Tribune Media ServicesBRIDGE
By Frank StewartDear Amy:I moved away
from my home city 18 years
ago. For many years I would
go back and visit all my
friends and family once or
twice a year.
Now, many of my friends
(and my parents) have also
moved away.
I find balancing travel to
see my friends, family and
my partner’s parents more
challenging as time goes on.
One of my oldest friends
has visited me only once in
the past 18 years, even
though I have gone out of my
way to visit her and get to
know her partner and child.
In the past two years I
have invited her to visit me
more than a few times.
I have a nice home and
guest room.
She has a young child,
now 5, who seems to be her
excuse, but I notice she has
managed to travel to other
places.
Basically, all of my part-
ner’s friends and family have
stayed with us, but it seems
that no old friends or family
members care to visit me or
get to share in my adult life.
I ignored this for years,
but it’s been 18 years now —
come on!
How do I get over this
building resentment and
just realize it may never hap-
pen? I don’t want to believe
that no one cares.Want to Share my LifeDear Want to Share:
You’ve spent the last (al-
most) two decades visiting
your hometown. When you
do so, you’ve been able to re-
connect with multiple peo-
ple at once. Your friends and
family have had less of an in-
centive to visit you because
of this.
Your partner’s friends
and family might visit you
more often because your
partner doesn’t have a simi-
lar “one-stop shopping” dy-
namic with his hometown.
It might not sound like a
big deal to you, but hopping
on a plane with a 5-year-old
for a multi-day visit is a big
deal for a parent, especially
when the ultimate motiva-
tion is to spend adult-time
with an old friend.
Personal visits are a great
way to keep relationships
alive, but they’re not the only
way.
Alter your own travel
commitments. Travel more
for pleasure and less out of
obligation. And stop issuing
invitations to people who ne-
ver accept them.Dear Amy:Our sister has
lived with my parents for al-
most her entire adult life.
For a time, she paid a small
amount for room and board,
but it was mostly free.As my parents aged, she
became a caregiver to them
until they passed away.
My sister continues to
live in the house that all
three children inherited.
We would like to sell the
house and distribute the
money from the sale, just
like we have already done
with stocks and other mon-
ies.
The problem is that our
sister does not want to move.
She feels that she is entitled
to stay in the home because
she was the primary care-
giver to our parents.
My brother and I are not
sure how to handle this. We
don’t want to fight with her
but would like to move for-
ward and sell the house.
Your input?
Flummoxed SiblingsDear Flummoxed:Do not
handle this yourselves. See
an estate lawyer.
Your sister’s caregiving of
your parents has value,
which might be equaled out
by her years of free room and
board. Find out.
It seems to me that if she
has already received money
from the estate, she could
possibly buy out the two of
you and stay in the house.Send questions to Amy
Dickinson by email to ask
[email protected].ASK AMY
Hometown visits get old