Los Angeles Times - 27.08.2019

E6 TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2019 LATIMES.COM/CALENDAR

ACROSS

1 Makes a hasty getaway

5 Insect stage after larva

9 Bathroom wall piece

13 Not many

14 Umpires’ decisions

16 Cabinet dept. with a

windmill on its seal

17 Toy on a track

19 Volcanic output

20 WWI French soldier

21 Almanacs, calendars,

etc.

23 Drag one’s feet

24 Native growth in an

Asian orchard

25 Philosopher __-tzu

27 Mme., in Madrid

28 Money for the poor

32 Ancient colonnade

35 Bumper sticker word

39 Grilling accessory

42 Award for “Green Book”

43 Spanish appetizer

44 Ward of “Once

and Again”

45 Korean soldier

47 Springsteen’s

“Born in the __”

49 Result of too-tight

jeans, perhaps

54 TV monitoring device

59 Directed

60 Maine college town

61 “Star Trek” helmsman

62 Blather, and a phonetic

hint to the four other

longest answers

65 “The Time Machine”

race

66 Gave an address

67 Foul mood

68 Director Gus Van __

69 Laundry blemish

70 Red and Coral,

but not pink

DOWN

1 Reading lights

2 Underway, to Sherlock

3 TV, radio, newspapers,

etc.

4 “Great!”

5 Interest rate fig.

6 Short-lived Egypt-Syr.

alliance

7 __ del Rey: L.A. beach

community

8 Roswell crash victim,

supposedly

9 Stretch the truth

10 “... bombs bursting __”

11 Protective river

embankment

12 Clear from the

blackboard

15 Hitches

18 Temporary calm

22 Composer Ned

24 Sacred choral piece

26 Volcanic output

28 Latin “I love”

29 French article

30 Rock’s Fleetwood __

31 Tropical food that

has a five-point

shape when sliced

33 U.K. singer Rita __

34 Intensify

36 Hot time on the Riviera

37 Cartoon frame

38 La-la lead-in

40 Square root of neuf

41 Western treaty gp.

46 “Trick” joints

48 Declare openly

49 Exodus leader

50 Throat dangler

51 Serious criminal

52 Subs at the office

53 “Hop __”: Dr. Seuss

book

55 In a foul mood

56 “Stormy Weather”

singer Lena

57 Mumbai’s land

58 Twitter updates

63 Ring ref ’s decision

64 To this point

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KENKEN

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 Ketcham

ARGYLE SWEATER By Scott Hilburn MARMADUKE By Brad & Paul Anderson

CROSSWORD

By Paul Coulter © 2019 Tribune Content Agency

Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

SPEED BUMP By Dave Coverly

COMICS

Aries(March 21-April 19):
Goal setting is not a one-
size-fits-all kind of matter.
Each goal is different, and
different approaches work
for different people at differ-
ent times.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): Something may sound
good or look good on paper,
but if it doesn’t work well in
real life, it doesn’t work pe-
riod.
Gemini(May 21-June 21):
You don’t have to be the best
in the whole world. You only
have to be the best among
the current competition.
Cancer(June 22-July 22):
You belong. But where?
With the right attitude, you
can belong anywhere you
happen to go.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
Learn who people really are,
and don’t mentally bestow
them with powers they do
not possess.
Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

Entitlement causes people

to assume other people are

there to serve them. Entitle-

ment causes relationship

imbalance. Steer away from

entitled people.

Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 23):

You can put yourself in envi-

ronments that are more

likely to have healthier

choices available to you in all

things, including love.

Scorpio(Oct. 24-Nov. 21):

Some of your favorite people

are people you met through

relationships that weren’t

half as strong.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-

Dec. 21): It’s pretty challeng-

ing to settle an active mind

on the needs and wants of

others. A still mind can eas-

ily be led to whatever task

you need it to take on.

Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.

19): Listen carefully and act

on what you hear, and you’ll

have an advantage that few

can claim.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.

18): You’re not getting what

you want out of a situation,

but neither are you bitter

about it. You’re curious,

more than anything.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March

20): Leave the long-term

goals for another day. Today

you will excel with short-

term assignments and situa-

tions that have a definite

endpoint.

Today’s birthday(Aug.

27): You’ve an incredible tal-

ent for knowing when to piv-

ot and when to persevere.

You’ll dazzle your friends in

September and ride a wave

of popularity into the new

year. This is good for busi-

ness, and the final months of

2019 are especially lucrative.

You’ll exchange beautiful

promises with a special per-

son in 2020. Sagittarius and

Gemini adore you. Your

lucky numbers are: 3, 39, 4, 42

and 18.

Holiday Mathis writes

her column for Creators

Syndicate Inc. The

horoscope should be

read for entertainment.

HOROSCOPE

By Holiday Mathis

“Are you and Wendy still

having trouble on defense?”

I asked Cy the Cynic.

“She said I sabotaged us

in this deal,” Cy said, dis-

playing today’s layout. “I

guess she was right, for

once.”

Against three hearts,

Wendy led the king of spades

as West, and Cy signaled

with the nine. Wendy duly

led the ace and a third

spade.

“I ruffed,” Cy said, “but all

I could do was take my ace of

clubs. South made his bid,

and Wendy was irate. She

said I’d crossed her up.”

Cy’s nine of spades was

wrong. He wants a club shift,

not more spades, hence he

should signal “attitude” with

his deuce. If Wendy shifts to

a club, Cy takes two clubs

and returns a spade. Wendy

takes the jack and ace and

leads a fourth spade, and Cy

overruffs dummy with his

jack and leads a third club,

promoting Wendy’s queen of

trumps. Down three instead

of making three!

Don’t mislead your part-

ner. Let your signals direct

the defense.

Question: You hold: ♠A

KJ 6 ♥Q 7 ♦9 7 6 3 2 ♣7 5.

Your partner opens one

heart, you bid one spade and

he rebids two hearts. The

opponents pass. What do

you say?

Answer: This case is

close. Your partner has at

least six cards in hearts (he

would never be obliged to re-

bid a five-card suit in this

auction), and you have a use-

ful queen and a possible ruff-

ing value in clubs. Bid three

hearts, especially if vulnera-

ble with more to gain by

making a game.

South dealer

Both sides vulnerable

NORTH

♠8 5 4

♥10 8 6 5

♦A K J 4

♣K 10

WEST EAST

♠A K J 6 ♠9 2

♥Q 7 ♥J 2

♦9 7 6 3 2 ♦8 5

♣7 5 ♣A Q 9 8 6 3

2

SOUTH

♠Q 10 7 3

♥A K 9 4 3

♦Q 10

♣J 4

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

1 ♥ Pass 2♦ Pass

2 ♥ Pass 3 ♥ All Pass

Opening lead — ♠K

Tribune Media Services

BRIDGE

By Frank Stewart

Dear Amy:My dad is a rac-

ist. We’ve had big fights

about his bigotry. I’m his

only daughter. Our relation-

ship is already strained from

his alcohol and opioid addic-

tion and my unstable and

abusive childhood. He’s ne-

ver apologized or taken re-

sponsibility for anything

he’s done.

My parents raised us on

the West Coast. I have a lot of

cousins, aunts, uncles, etc., I

don’t know well who live in

the Midwest.

Recently, my cousin (on

his side) posted a picture of

herself and her African-

American boyfriend on

Facebook.

My dad posted a racist

comment. My cousin retali-

ated with a public Facebook

post calling out his nastiness

for everyone to see. I pri-

vately messaged her, telling

her how sorry and embar-

rassed I was for his inexcus-

able behavior.

I texted my dad angrily,

telling him how it’s not OK to

make racist comments, and

especially not to his niece.

He justified and deflected

his actions, as he’s always

done, and I stopped talking

to him.

I want to cut him out of

my life completely because

I’m just so sick of having to

tolerate all of his bad behav-

ior.

At the same time, I feel

guilt and an obligation to

talk to him because he lives

alone and only talks to a cou-

ple of people.

He’s my dad. You’re sup-

posed to love your parents.

What if I can’t love him?

Fed-up Daughter

Dear Fed Up: He’s your

dad, and you’re supposed to

love him.

You are his daughter, and

he’s supposed to love you.

His actions aren’t loving.

Using blame and guilt to

control you — this is the

masterwork of an addict,

and it is your unfortunate

burden to be the daughter of

a mean-spirited, racist man.

You say your dad is alone,

but he’s not. He uses social

media as a way to connect

with people.

When faced with an out-

rage shared on social media,

generally I believe it’s wisest

to respond proportionally

on the same channel. In-

stead, you apologized pri-

vately. Cleaning up after

your father is essentially en-

abling him. If you don’t want

to be associated with his

public racism, then publicly

say so.

You would benefit from

connecting with a “friends

and family” support group

such as Al-anon. The best

way for you to love him might

be to demonstrate the

“tough” kind — where you at-

tach proportional conse-

quences to his behavior.

Dear Amy:I am a widow

and a senior citizen fre-

quently included in family

dinner outings. These din-

ners include children and

other adults, who often have

several drinks.

The bill gets divided

among the adults.

After one outing my

share came to $30, when I

only had a slice of pizza.

When I expressed my

concern to my son, it fell on

deaf ears.

What to do?

Widow Mom

Dear Mom: Who raised

these characters who would

scam money from their mom

after a night out?

Evidently you are sup-

posed to be so grateful to be

included in these outings

that you would pick up the

drinks tab.

If you can’t assert your

right to only pay for your

share, next time, at the very

least, ask your waiter to

please give you a separate

check. Unlike your kids, the

waitstaff are happy to oblige.

Send questions to Amy

Dickinson by email to ask

[email protected].

ASK AMY

Afflicted with racist father