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E6 THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2019 LATIMES.COM/CALENDAR

ACROSS

1 Respond to “Let’s

give it up for ... ”

5 Moves like Tinker Bell

10 “... thou damned whale!”

speaker

14 Gad about

15 Like some whiskey

barrels

16 Lawless character

17 Turkmenistan neighbor

18 Huge herbivore

20 Cookie with a whimsical

name

22 Biden’s 2008 debate

opponent

23 “Fresh Air” airer

24 Although

27 Led Zeppelin’s “Whole

__ Love”

31 Critical layer

33 Torch-wielding group

in “Frankenstein”

36 The grapevine

39 From the beginning

41 LED component

42 Brute

43 Custom

46 “__ Como Va”:

Santana hit

47 Penny pincher

48 Composition

50 Dalí contemporary

51 Summer in la ville

54 One to the manor born

58 It comes full circle as

you work your way

through 20-, 36-, 43- and

58-Across

63 It’s stressful to live in it

65 Counterclockwise arrow

function

66 Countless years

67 Monastery wear

68 Monopoly card

69 Name on a box of bricks

70 Useful thing

71 Gaelic language

DOWN

1 Like pretzel rods

2 Doone of Exmoor

3 Be of service to

4 Eyeliner applicator

5 Driver’s warning

6 “The Wizard of Oz”

actor

7 “Just messin’ around”

8 Mortise insert

9 Nose (around)

10 Salchow kin

11 “Take it”

12 Smart game-show vowel

purchase for “D _ _ M

AND GL _ _ M”

13 English lit degrees

19 Data disk

21 Recognize

25 Sweepstakes

submission

26 Titter

28 Stir

29 The Chipmunks, e.g.

30 Go gaga over

32 Herpetologist’s

employer

33 Famiglia nickname

34 Being broadcast

35 Support for a king?

37 Chances

38 Tuition add-ons

40 Rather small

44 Fountain near the

Spanish Steps

45 Chimed

49 Slangy greeting

52 Puccini opera

53 “__ World”: “Sesame

Street” segment

55 Dumb move

56 High-yield

deposits

57 Wear away

59 Petro-Canada

competitor

60 Swearing in a

monastery?

61 Not working

62 House in a bush

63 Bit of animation

64 Anonym in

a landmark

case

ANSWER TO

PREVIOUS PUZZLE

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SUDOKU

BLISS By Harry Bliss

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 Ed Sessa © 2019 Tribune Content Agency

Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

SPEED BUMP By Dave Coverly

COMICS

Aries(March 21-April 19)
:Start ticking things off your
to-do list. It will bring so
much satisfaction to organ-
ize your thoughts this way.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): A long stretch of the
same activity over and over
will kill your enthusiasm. So
keep changing it up today.
Gemini(May 21-June 21):
To counteract the unpre-
dictable nature of motiva-
tion, set up your own encour-
agement instead of expect-
ing it to drop in.
Cancer(June 22-July 22):
Wanting a thing over and
over, deeply and with great
willingness to do quite a lot
to bring it into reality —
that’s the sort of wanting
that makes things happen.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
Giving something up is hard,
but it’s made easier when
you do it at the same time as
starting something else new
to take its place.

Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

You can’t just get rid of all

the unnecessary things at

once, but you’ll be amazed at

what a few cuts will do.

Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 23):

You’ve a stellar sense of di-

rection now and it extends in

many areas of life. Of course,

what good is knowing where

to go unless you actually go?

Scorpio(Oct. 24-Nov. 21):

Looking for answers in the

familiar places will bring you

common, acceptable solu-

tions. Unusual problems re-

quire unusual solutions

found in strange places.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-

Dec. 21): If you were to put

your own health and joy at

the top of your priority list,

this would jostle your sched-

ule a bit. Try it and see.

Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.

19): Some sweet attractions

disappear quickly like a Pop-

sicle in the sun, and some

last as long as Twinkies.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.

18): Nudge things into being

more of what you want and

less of what you don’t. What

can you do to make the proc-

ess more pleasant?

Pisces (Feb. 19-March

20): While the naturally logi-

cal thinkers may have an ad-

vantage with today’s task,

those who think differently

will get there with a little

more effort.

Today’s birthday(Aug.

29): You can’t do everything

your way, but this trip

around the sun brings op-

portunities like never before

to do some things precisely

your way, specific to your

preferences and just like in

your wild plans and dreams.

The first quarter of 2020

shows you a new route. You

could move. A special rela-

tionship points the way.

Virgo and Pisces adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 7,

40, 12, 22 and 9.

Holiday Mathis writes her

column for Creators

Syndicate Inc. The

horoscope should be read

for entertainment.

HOROSCOPE

By Holiday Mathis

“My partner’s brain

needs a ‘clear memory’ key

on its keyboard,” a club play-

er complained. “He says he

gets lost trying to process

everything that goes on dur-

ing the bidding and play.”

My friend’s partner was

declarer at today’s four

hearts.

“West led the queen of

spades and continued

spades. My partner ruffed

the third spade and drew

trumps, but next he led a di-

amond to dummy’s king and

finessed with his jack. West

won and took his ace of clubs

for down one. It’s clear that

my partner’s memory is

overloaded.”

East couldn’t respond to

West’s opening bid, so after

he showed the ace of spades,

he couldn’t have the queen of

diamonds. With six points,

he would have responded.

South’s best chance is to

cash all his trumps. If West

saves his ace of clubs and

Q-10-7 of diamonds, declarer

exits with a club to end-play

him. If West discards decep-

tively, saving the Q-10 of dia-

monds and A-J of clubs, de-

clarer will still have a good

chance to go right.

Question: You hold: ♠K 5

2 ♥K 7 ♦K 6 5 3 ♣9 8 5 4. Your

partner opens one heart,

you respond 1NT and he

next bids two spades. The

opponents pass. What do

you say?

Answer: Your partner

has “reversed” and promises

substantial extra strength.

Game is likely, but you

should not persist with

notrump since partner

might have a hand such as A

Q 4 3, A Q J 6 5, A Q, 7 2. Bid

three hearts if you’re sure he

won’t pass. Otherwise, bid

three spades or jump to four

hearts.

West dealer

Both sides vulnerable

NORTH

♠K 5 2

♥K 7

♦K 6 5 3

♣9 8 5 4

WEST EAST

♠Q J 10 9 3 ♠A 8 7

♥ 8 ♥9 4 3

♦Q 10 7 2 ♦9 8

♣A Q J ♣10 7 6 3 2

SOUTH

♠6 4

♥A Q J 10 6 5 2

♦A J 4

♣K

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

1 ♠ Pass Pass 4♥

All Pass

Opening lead — ♠Q

Tribune Media Services

BRIDGE

By Frank Stewart

Dear Amy:Our 40-some-

thing married son had pass-

word-protected old files on

our home computer. We had

trouble with our hard drive.

We told our son, but he said

he couldn’t quickly remem-

ber his passwords to retrieve

his own files.

We went ahead and had

our computer repaired, and

when everything was trans-

ferred off and then back onto

our restored computer, the

files were no longer pass-

word-protected.

I peeked at his files. Some

of the photos he had saved

are of his first dog and vari-

ous cars.

Most of the photos, how-

ever, are the type that par-

ents always tell their off-

spring NOT to take: nudes of

various girls (including the

one he would eventually

marry) and nudes of himself.

What do we do now?

I don’t want him to email

these files of photos to him-

self because then they’d po-

tentially be “out there.”

Upset Parent

Dear Parent:Simply re-

turn these files to him. Pre-

sumably he no longer needs

you to host his personal files

on your home computer.

Transfer all of the files

(“girlie” and “non-girlie”) to

a thumb drive. Delete them

all from your home comput-

er, and give the thumb drive

to him.

Dear Amy:How would you

respond to a relative repeat-

edly sending text requests

that you purchase some-

thing for their “Business

Shower”?

In general we do not re-

ceive any other communica-

tion from this relative, but

we make it a point to reach

out and say hello when we

are in her town.

We have a policy of not

lending or giving money to

relatives due to past issues,

plus I just view this as a per-

sonal fundraiser and in poor

taste.

This person and her hus-

band appear to live well. She

could apply for a business

loan, use funds from a line of

credit on their home, or suck

it up and learn how to op-

erate on a shoestring budget

while getting their business

off the ground.

We have ignored the first

round of group texts, hoping

she would get the message

that we do not wish to par-

ticipate.

Clearly she did not, and

now we receive group texts

as well as direct text re-

quests.

We would like to respond

in a way that will encourage

her entrepreneurial spirit

but stop the requests for us

to help to fund it.

Showered Out

Dear Showered Out:Your

relative doesn’t seem to be

actually hosting a shower

because there is no celebra-

tory event. It sounds as if she

has created an online regis-

try and is asking people to

purchase items from it to do-

nate to her.

An actual shower-party

would be a better idea and

could be seen as a “pre-

launch” as well as a market-

ing or networking event for

their new business.

Some people trying to get

projects off the ground set

up online fundraising pages

to raise start-up money.

This can be a creative way to

fundraise, and investors are

often offered little incentives

as thank yous once the busi-

ness gets off the ground.

You should respond pri-

vately (not through group

text). “Congratulations on

your start-up! We look for-

ward to learning more about

your business once it’s up

and running. If there are

ways we can help you to net-

work, we’d be happy to talk

about it, but we aren’t going

to donate. Please remove us

from your group text.”

Send questions to Amy

Dickinson by email to ask

[email protected].

ASK AMY

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