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ACROSS

1 __ Plaines:

Chicago suburb

4 J. Edgar Hoover

Building org.

10 Catch

14 Suffix with hero

15 Sea between Greece

and Turkey

16 Dutch South African

17 They’re ominous

19 Decent-sized lot

20 “No more, thanks”

21 End of many long

weekends: Abbr.

23 Ad __ committee

24 Many a “Twilight”

character

25 Gulf State native

27 That, in Oaxaca

28 They’re luminous

32 Word in a January song

33 Wood strip

34 Song first sung by Ethel

Waters at Harlem’s

Cotton Club ... and

a hint to four other

long answers

40 Flat-bottomed boat

41 “Sesame Street” pal of

Zoe

42 They’re clamorous

49 “Jingle Bells”

contraction

50 Last Supper question

51 “Ivy and __”: kid-lit

series by Annie Barrows

53 Infamous Amin

54 More than unfriendly

55 Breed of sheep

57 Astrological transition

point

59 They’re ruinous

62 Wasatch Mountains

resort

63 “Twilight” vampire

64 Suffix with Brooklyn

65 For fear that

66 Trounces

67 Some NFL blockers

DOWN

1 Finished a job

2 Dental layer

3 Composer

Rachmaninoff

4 Food truck fare

5 Believed

6 Swelled head

7 Pot-au-__: French stew

8 Outlaw

9 Happy way to break out

10 Abbr. in an unfilled TV

slot

11 New __, NY: home of

Iona College

12 Ford’s first minivan

13 Like some concrete

18 Big ape

22 Bird’s beak

25 Sole

26 Corn Belt region

29 Guffaw syllable

30 Rum __ Tugger: “Cats”

role

31 __Kosh B’gosh

34 Bus kiosk posting

35 Ones seeing things

36 Dominate

37 K-12, in education

38 Latin lover’s word

39 Parking violation risk

40 Showing no emotion

43 502, in old Rome

44 Steer clear of

45 Saudi Arabian capital

46 Iberian river to the

Mediterranean

47 Carl with nine Emmys

48 Most sensible

52 Snoops (around)

55 Car sticker no.

56 Postings at an airline

gate, for short

58 Vanna’s partner

60 __ Jima

61 Quick flight

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 Kurt Krauss © 2020 Tribune Content Agency

Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

SPEED BUMP By Dave Coverly

COMICS

Aries(March 21-April 19):
The difference between as-
sessing where you’re at and
judging yourself will be most
detectable in the way the
you-to-you interaction feels.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): Appearances matter
and will make a bigger than
usual difference in the out-
come of the day’s events.
Gemini(May 21-June 21):
That moment when you re-
alize you’re not telling your
story to the right audience is
a decision point. Do you dou-
ble down on the moment?
Do you change the story? Do
you bail?
Cancer(June 22-July 22):
Not only is no one perfect, no
one needs to be or should be.
Enjoy flaws. Flaws are life.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
You can’t remember every-
thing. Update your systems.
Write yourself some notes.
Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
When people are overly hard

on each other it is usually be-

cause they see something in

the other person that re-

minds them of a part of

themselves they don’t pre-

fer.

Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 23):

Don’t forget that the inter-

nal weather system counts

more than the external one.

And that is a weather system

you have some control over.

Scorpio(Oct. 24-Nov. 21):

Forgiveness is merely an

agreement to move forward

knowing that the judgment

has not yet been rendered.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-

Dec. 21): Today will be like a

complicated poem that

needs a very close read.

Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.

19): If you get the suspicion

that you’re underperform-

ing, don’t assume the prob-

lem is you. It takes an inter-

esting person to know one.

Seek a better match.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.

18): You will explore the his-

tory of a situation to better

understand the current

complexities. The best an-

swer hasn’t been invented

yet. You could change that.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March

20): Figure out the steps and

tricks that will help you slip

into the right attitude, mind-

set and energy level to per-

form steady, consistent

work.

Today’s birthday

(March 5): You’ll have a

transformation of appear-

ance relating to confidence,

fresh concepts of beauty and

the ability to experiment

aesthetically. This could

have to do with the home you

live in, or the clothing or car

you get around in. Relation-

ships are represented as

well, in so far as how they en-

hance your self-image. Libra

and Scorpio adore you. Your

lucky numbers are: 31, 33, 14,

38 and 6.

Holiday Mathis writes her

column for Creators

Syndicate Inc. The

horoscope should be read

for entertainment.

HOROSCOPE

By Holiday Mathis

When I watched today’s

deal at my club, Cy the Cynic

was North and put his part-

ner in 3NT. (South’s 2NT bid

with no sure heart stopper

wouldn’t have been every-

one’s choice.) West led a

heart, and when dummy

played low, East took the ace

and returned a heart to the

king. Declarer then led a

club to his king, and West

took the ace and cashed

three more hearts. Down

one.

“Unmakable,” South

said. “I had only eight

tricks.”

“I beg to differ,” Cy said.

Was he right?

After South wins the sec-

ond trick, he loses nothing

by cashing five diamonds,

discarding a spade and a

club. West can safely pitch a

spade and the jack of clubs,

but since he happens to hold

the Q-J of spades, the last di-

amond squeezes him, If he

throws a second spade, de-

clarer takes three spade

tricks and nine in all.

If instead West throws a

heart, South can safely force

out the ace of clubs. The de-

fense gets only three hearts

and a club.

Question: You hold: ♠A 8

5 ♥J 10 7 ♦K J 5 ♣K Q 10 8.

You open one club, your

partner responds one spade,

you bid 1NT and he jumps to

three hearts. What do you

say?

Answer: Some players

would insist on 3NT since

they have the minor suits

stopped. The disciplined

and correct bid is three

spades to show three-card

support for partner’s first

suit. That is what he wants

to hear. If he has weak

spades and semibalanced

pattern, he can try 3NT him-

self.

North dealer

N-S vulnerable

NORTH

♠K 10 4

♥K 4

♦A Q 10 8 4

♣7 5 3

WEST EAST

♠Q J 9 6 ♠7 3 2

♥Q 9 8 6 5 ♥A 3 2

♦7 2 ♦9 6 3

♣A J ♣9 6 4 2

SOUTH

♠A 8 5

♥J 10 7

♦K J 5

♣K Q 10 8

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

1 ♦ Pass 2 NT Pass

3 NT All Pass

Tribune Media Services

BRIDGE

By Frank Stewart

Dear Amy:We are a group

of friends in our 40s, who

have known each other for

decades and consider each

other closer than family.

When my partner and I

travel to see one of these cou-

ples, they don’t offer to pick

us up at the airport. They

have said they would prefer if

we took an Uber to their

home, because it is not wise

for them to waste two hours

in traffic. They don’t expect

us to pick them up from the

airport, either.

I am a bit traditional. If

someone is spending the

money to come fly to my city

to see me, I should pick up

and drop off, or pay for their

cab. We have had a candid

conversation with our vari-

ous friends about this, where

I stated this, and they stated

that their perspective was

practical concerning time

and responsibilities.

They said that we can all

afford to take a cab or car-

share. That is true, but they

seem to think that during

college when we were all

scraping by, it was one thing

to spend time on airport

runs, but now that we can af-

ford airport transportation,

we have to choose where we

spend our time wisely.

What are your thoughts?

Am I not keeping up with the

changing times?

Curious in New York

Dear Curious:Following is

a list of people you are obli-

gated to pick up from the air-

port: Parents and grand-

parents; elderly aunts, un-

cles and elderly or infirm

friends; servicemembers,

missionaries, or volunteers

returning from long over-

seas assignments; long-dis-

tance loves you are eager to

impress; kids coming home

from band camp.

Here is a list of people you

are not obligated to pick up

from the airport: Friends

from college whom you will

be hosting in your home for

an extended personal visit.

I agree with others in

your group. The hours spent

on an airport run would be

better spent vacuuming the

guest bedroom and prepar-

ing a nice meal and a fresh

cocktail for weary travelers.

In fact, unless the cir-

cumstance is extreme, I

would always rather find my

own transportation from

the airport — because this

gives me the flexibility to

dawdle if I want to, without

the pressure of someone

waiting on me at the cell-

phone lot, or — worse — cir-

cling the airport.

Give this one up.

Dear Amy:I have kind of a

weird little problem.

I own a house with a nice,

completely furnished apart-

ment attached to it. Right

now, I have a really nice ten-

ant on a six-month lease.

She is a single person who is

working on writing a book.

“Emily” and I get along

well. When I decided to rent

out the apartment, I had the

wall that separates the two

living spaces insulated to cut

down on noise distractions.

Emily keeps early hours.

Every day it is the same: She

is up at 5 or 5:30, and I am

jolted awake by the sound of

the beeping microwave.

Then it is the sound of the

water flowing into the bath-

tub. This goes on every day,

seven days a week. Other-

wise, she is quiet.

I’d like to speak to her

about this, but I don’t know

what to say. Can you help?

Bothered

Dear Bothered:You own

the apartment. You sup-

plied the microwave. Per-

haps you can switch out the

beeping microwave for one

that doesn’t beep and find a

way to double-insulate the

wall between the bathroom

and your home. But no —

you don’t get to tell your qui-

et tenant not to get up so

early and/or use the facilities

in the home she is paying for.

Send questions to Amy

Dickinson by email to ask

[email protected].

ASK AMY

Friends won’t pick us up