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1 Bowling alley button

6 Europeancheese town

10 Puddle jumper trip

13 Wedding figu re

14 ChapStickcontainer

15 Fix up

16 Newspaperreporter’s

compensation?

18 Big star

19 “I’m with ya”

20 Threateningwords

21 Farming prefix

22 “Wheel ofFortune” buy

23 Smooth, as transitions

25 Wise

29 DOJ bureau

30 Dryas dust

31 Speaker’sspot

34 Get out of bed

37 “__ who?”

38 Chiropractor’s

compensation?

40 N.L. player whose

homegames include a

Presidents Race

41 Brownish-green

43 Greenish-blue

44 Some prosecutors:

Abbr.

45 “Selma” director

DuVernay

46 Drops in

48 Medical emergency alert

53 Baby fox

54 Soon, to abard

55 Kibbutz setting

57 Actress Thurman

60 Cooling meas.

61 Comedian’s

compensation?

63 Bass’red triangle, e.g.

64 Moran of “Happy Days”

65 Flared dress

66 NewTestament bk.

67 German battleship

Graf __

68 Connection point

DOWN

1 Former NYC mayor

Giuliani

2 Seesaw sitter of tongue

twisters

3 Send in a box

4 Sushi selection

5 “Taste this”

6 French I verb

7 Stereotypical dawn

challenges

8 Take down a peg

9 Scorned lover of Jason

10 Landscaper’s

compensation?

11 Aromas

12 Shirts named for a

sport

15 Theater district

17 Leewho was thetop-

charting female soloist

of the ’60s

22 Helping hand

24 Painter Cassatt

25 Over-the-shoulder band

26 Square statistic

27 Domino’s delivery

driver’s compensation?

28 Diplomatic skill

32 ’50s prez

33 Healthresorts

35 Swedish automaker

36 Internet crafts

marketplace

38 Spill the beans

39 PC feature only used in

combinations

42 “All the same ... ”

44 Fitting

47 TV’s J .R. Ewing, e.g.

48 Part of CNN

49 Winning

50 “__ Been Good”:Joe

Walsh hit

51 Take o ver

52 Bath-loving Muppet

56 Novelist Rice

57 Windows alternative

58 Drop-down list

59 Yes votes

62 Chihuahuacheer

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heavily outlined set of squares mustcombineto produce the target number found in the

top leftcorner of the cage using the mathematical operation indicated. A number can be

repeated within a cage as long as it is not in the samerow orcolumn.

FAMILY CIRCUSByBil Keane DENNIS THE MENACEByHankKetcham

ARGYLE SWEATERBy Scott Hilburn MARMADUKEByBrad&Paul Anderson

CROSSWORD

By RobertE.Lee Morris © 20 17 Trib une Content Agency

Edited By RichNorris andJoyce Nichols Lewis

COMICS

Aries(March 21-April19):
It gives unexpected satis-
factionto learn why things
are the way they are.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): It may bea bit of a
stretchto suggest that those
born under the sign that
rules money should delight
in austerity, and yet even the
financially minded bull gets
the occasional pulltoward
the simple elegance of mini-
malism.
Gemini(May21-June21):
You enjoy being thefirst to
try products, methods and
trends of all kinds. Theword
“new” will capture your at-
tention and spark your curi-
osity.
Cancer(June22-July22):
When you’re bored of some-
thing, don’t bailright away.
Stic k with it another stepor
two.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
You’re not thinking about
howmuchpeopledoordon’t

appreciate you. This is the

last ofyour worries.

Virgo(Aug.23-Sept.22):

When peoplefind out about

your special talent after

knowingyou a while,they’ll

be surprised.

Libra(Sept.23-Oct.23):

Somanyofourbehaviorsare

habits.Laughing is noex-

ception.

Scorpio(Oct.24-Nov.21):

Many people who achieve

high status want to be

treated the sameas every-

one else.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-

Dec. 21): Todayyou’ll be

amongfriendsand people

wh o wish theywere your

friends.

Capricorn(Dec.22-Jan.

19): Others are uplifted by

your presence. Maybe it’s

somethingyou don’t think

too much about, because it’s

an easy thing foryou to cre-

ate, andyet this is no small

achievement.

Aquarius(Jan. 20-Feb.

18): Becauseyou’re so com-

fortable with whoyou are

and becauseyou don’t think

of yourself as very different

fromtheothers,you’recapa-

ble of doing things in group

environments that others

wouldn’t thinkto do.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March

20): Those who don’t pay

compliments comfortably

will give it up foryou today.

Today’s birthday(Jan.

11 ): You go into this year with

an experimental agenda

that helpsyou get to know

yourself better. The nexttwo

monthsbringnewjoys.Abig

moveinAprilallowsformore

satisfyingwork. Family cele-

bratestoge ther inJune. Au-

gust brings an education

that helpsyour social life.Li-

bra and Gemini adore you.

Your lucky numbers are: 12,

2, 22, 45 and18.

HolidayMathis writes her

column for Creators

Syndicate Inc. The

horoscope should be read

for entertainment. Previous

forecasts are at

latimes.com/horoscope.

HOROSCOPE

By Holiday Mathis

Awoman’s cat is stuck in

atree, and she callsthe fire

department for help. The

fire chief listens,then asks,

“How do we get there?”

Thevoice on the other

end asks timidly, “Don’tyou

stillhavethatbigredtruck?”

In today’s deal,West led

the queen of spades against

four hearts, and Southtook

dummy’s aceandcashedthe

A-K of trumps hopefully.

Alas,West discarded, and

Southwas sunk. He had to

losetwo spades anda club

plusatrumptoEast’s queen.

South neededto find a

way to reach that bigred

king of diamonds in dummy

sohecoulduseitto discarda

loser. At TrickTwo, South

can leadatrumpandfinesse

with his10.

If West held the queen,

the defensecould cash two

spades, butSouth could win

aclub shift, unblockthe ace

of diamonds,draw trumps

with theace and jack, and

pitch his club loseron the

king of diamonds.

As the cards lie , South’s

trumpfinesse wins,and he

still makes game, losing

three black-suit tricks but

not a trump.

Question:Youhold:♠A7

4 ♥J 3 2♦K J 4 2♣5 3 2. The

dealer, at your left,ope ns

one club.Your partner dou-

bles,you respond one dia-

mondand hebidsoneheart.

What do you say?

Answer:If partner had

minimum opening values

witha five-card heart suit,

he would have overcalled

one heart at hisfirst turn.

When he doubles before bid-

ding his suit, he promises a

handworth a trick or more

above minimum. Sinceyou

have ninegood points, raise

to four hearts.

South dealer

N-S vulnerable

NORTH

♠A 7 4

♥J 3 2

♦K J 4 2

♣5 3 2

WEST EAST

♠Q J 10 6 ♠K 9 3

♥ 8 ♥Q 9 6

♦10 7 6 5 ♦Q 9 8 3

♣Q 8 7 6 ♣J 10 4

SOUTH

♠8 5 2

♥A K 10 7 5 4

♦A

♣A K 9

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

1 ♥ Pass 2 ♥ Pass

4 ♥ All Pass

Opening lead—♠Q

TribuneMedia Services

BRIDGE

By Frank Stewart

Dear Amy:My brotherand

his wife are expectinga third

child.

My sister-in-law is push-

ing to have the baby use her

last name because her side

of the familydoesn’t have

any malesto carry on the

name.

This has causeda huge

rift in our family. My older

parentsare heartbro ken.

Iwould like to know, is it

an accepted social practice

to have different last names

within the same family?

Would not havingthe same

last name as siblings cause

any negative emotional im-

pactto this third child?

What would be a compro-

mise in this situation?I am

thinkingof suggestinga hy-

phenated name (her last

name, his last name).What

do you think?

Thank you for your wise

advice.

Concerned Sister

Dear Sister:My first piece

ofadviceisforallofyouto re-

member that this baby has

two parents whoare making

decisions regarding their

children. This is their issue

(not yours), andthe best

thingyou could do isto urge

your brother and his wifeto

deal withyour parents.

You could influenceyour

parents by encouraging

themto accept this family’s

choice withequanimity.

Many families sport vari-

ous last names within the

familyunit. (In my familyof

five daughters, there are

four different surnames.)

Rarely, familieschooseto di-

vide thespouses’ surnames

between children; and this

can cause paperworkhas-

slesand some issueswhen

traveling asa family, but you

should assume thatyour

brother and his wife are an-

ticipating this.

Dear Amy: My husband

and I are having marital

problems. He’s abusive,con-

trollingand has cheatedon

me at leastfive times. He

takes any moneyI get and

doesn’tcookorhelpwithour

daughter. He is an alcoholic.

Iwant things to workout,

but he doesn’t make any ef-

fort.I love him so much. I

don’twant to lose him. He is

the love of my life. I’ve been

with him sinceI was 17, and

I’m going to be 21 at the end

of the month.

Idon’t know whetherto

try and save my marriage,

because he hasn’tchanged.

He keeps saying he will, but

doesn’t. I’ma stay-at-home

mom.I don’tknow what I’d

do without him. He doesn’t

want to go tomarriage coun-

seling because he says it

doesn’t work.

I’d be devastated if we fell

apart. He isn’t only my hus-

bandbut my bestfriend and

my other half, all wrapped

up in one.I don’t think he

understands that.

What doI do?

Sad Wife

Dear Sad:It isa shame

thatyou love your husband

more thanyou seemto love

yourself, or value your

daughter’s future. Because

raisinga childinahousehold

with abuse, drinking and

cheating willteach her that

this is OK. If she thinks that

this is OK, then she might

choose this for herself, some

day. I hopeyou want a better

life for her.

You describeyour hus-

bandasyourbestfriend.But

is thi s how friends treat one

another?No.

You are young.You are

stil l maturing into your own

adulthood. The journey

toward your own healthier

future will start with you

learning how to love and val-

ue your own life.

You should assume that

your husband will not

change.You are capable of

change, however, and you

needto. Change starts with

onestep,andcounseling(for

yourself) could helpyou to

take thatfirst step.

Send questionsto askamy@

amydickinson.com.

ASK AMY

Rift over surname choice