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ACROSS

1 Spot for a salt scrub

4 Aromatic evergreen

10 Wind with nearly

a three-octave range

14 Fresh from the oven

15 Collection of hives

16 Sullen look

17 Track

18 Halloween feeling

in a warren?

20 Buffalo lake

22 Like the vb. “go”

23 Belly laugh syllable

24 Halloween feeling

near a water supply?

27 Valleys

31 “Take Care” Grammy

winner

32 “We’ve waited long

enough”

34 Bebe’s “Frasier” role

38 Overlook

39 Halloween feeling

in the office?

44 Enjoy privileged status

45 Poise

46 It may get

the ball rolling

48 Trio in “To be,

or not to be”

53 “Borstal Boy”

author Brendan

54 Halloween feeling

in the yard?

58 Angel dust, initially

60 “You wish, laddie!”

61 Put out

62 Halloween feeling in the

loo?

67 Summer hrs. in Denver

68 Stood

69 Paparazzo’s gear

70 Mature

71 Lumberjacks’ tools

72 Gave it more gas

73 Finch family creator

DOWN

1 Astute

2 Bartender, often

3 Fifth-century

conqueror

4 Soap unit

5 Two (of)

6 Cuba __

7 Brand of hummus and

guacamole

8 Actor Millen of

“Orphan Black”

9 Folk story

10 Wheeler-dealer

11 Feathery neckwear

12 CSNY’s “__ House”

13 Many “Guardians

of the Galaxy”

characters

19 Latest things

21 Rockies bugler

25 Sandwich source

26 “Same here”

28 Vehicle with

a partition

29 Mideast potentate

30 Slowly sinks

from the sky

33 Those folks

35 Confident words

36 Suit part

sometimes

grabbed

37 Unhealthy

39 Nursery piece

40 Narrow way

41 Engrave

42 Backslides

43 Hitting stat

47 Advance slowly

49 Big club

50 Koala, for example

51 Game based on whist

52 Living room piece

55 Japanese art genre

56 Carried on

57 Big name in Indian

politics

59 Some GIs

62 Monk’s address

63 Cured salmon

64 Employ

65 31-Across genre

66 Covert information

source

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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 David Alfred Bywaters © 2019 Tribune Content Agency

Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

SPEED BUMP By Dave Coverly

COMICS

Aries(March 21-April 19):
TRICK: Make the decision.
All the uncomfortable ener-
gy that comes with worry,
doubt and uncertainty will
melt away. TREAT: Confi-
dence resumes.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): TRICK: Those who are
much older or younger than
you will teach you something
you can immediately put to
use. TREAT: Hugs and
laughter coming your way.
Gemini(May 21-June 21):
TRICK: The last thing you
thought would happen will
be the first thing that does.
TREAT: You’ll understand a
loved one’s beautiful inten-
tions.
Cancer(June 22-July 22):
TRICK: You give a smile and
get a smile. TREAT: What
was lost will be found.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
TRICK: The No. 1 way to
connect with others is to
show interest in them.

TREAT: Sensory delight is

all yours.

Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

TRICK: You master natural

ways to relax and send out

an easy vibe. TREAT: You’ll

be promoted.

Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 23):

TRICK: You ask for help to

involve people and under-

stand their talents. TREAT:

You’ll be surprised by what

people want to contribute to

your life.

Scorpio(Oct. 24-Nov. 21):

TRICK: The more public

you are about what you need

and want, the more likely

you’ll be to get it. TREAT:

The admiration of your

peers.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-

Dec. 21): TRICK: You can’t

help but be a little mysteri-

ous. TREAT: You’ll have a

rapt audience.

Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.

19): TRICK: People behave

according to the role you

cast them in. TREAT: You’ll

love how you’re reflected in

another person’s eyes.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.

18): TRICK: This day seems

like one ominous locked

door. TREAT: You have the

key, and you’ll never lose it,

because you arethe key.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March

20): TRICK: Redress that

past issue. TREAT: Balance

will be restored.

Today’s birthday(Oct.

31): You make friends so eas-

ily. The wonderful part

about that is that you don’t

have to be too choosy this so-

lar year — the universe acts

as a skilled matchmaker,

pairing you with people (in

business, friendship, love

and more) who will benefit

your life in ways that speak

to your values and lighten

your heart. Sagittarius and

Capricorn adore you. Your

lucky numbers are: 3, 38, 11,

22 and 45.

Holiday Mathis writes her

column for Creators

Syndicate Inc. The

horoscope should be read

for entertainment.

HOROSCOPE

By Holiday Mathis

“My wife is a much better

player than I am,” a club

player told me. “I think she

views our partnership as if

she’s vacuuming a rug. If

there is a piece of lint that

the vacuum cleaner won’t

get, she picks it up, inspects

it, puts it back on the rug —

and gives the vacuum one

more chance.”

My friend was today’s

East. His wife led the king of

diamonds against four

hearts.

“I signaled with the nine,”

he said, “and my wife contin-

ued with the ace and a third

diamond. I ruffed, but de-

clarer won my club return,

led a trump to his queen and

took the ace. When the

trumps fell, he claimed,

pitching his spade loser on

the queen of diamonds.”

“I don’t know how many

more chances she’s going to

give me.”

East misdefended. He

should signal with the deuce

on the first diamond. Since

East has a natural trump

trick anyway, he wants a

shift — to a spade — not a di-

amond continuation. If West

leads a spade at Trick Two,

South fails.

Question: You hold: ♠A 7

2 ♥10 4 ♦Q 10 6 4 ♣A K 7 3.

North in today’s deal opened

one club with this hand. Do

you agree with his call?

Answer: Some players

tend to open one diamond

with four cards in each mi-

nor, but I see little reason to

do so here. This is a balanced

hand, not a diamond-club

hand. You’ll bid 1NT over a

one-heart response or raise

a one-spade response. You

leave room for partner to re-

spond in diamonds. Also,

you prefer a club opening

lead.

North dealer

N-S vulnerable

NORTH

♠A 7 2

♥10 4

♦Q 10 6 4

♣A K 7 3

WEST EAST

♠10 8 6 3 ♠K J 9 5

♥6 5 ♥K J 9

♦A K 8 5 ♦9 2

♣Q 9 2 ♣10 8 6 5

SOUTH

♠Q 4

♥A Q 8 7 3 2

♦J 7 3

♣J 4

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

1 ♣ Pass 1♥ Pass

1 NT Pass 3♥ Pass

4 ♥ All Pass

Opening lead — ♦K

Tribune Media Services

BRIDGE

By Frank Stewart

Dear Amy: My mother is

93.

I found out a few years

ago that she was pregnant

with me when she and my fa-

ther got married. I was look-

ing through some papers

(birth certificates and

such), and I saw that their

marriage license was in a

sealed envelope. I thought it

was kind of strange but ne-

ver said anything.

My mom gave me all of

her important papers to put

into my safe deposit box, so I

opened the envelope and

saw that my parents got

married the year I was born,

not the year before that, as

they have always said.

I asked my mom about

this, and the only thing she

really said was that she was

madly in love with my dad.

I think she should tell my

sisters, since she was lying to

us all these years.

She gave my youngest

sister a terrible time when

she got pregnant without

getting married.

Should I encourage her to

tell my sisters what has been

hidden from our family?

Oldest Sister

Dear Sister:Yes, I think

your parents should have

told all of their children the

truth, many years ago. If

they had, maybe you’d be

over it by now instead of

pecking at your elderly

mother over something you

cast as an important deep

and dark secret — but which

shouldn’t be considered a

scandalous betrayal all

these years later.

There is an undercurrent

of disrespect and anger here,

and because of this you

probably should not be han-

dling your mother’s impor-

tant, private and personal

business.

You might start the ball

rolling by choosing to be

honest with your mother in

the way you wish she had

been honest with you.

Tell her, “Mother, I’ve

been going through your pa-

pers. I opened the sealed en-

velope containing your wed-

ding certificate you en-

trusted to me and I see that

you misstated the year of

your wedding. I think you

should disclose this to all of

your children. I also think I

might not be the right per-

son to oversee your affairs

because I can’t seem to stop

judging you about this in-

convenient truth.”

Dear Amy: Christmas is

approaching and I know

from experience what that

will look like for my 18-

month-old daughter and my

mother-in-law: So many

clothes. And toys. An ava-

lanche of stuff.

I love my mother-in-law,

but I am a dedicated tree

hugger, and the textile in-

dustry is catastrophically

destructive for the planet.

I shop 100% secondhand,

except for the obviously nec-

essary exceptions, all of

which I source from compa-

nies with transparent meth-

odologies and third-party

accountability.

Is there any way I can

communicate this that’s un-

likely to cause a problem?

My MIL believes that cli-

mate change is a hoax.

Reluctant

Clothes Horse

Dear Reluctant: I hope

your partner is onboard with

this, because you two should

be a united front in dealing

with your mother-in-law.

You might approach this

by assuming she is going to

have a problem with it — and

her problem is something

you’re going to have to toler-

ate so you can get through

this together.

Tell her, “We are being

really strict about the things

we bring into the house. We’d

like you to cut down your giv-

ing to two pieces of clothing

and two small toys. Can you

help us with that?”

Send questions to Amy

Dickinson by email to ask

[email protected].

ASK AMY

Can’t get over mother’s lie