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ACROSS

1 Shelves for cooking

6 Image problem, briefly

11 Navy letters

14 Muscat native

15 Catherine of

“Best in Show”

16 Water source

17 Annual e-tail sale event

19 Good Grips gadget

brand

20 Distrustful

21 Any of six classic Clue

cards

23 “I kissed thee __ I killed

thee”: “Othello”

25 Expensive gift

28 Folded snack

30 Put away

31 Shock, in a way

32 Sliced very thin

35 Substantial

38 Old West wanted poster

figure

41 Soprano Fleming

42 Log on to

45 Barely go (through)

48 Like a favored project

50 Govt. workplace

watchdog

51 Apollo craft

56 “The Fountainhead”

author Rand

57 Build up

58 Raptor’s grabber

60 E’en if

61 Ideal deck-shuffling

goal ... and a hint to a

hidden word, and how

it appears, in the four

other longest answers

66 Call someone by the

wrong name, e.g.

67 Outrage

68 Small change in a small

bank

69 Catch

70 City on the Rhone

71 Ham it up

DOWN

1 Big bird of myth

2 Adams of HBO’s “Sharp

Objects”

3 Iconic San Francisco

transport

4 Tot’s perch

5 Fathered

6 “Take that!”

7 “Kung Fu” actor Philip

8 Pops

9 Decapod on a menu

10 Like starfish

11 Ideal place

12 Battle of Hastings

combatants

13 Dish cleaner

18 Orthopedist’s pic

22 Like the Empire State

Building

23 Presumed UFO crew

24 Cheering word

26 Transgression

27 2016 Tony winner Leslie

__ Jr.

29 Like a bogey

33 Romano cheese source

34 Singer Fogelberg

36 Mauna __

37 Fortune rival

39 Seized wheels

40 Ambiguous response

43 Short

44 Japanese title of respect

45 Roofing pieces

46 Trick-taking card game

47 Recital bonus

49 Private teachers

52 Like much of Idaho

53 Nasty type

54 Hightail it

55 Hitch on the fly

59 Utah city on I-15

62 Private aid prog.

63 Spot for a recliner

64 Tolkien creature

65 Manhattan liquor

ANSWER TO

PREVIOUS PUZZLE

8/8/19

8/8/19

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 Roland Huget © 2019 Tribune Content Agency

Edited By Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

SPEED BUMP By Dave Coverly

COMICS

Aries(March 21-April 19):
Today you’ll see people move
away from overly controlling
influences and toward those
who comfort and assure.
Taurus (April 20-May
20): How well do you under-
stand people? Don’t guess;
test it out. Interactions will
show you more than a re-
sume or interview could.
Gemini(May 21-June 21):
When you genuinely care
about the people you’re
with, the qualities of leader-
ship naturally flow from you.
Cancer(June 22-July 22):
Much will be said without
words. In fact, the words will
only complicate things un-
necessarily.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22):
Whatever your weakness,
that’s the part of the design
that can be worked with, the
part that draws people in.
Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
There are people in the busi-
ness of helping others who

only really help themselves.

Don’t buy into a model that

shows signs of greed.

Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 23):

When you don’t like where

you end up, and you seem to

end up there more often

than not, those activities

just aren’t working. Change

it up.

Scorpio(Oct. 24-Nov. 21):

The thing you do in the mo-

ment might be impulsive or

awkward or might lack a cer-

tain amount of emotional

control that you wish you

could claim. Who cares?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-

Dec. 21): Pointing fingers will

be a temptation. Of course,

it wouldn’t bother you about

another person if you didn’t

notice the quality some-

where in yourself.

Capricorn(Dec. 22-Jan.

19): With goal setting, getting

the scale right is tricky. You

probably won’t nail this on

the first try, so keep going

until you do.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.

18): The same structure that

protects us and brings shel-

ter in our day-to-day life can

also be a cage.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March

20): It’s as though you’ve

been through this scenario

already in some kind of

simulated drill. There’s a gut

feeling left over that you can

trust.

Today’s birthday(Aug.

8): It will be as though the

planetary winds heighten

your senses this solar return,

helping you to both enjoy

and to understand life more

fully. Relationships thrive as

you apply your talents to

building a better world with

others. There’s an impor-

tant deal to iron out in No-

vember and a key decision in

January. Capricorn and

Gemini adore you. Your

lucky numbers are: 39, 23, 48,

46 and 21.

Holiday Mathis writes her

column for Creators

Syndicate Inc. The

horoscope should be read

for entertainment.

HOROSCOPE

By Holiday Mathis

Unlucky Louie has a

birthday upcoming.

“I heard you’ll turn 50

next month,” I said. “Some

men your age have gone

through a midlife crisis.”

Louie sighed. “My entire

life has been a crisis.”

When Louie was declarer

at today’s 3NT, he faced a

middeal crisis. West led a

club — East had overcalled

— and East played the eight

to keep communication.

Louie won and cashed the

K-A of diamonds.

When East threw a

spade, Louie led a third dia-

mond to set up the suit. But

when West won, he led his

last club, and East estab-

lished his clubs. All Louie

could do was cash his eight

tricks for down one.

Louie mistimed. After he

takes the K-A of diamonds,

he must lead a spade to at-

tack East’s possible entry. If

Louie leads a spade to dum-

my’s jack at Trick Four, East

will win and lead a heart.

Louie wins and forces out

the queen of diamonds. He is

sure of four diamond tricks,

two hearts, two spades and a

club.

Question: You hold: ♠K J

10 6 ♥A 9 8 ♦K 8 7 2 ♣6 5. Your

partner opens one heart,

you respond one spade and

he bids 1NT. What do you

say?

Answer: You should

show heart support, espe-

cially since you have a weak

doubleton club. Unless you

want to commit boldly to

game, a bid of two hearts is

enough. If you had a heart fit

and six to nine points, you’d

have raised directly to two

hearts, so a two-heart bid

now shows more. A jump to

three hearts would be forc-

ing.

South dealer

Both sides vulnerable

NORTH

♠K J 10 6

♥A 9 8

♦K 8 7 2

♣6 5

WEST EAST

♠Q 8 7 4 ♠A 9 3

♥Q 10 3 2 ♥J 6 5

♦Q 10 3 ♦ 4

♣7 2 ♣A J 10 9 8 4

SOUTH

♠5 2

♥K 7 4

♦A J 9 6 5

♣K Q 3

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

1 ♦ Pass 1♠ 2 ♣

Pass Pass 3♦ Pass

3 NT All Pass

Opening lead — ♣ 7

Tribune Media Services

BRIDGE

By Frank Stewart

Dear Amy:I am a retired

college professor who did

years of research about

American slavery and slave-

holders.

I own a set of very racist

19th-century books that

were part of my research.

It is now time for me to re-

duce the size of my library,

but I am afraid to sell these

books because, given the

mood in our country today

and the rise of white suprem-

acy, I’m afraid these books

will be bought by people who

will be reinforced in their

racist ideologies.

I know they can get the

books in other ways (if they

knew about them), and I

don’t believe in burning

books. I have offered them to

several libraries but to no

avail. I am worried about

what to do.

Concerned Ph.D.

Dear Concerned: Re-

searching possible solutions

for you, I recommend trying

the Jim Crow Museum,

housed at Ferris State Uni-

versity in Big Rapids, Mich.

This is from the muse-

um’s website (ferris.edu/

jimcrow):

“The Jim Crow Museum

is the largest publicly acces-

sible collection of segre-

gation and racist artifacts in

the United States. These ob-

jects are used to teach toler-

ance and promote social jus-

tice. The Museum is free and

open to the public; therefore,

the Museum is largely de-

pendent on donations-fi-

nancial and in-kind-to en-

hance its work.”

Photos of various exhib-

its from the museum show a

wide variety of curated big-

otry — gathered for the pur-

pose of educating the public

about the deep shame of

America’s racist history.

Pointedly, the museum’s

website notes that they are

currently being somewhat

flooded with donations. The

museum might have ideas

for how to handle your

books.

However, if you are not

able to place them in a repu-

table collection, and if you

believe these books are NOT

unique and represent histor-

ical racist ideas readily avail-

able elsewhere to scholars,

then I think you should con-

sider destroying them in a

symbolic fashion. Perhaps

you could shred them and

add the shredded material

as mulch for a garden.

Mark the occasion by do-

nating to a cause furthering

racial understanding.

Dear Amy:A year ago, I

found out that my wife had

been secretly talking to an-

other guy.

Three weeks ago, she

came clean to me about

sleeping with him last year

and having a brief affair with

him.

I don’t know what to do

when it comes to the mar-

riage at this point. I’m not

sure if we should work it out

or if we should get divorced.

I feel like I can’t forgive

her, but I also don’t want to

lose my family.

I’m hurt and all I keep

thinking about is what she

did with him. I keep having

these images in my head.

Please help me?

Hurt Husband

Dear Hurt:I want to as-

sure you that you can forgive

your wife. But will you?

Forgiveness after such an

undeserved betrayal is a

heavy lift. If you and your

wife want to stay married —

for whatever reason — she

must share this burden with

you. This means that she

should admit, apologize, ask

for forgiveness, and make

amends.

A therapist can work

with the two of you if you

choose to attempt to repair

your relationship; a ther-

apist working with you alone

can help you to cope with

this betrayal.

Send questions to Amy

Dickinson by email to ask

[email protected].

ASK AMY

Getting rid of racist books