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Sunday, December 7, 2014
PUZZLES & ENTERTAINMENT
Denton Record-Chronicle
NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD PUZZLE
No. 1130
ACROSS
1 Interjects
5 Pass off
10 Pianist Schumann,
early champion of
Brahms
15 Certain servers
19 Focused on one’s
fellow fraternity
members?
21 Egyptian war god
22 Fast break?
23 Workers in booths
24 Dublin dance?
26 Pooh’s baby friend
27 King Abdullah, e.g.
28 Like a desert
climate
29 Like circus
tumblers
30 What may come
with a trophy
32 “Shut up! ”
33 Like the Head Start
program, for short
34 African flier
36 What Clark Kent
needs to become
Superman?
41 Response to a
gotcha
42 One-named
chanteuse
43 Dry
44 Julius Wilbrand
invention of 1863,
for short
45 Somewhat bashful?
49 Article of papal
attire
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51_spot 103 Itsy-bitsy
16 “Well, fine”
52 Red alert source?
53 Uncommon cry
after a lottery
drawing
55 Oscar winner who
was formerly a
regular on TV’s
“Laugh-In”
56 Fine-wool sources
59 Firing offense?
61 Polish capital
63 Local afternoon
newscast?
67 Sentence ender,
maybe
70 Execs
71 Eggs-to-be
75 Subject of a Fox
hunt
76 Excel function
77 “I’m f-f-freezing! ”
79 _-Locka, Fla.
80 Show, as cards in
gin rummy
83 Business offering
the right to buy
and sell securities?
104 Northern passage
106 Chain letters?
109 Says, “I didn’t do
it!” before fessing
up?
Ill Clarifies
113 Fibula : leg ::
_: arm
114 Taken
115 Cigarettes or
booze?
116 Conclude in court
117 Where Indiana
Jones reunites
with Marion
118 Overly involved
119 Paul who
composed the
“Tonight Show”
theme
DOWN
1 “This guy walks into
2 Fictional villain
whose given name
is Julius
88 Carrier to Tokyo
89 End of an era?
91 III
92 Textile patented
in 1894
3 “Wrong way”
4 Prefix with
masochistic
5 One may be grand
6 Perfectly timed
17 Washington
attraction
18 English glam-rock
band with six # 1
hits
20 Essential, in a way
25 Armored, as a
horse
28 Asian capital known
as the City of
Lakes
31 Astronaut’s woe,
perhaps
32 Sleeper and others
33 Father
34 When D.S.T.
starts or ends
35 Burn a little
36 Refuse at the
polling station
37 Old Hollywood’s
_Code
38 Leaves in a waiting
room?
39 Flaky?
40 British guns
42 Climax of many an
action film
46 Hot-pot spot
47 Pieces in the game
Othello
48 Certain Endorian
93 How to find what
a creep is looking
at?
97 Become fond of
98 Ones bowled over?
99 What Microsoft
Word’s Track
Changes shows
100 Flowering tropical
plant
101 Spartacus, at one
time
7 Fingered
8 Golfer_Pak
9 Some OT enders
10 Mao adversary
11 Country singer
Morgan
12 Blue bloods,
informally
50 Flamboyant
54 Connections
57 Poker resignation
58 Bubkes
59 O’Connor successor
60 Bilge
61 “Butterfly” actress,
1982
13 “A.S.A.P.! ” 02_cit. (footnote
14 Bit of air pollution abbr.)
15 Digicam component 64 Mexican bear
65 Band-Aid 74 Decline
competitor 76 Pique activity?
66 Orchestra section 77 Quick snack
67 Rice_ 78 Sound of approval
68 Hersey novel locale 81 Some oxygen
69 Major annoyances molecules
72 Singer whose “I
Get Ideas” was on
the charts for 30
weeks
73 Its icon is Spaceship
Earth
82 Bowls over
84 High fidelity?
85 Ugly ones
86 Pop’s pop
87 Make
90 “Things aren’t 103 With 105-Down,
so bad” some amphorae
94 Occupy 104 Scoot
95 Ancient Macedonian 105 See 103-Down
capital 107 Head turner
96 Stonehenge feature 108 Between ports
97 With caution H® Cod piece
100 Chewed stimulants ^ West-
(upscale furniture
store)
112 Actress Gardner
101 Potential libel
102 Scoop (out)
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Senior discount question can offend
Dear Abby: I was at the
hairdresser yesterday, and when
I went to the register to pay, the
receptionist asked me if I was
over 65 so I “could get the senior
discount.” Abby, I am only 55! I
found her question insulting,
and several of my friends have
had this same experience. I ap-
preciate the young woman try-
ing to save me a couple of dol-
lars, but I’d rather pay full price
than be asked if I want the dis-
count.
Why don’t businesses that of-
fer senior citizen discounts just
post a notice near the register?
That way, if a customer is enti-
tled to it, she or he can ask for it
when they check out rather than
have to hear that they look older
than they are.
Insulted in Peoria, Ariz.
Dear Insulted: Many busi-
nesses do post notices such as
the one you suggest. What hap-
pened should be discussed pri-
vately with the owner or manag-
er of the salon. While I am cer-
tain the cashier did not intend to
offend you, that’s what hap-
pened, and “helpful” employees
like her have been known to dis-
courage patrons from returning.
You will be doing everyone a fa-
vor if you speak up.
Dear Abby: Do you have
any advice for coping with a
child who is incarcerated during
the holidays? My son, who had
never been in trouble in his life,
made a foolish mistake. He ran
with the wrong crowd and is
now in prison.
Every day is a torment, and I
don’t know how to handle my
emotions. I can’t enjoy anything
at all, much less prepare a holi-
day meal and put up a Christ-
mas tree. It feels like all the joy in
my life has been sucked out.
Feeling Hopeless
Dear Feeling Hopeless:
You have my sympathy. When a
loved one is incarcerated, in a
sense, his or her family is serving
a sentence, too.
All I can offer is to remind
you that your son is paying for
his mistakes, and that making
yourself sick isn’t going to help
him. Right now he needs your
emotional support, and in order
for you to give it to him, you
must take care of your health
and stay strong.
If you’re preparing holiday
meals and decorating a tree,
then there must be other family
members who need you. Exer-
cise can help people cope with
depression, and so can the sup-
port of other mothers who have
children in prison. If you can af-
filiate with some of them, it may
help you, too, because if anyone
can relate to what you are feel-
ing, they should be able to.
Dear Abby: I run a local
chapter of an online fan group.
We are getting T-shirts made
and I asked everyone to vote on
the colors for the shirts. After
most of the group members
agreed on two colors, one of
them said her son, who has As-
perger’s syndrome, does not al-
low those colors in their house
and asked if we could use differ-
ent ones.
I’m sympathetic to her child’s
needs, but at the same time, I
told the group that the majority
vote wins. What should I do? I
don’t want to offend her, but I al-
so don’t want to go back on what
I told the group.
Meredith in Georgia
Dear Meredith: I assume
that these T-shirts are not meant
to be worn all the time. Suggest
to the woman that she not wear
the T-shirt when she’s at home,
but only when she’s involved in
fan group outings. That should
solve the problem.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Bwren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at
www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
— Universal Uclick
ODDS AND ENDS
Miami
Lawsuit: College lured
students with strippers
A for-profit Florida college
used exotic dancers as admis-
sions officers, falsified documents
and coached students to he on fi-
nancial forms as it fraudulently
obtained millions of dollars in
federal money, according to afed-
eral lawsuit filed in Miami.
On at least one of its seven
campuses, FastTrain College
“purposely hired attractive
women and sometimes exotic
dancers and encouraged them
to dress provocatively while they
recruited young men in neigh-
borhoods to attend FastTrain,”
according to an ongoing civil
lawsuit. The Florida attorney
general and the U.S. attorney in
Miami announced Wednesday
that they were joining the law-
suit against the now-defunct
FastTrain and former owner
Alejandro Amor, 56.
Tacoma, Wash.
Police: Man swapped
furniture with neighbors
A Washington man is ac-
cused of swapping furniture
with his neighbors while they
were away.
The News Tribune reports
the Lakewood man and a friend
who is accused of helping him
pleaded not guilty Wednesday to
charges of residential burglary.
Court papers say a couple
who returned to their apart-
ment Monday found their love
seat, matching chair and other
belongings gone. A recliner and
TV stand were left in their place.
Information on a traffic tick-
et and pizza receipt pointed to
the neighbor.
The man told police he
thought the couple had moved
and abandoned their furniture.
Police say he told them he was
drunk when he decided to
switch furniture, calling his bud-
dy for help.
Alamosa, Colo.
Baby weighing nearly 14
pounds born in Colorado
A woman in southern Colo-
rado was surprised when she
gave birth to a baby girl who
tipped the scales at almost 14
pounds. Mia Yasmin Hernandez
was bom by cesarean section
Monday in Alamosa, weighing
13 pounds, 13 ounces.
KUSA-TV in Denver reports
her mother, Alisha Hernandez,
was expecting a 7-pound baby.
Mia’s father, Francisco Gar-
cia, says the newborn’s size
shocked everyone, including
hospital staff. He says, “They
were like, Whoa!’ They opened
their eyes like they’ve never seen
a baby like that.”
Four older sisters are wel-
coming Mia. Garcia says their
mother announced: “I’m done!”
— The Associated Press
HOROSCOPE
BY NANCY BLACK
10 is the easiest day.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY: Rouse the
sleeping giant within, and step into
your full height and power this year.
Family fun, romance and long-term
planning delight between now and
Dec. 23. After that, begin a new
influential phase (until December
2017). New career opportunities
arise after August. Give thanks.
Q ARIES (March 21-April 19) Get
O domestic today and tomorrow.
Sometimes cleaning up starts with
a big mess. Combine two old ideas
into a new one. Advance with
support from your connections.
Q TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Study the situation for the next
two days. Abundance is available,
and transmission lines open. The
trick is to decide what to buy, and
what to hold for later.
Q GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Focus on the numbers today
and tomorrow. Avoid an argument
and keep the peace. Productivity
can get profitable. Don't wait to get
started. Take steps, one at a time.
^CANCER (June 21-July 22) Learn
/ from a child. Personal matters
need attention today and tomorrow.
Beware jealousies, and consider
another's point of view. Improve
communications by listening.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Finish up
©old business today and tomor-
row. The potential profits are sub-
stantial. Enter an intuitive phase.
You're getting more confident. Keep
practicing, and savor discovery.
Q VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
O Others think well of you. Don't
get embarrassed by the attention.
Abundance can be yours. Guard
against being impetuous. Weigh the
ethics of a prospective project.
Contemplate your next move.
Q LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 22) Step
up in fame and fortune. A
friendly bureaucrat can open doors.
Be careful not to double-book.
Clean up a mess before you invite
company over. Love flows both
ways now. Abandon old fears.
QSCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
©Appraise the situation. Build on
what you know. Today and tomor-
row are great for travel, studies and
exploration. You're extra popular,
too. A female directs the show from
behind the scenes.
QSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 Dec.
21) Take care of administrative
details and payments today and
tomorrow. Sign contracts and file
papers. New facts dispel old fears.
Prayer and meditation are powerful
tools to cool mental chatter.
Q CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Think of someone who loves
you, if you should feel like disparag-
ing yourself. It's better to save than
to spend now. Today and tomorrow
are good for compromise and
negotiation. Expand your horizons.
Q AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
©Get a lot done today and tomor-
row. You're on fire at work. Make a
big creative mess. Provide great
service. It can also mean increased
security for the future. You un-
derstand your feelings better now.
7 PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
/ Romance and games take
priority for the next two days.
Practice your arts and skills. Con-
sider strategy, technique and style.
The ugly duckling becomes a swan.
— Tribune Content Agency
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