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FAMILY CIRCUS
GRIN AND BEAR IT
BIZARRO
DENNIS THE MENACE
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
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by Mike Argirion and Jeff Knurek
Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.
MARVIN
HAGAR
DILBERT
BEETLE BAILEY
BABY BLUES
MODERATELY CONFUSED
TRULSY Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.
Answer here:
“HOROSCOPES by HOLIDAY” ARIES (March 21-April 19). A mild dispute over something trivial threatens one of your favorite friendships. Actually, no, it doesn’t. You two are way bigger than this. Let it ride. Tomorrow it will be a dim memory. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have a reputation for reliability. People know they can count on you to lend a hand. A small crisis has enveloped your circle, and now several are coming to you at once. Don’t succumb to the temptation to please all. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Growth pains are not merely the plight of the young. People grow -- at least the good ones do -- throughout their lifetime. Growth is often accompanied by pain. It will pass. It always does. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Someone has given you some sensitive information in complete confidence. You must not tell, no matter how badly you want to -- mostly because it is not your information to share. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Stay on task. You will be tempted to stray many times today. Take these intrusions as tests of your ability to stay focused and remember what is most important here: to finish what you started. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’d be a fool to stop now. You know that, but nagging doubts keep you from fully committing yourself. Accept those doubts without succumbing to them. You have a good idea, so see it through. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You always have set high goals for yourself. Sometimes you don’t make them, but you know that goals can be reset and efforts can be redoubled. Evidence of the effectiveness of this strategy occurs from time to time, like today. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People watch-
Celebrity Cipher:
ing is an activity you could do for hours. Places like airports and train stations are particularly rewarding because of all the coming and going and parting. You find a particularly interesting situation today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Maybe you don’t always have the right words for a delicate situation, but everyone knows you genuinely want what’s best. People’s faith in your good will is well-founded and will serve the whole group well. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You just can’t get that song out of your head. The chorus has anchored in your brain, and you might well be stuck with it all day. Try humming it out loud to see whether you can infect anyone else -- for fun, of course. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). When you were a kid, it seemed like the last 15 minutes of school passed the slowest. You’ll have that feeling today, but only because you have something you’ve been looking forward to. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Moving through a crowd is something you do well. Say hi to this person; shake hands with that one; share an amusing anecdote, all the while moving toward your goal. This is a metaphor for your life, as well. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 1). You have the perfect combination of calm stability and exciting chaos in your life this year. This is partly due to the stellar relationships you cultivate. Others accompany you on various journeys, though you know that you are in charge of your own adventure. There’s a move in November. You’ll soar professionally in January. Aquarius and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 49, 30, 14 and 10.
Today’s clue: J equals V
“ULP DLXCLPT ZH ZS FUPRX DGRUH. US CJ, NT DTXTOPRCT BPTRAH ZSHCTRY UB GUSTHC, YTDTSC ITUIXT.” - ARCGZT XTT MZBBUPY
Cipher Solution:
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” - Joseph Campbell
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(Answers tomorrow) LIBEL PIGEON MYOPIC Jumbles: VITAL Answer: What the visitors had when they picked grapes — A “VINE” TIME
FRANK & EARNEST
Yesterday’s
BRIDGE By Phillip Alder Laurence J. Peter, an educator and "hierarchiologist" best known for the formulation of the Peter Principle (which is too long for inclusion here), said, "It is wise to remember that you are one of those who can be fooled some of the time." Defending against four spades, you, West, lead the heart ace: five, two, three. What would you do next? North, with six-card support, was right to shut his eyes and bid four spades. Who knows who can make what? And this way he was chasing a game bonus. You were probably tempted to compete further, but the unfavorable vulnerability dissuaded you. (Note that five clubs goes down one, which is a cheap sacrifice if four spades makes, but is expensive if you defeat four spades.) You know partner's heart two is a singleton. (With the doubleton eight-two, he would have played the eight, starting an echo.) So it is tempting to cash the heart king. With this layout, that works fine because East should discard the club king, the top of his sequence. Then you would cash the club ace and play another club for down one. However, that is not the right defense! Suppose partner has Q-J-x-x-x of clubs (and no diamond ace). The winning defense would be to lead a low heart at trick two. Make your
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partner ruff the trick. He would then shift to the club queen. This way your side would take one heart, a heart ruff and two clubs. Since this cannot cost, it is the correct play. Yes, in this position, partner could ruff your heart king and lead the club queen, but he might not. Copyright 2010, United Feature Syndicate
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