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Country home 15. Stratford-on-__ 16. High rating 17. Burstyn or Pompeo 18. Spain’s Juan Carlos I 19. Ms. Lee 20. Felt indignant about Power Puzzle22. Feudal subjects 24. Change direction 25. Final course 26.Bar 29. Does an electrician’s job 30. Of __; no longer a minor 31. Jetta or Taurus 33. Moray seeker 37. Cheese-producing region 39. __ over; helped through a difficult period 41. Plunge 42. Seasons 44. Surrenders 46. Poet’s contraction 47. Ardent 49. Fascination 51. 54. Rejectedwithdisdain Lotion ingredient Three’s A Crowd 55. Force into an awkward position 56. 60. Gives up Asia’s __ Mountains We may disagree on a number of things, but my husband and I are in 61. Tract of wasteland accord when it comes to dogs. We love them and can’t live without 63. Place to spend rupees 64. Light, rhythmic tune them. Over the years there’s been a succession of large dogs with 65. Pro’s foe 66.Lacks whom we’ve shared our lives. But not our bed. 67. Flower 68. Schnozzola Enter Sam, a 17-pound rough coat Russell Terrier. To equal the size of 69. Meadow covering one of our Labradors would require five Sams. Having a small dog for the first time is a different experience. It’s like having a puppy that never grows larger. If you know how it is with puppies, then you understand the temptation to snuggle, and how that snuggling can extend until bedtime. At first it was just for a few minutes. When we were ready to turn out the lights, I would place young Sam in his cozy crate, where he, and we, would be safe for the night. When Sam got a bit older, and I could trust him not to consume it, I bought him a bed. For a while we held to the same routine. Cuddle for a while, then into his own sleeping accommodation. This was working just fine. Until it wasn’t. 57 58 The visits in our bed got gradually longer. When we removed the 63 sleeping Sam into his own bed, he would awaken, give us his most forlorn stare, accompanied by a muted, but very pathetic whine. We disagree about which of us was the first to give in. I know it was him. Nevertheless Sam now spends the entire night sleeping above the ground! Sleeping has become an entirely new experience. At first, Sam was polite, and would curl up at the foot of the bed. But gradually, he was sleeping between us. And when he dreams he’s an Alpha dog, he crawls to the top of the pillows and sleeps above our heads. You recall the old saying, Qui cum canibus concumbunt cum publicibus? Of course, you do. But you remember it as: Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas. Fortunately, this isn’t the case with Sam. But I do wake up with an occasional stiff neck, cramped leg, or a cold tush because the dog has requisitioned my share of the blanket. So, we shall remain cozy but crowded. Anyway, who wants to fold kingsized sheets!

Hide preparers 6. Creator 7. Enthusiastic 8.6th day of Lent: abbr. 9. Hookandlineuser 10. Embraced 11. Cosmetic case item 12. Put underground 13. Beauty’s movie partner 21. Article of faith 23. “...__ by your outfit that you are...”ANSWER TO #5128 Last Month’s Answers 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 32. F A V O R S A M E D Had a meal Keep __ on; watch carefully Taj Mahal’scity Bride’s item Flamingoorheron Cutintosmallpieces B O L D O E O N C 34.In __ of 35. Always C O 36. France’s Coty I 38. Sermon topic 40. Bargains 43. Not crackers 45.Like a hill Enter To Win! C H A I S T O 48. Bach or Wagner 50. Likemoreexpensive hamburger 51.Dandruff site 52. Salk’s concern 53. Europe/Asia boundary 54. Nest 56. Periods 57. Conception Last Month’s Winner is Cherryn Ross, Matlacha CongratuL 58. Disencumbers 59. Brat’s talkations! 62. Lennon’s lady

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ACROSS 1. Make __; clench one’s hand 6. Family member 10. Baby’s spot 14. Country home 15. Stratford-on-__ 16. High rating 17. Burstyn or Pompeo 18. Spain’s Juan Carlos I 19. Ms. Lee 20. Felt indignant about 22. Feudal subjects 24. Change direction 25. Final course 26.Bar 29. Does an electrician’s job 30. Of __; no longer a minor 31. Jetta or Taurus 33. Moray seeker 37. Cheese-producing region 39. __ over; helped through a difficult period 41. Plunge 42. Seasons 44. Surrenders 46. Poet’s contraction 47. Ardent 49. Fascination 51. Rejected with disdain 54. Lotion ingredient 55. Force into an awkward position 56. Gives up 60. Asia’s __ Mountains 61. Tract of wasteland 63. Place to spend rupees 64. Light, rhythmic tune 65. Pro’s foe 66.Lacks 67. Flower 68. Schnozzola 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69

DOWN 1. State 2. Office cabinet 3. Misfortunes 4. Coat part 5. Hide preparers 6. Creator 7. Enthusiastic 8.6th day of Lent: abbr. 9. Hookandlineuser 10. Embraced 11. Cosmetic case item 12. Put underground 13. Beauty’s movie partner 21. Article of faith 23. “...__ by your outfit that you are...” 25. Had a meal 26. Keep __ on; watch carefully 27. Taj Mahal’scity 28. Bride’s item 29. Flamingoorheron 32. Cutintosmallpieces 34.In __ of 35. Always 36. France’s Coty 38. Sermon topic 40. Bargains 43. Not crackers 45.Like a hill 48. Bach or Wagner 50. Like more expensive hamburger 51.Dandruff site 52. Salk’s concern 53. Europe/Asia boundary 54. Nest 56. Periods 57. Conception 58. Disencumbers

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 59. Brat’s talk 62. Lennon’s lady#5129

ACROSS 1. Make __; clench one’s hand 6. Familymember 10. Baby’s spot 14. Country home 15. Stratford-on-__ 16. High rating 17. Burstyn or Pompeo 18. Spain’s Juan Carlos I 19. Ms. Lee 20. Felt indignant about 22. Feudal subjects 24. Change direction 25. Final course 26.Bar 29. Does an electrician’s job 30. Of __; no longer a minor 31. Jetta or Taurus 33. Moray seeker 37. Cheese-producing region 39. __ over; helped through a difficult period 41. Plunge 42. Seasons 44. Surrenders 46. Poet’s contraction 47. Ardent 49. Fascination 51. Rejectedwithdisdain 54. Lotion ingredient 55. Force into an awkward position 56. Gives up 60. Asia’s __ Mountains 61. Tract of wasteland 63. Place to spend rupees 64. Light, rhythmic tune 65. Pro’s foe 66.Lacks 67. Flower 68. Schnozzola 69. Meadow covering 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17. Of a generation 18. Pocket bread 19. Procrastinator’s word 20. Warm lunch 23. Originally named 24. Call a halt to 25. Nemesis 28. Rhythm 32. 34. Cuts Lament ANSWER TO #5138 35. Bee colony 37. “Ah, me!” 38. Character in Othello 39. West Point student 40. Out of __; behaving inappropriately 41. Word with stick or roll 42. One who acts like another 43. Lets 44. Evaluate 46. Pillages 48. Do a hairdresser’s job 49. Follower of 7 Down 51. Building site 52. Admirable people who influence others 58. William and Sean 61. Reddish-brown animal 62. Tack 63. Gladden 64. “__ Wonderful Life” 65. Slave Jacqueline F. O’Keffe, Ft. Myersof old 66. Chihuahua children 67. Late actor Bert 68. Worry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 1. State 2. Office cabinet 41 42 43 3. Misfortunes 4. Coat part 44 45 46 47 5. Hide preparers 6. Creator 48 49 50 51 7. Enthusiastic 8.6th day of Lent: abbr. 52 53 54 55 56 57 11. Cosmetic case item 58 59 60 61 62 12. Put underground 13. Beauty’s movie partner 63 64 65 21. Article of faith 23. “...__ by your outfit 66 67 68 that you are...” 25. Had a meal 26. 27. Taj Mahal’s city 28. Bride’s item 29. Flamingo or heron 32. Cut into small pieces 34.In __ of 35. Always 36. France’s Coty 38. Sermon topic 40. Bargains 43. Not crackers 45.Like a hill 48. Bach or Wagner 50. Like more expensive hamburger 51.Dandruff site 52. Salk’s concern 53. Europe/Asia boundary 54. Nest 56. Periods 57. Conception 58. Disencumbers 59. Brat’s talk 62. Lennon’s lady

7. Greek letter 8. Expunge 9. Refer 10. Spring 11. Bit of cereal 12. Take advantage of 13. German article 21. High schooler 22. Start 25. Cat 26. Praying figures 27. Winding roads 28. Rough 29. Part of summer 30. Fellow 31. Sea duck 33. Certain love messages 34. Fictional king 36. Miles, e.g. 39. Tosses 43. Public disturbance 45. Sight and taste 47. Existing on a flat surface 50. Fourth page of a wall hanging 52. Preposition 53. Insignificant amount 54. Complaint to a dermatologist 55. Hot spot 56. __ PM; 2100 hours 57. Did in 58. Item in a desk drawer 59. Mr. Whitney 60. Girl’s nickname CROSSWORD PUZZLE #5139

ACROSS 1. Bargain-hunt 5. Fog 9. Read __; recite 14. Novel setting 15. Of the U.S.A. 16. Rent long-term 17. Of a generation 18. Pocket bread 19. Procrastinator’s word 20. Warm lunch 23. Originally named 24. Call a halt to 25. Nemesis 28. Rhythm 32. Cuts 34. Lament 35. Bee colony 37. “Ah, me!” 38. Character in Othello 39. West Point student 40. Out of __; behaving inappropriately 41. Word with stick or roll 42. One who acts like another 43. Lets 44. Evaluate 46. Pillages 48. Do a hairdresser’s job 49. Follower of 7 Down 51. Building site 52. Admirable people who influence others 58. William and Sean 61. Reddish-brown animal 62. Tack 63. Gladden 64. “__ Wonderful Life” 65. Slave of old 66. Chihuahua children 67. Late actor Bert 68. Worry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

DOWN 1. Heavenly Mlles. 2. Nag 3. Not just tacit 4. Mom, dad, or madam 5. Take place 6. Friend at the école 7. Greek letter 8. Expunge 9. Refer 10. Spring 11. Bit of cereal 12. Take advantage of 13. German article 21. High schooler 22. Start 25. Cat 26. Praying figures 27. Winding roads 28. Rough 29. Part of summer 30. Fellow 31. Sea duck 33. Certain love messages 34. Fictional king 36. Miles, e.g. 39. Tosses 43. Public disturbance 45. Sight and taste 47. Existing on a flat surface 50. Fourth page of a wall hanging 52. Preposition 53. Insignificant amount 54. Complaint to a dermatologist 55. Hot spot 56. __ PM; 2100 hours 57. Did in

CROSSWORD PUZZLE 58. 59. 60. #5139 Item in a desk drawer Mr. Whitney Girl’s nickname ACROSS 1. Bargain-hunt 5. Fog 9. Read __; recite 14. Novel setting 15. Of the U.S.A. 16. Rent long-term 17. Of a generation 18. Pocket bread 19. Procrastinator’s word 20. Warm lunch 23. Originally named 24. Call a halt to 25. Nemesis 28. Rhythm 32. Cuts 34. Lament 35. Bee colony 37. “Ah, me!” 38. Character in Othello 39. West Point student 40. Out of __; behaving inappropriately 41. Word with stick or roll 42. One who acts like another 43. Lets 44. Evaluate 46. Pillages 48. Do a hairdresser’s job 49. Follower of 7 Down 51. Building site 52. Admirable people who influence others 58. William and Sean 61. Reddish-brown animal 62. Tack 63. Gladden 64. “__ Wonderful Life” 65. Slave of old 66. Chihuahua children 67. Late actor Bert 68. Worry

Complete 14. Left Bank companion 15. In the center of 16. Swiftly 17. __ up; entered on a cash register 18. __, Nevada 19. Put a stop to 20. Pool maneuver 23. Spike, for one 24. Period lasting trois ANSWER TO #5148mois 25. Commercials 28. Ramble 32. Enjoy one’s RV 34. Restrict 35. Not taped 37. Nota __ 38. Sour substance 39. Provide food for a banquet 40. Make a little cut 41. Encourage 42. Unique individual 43. Synonym specialist 44. Of the back 46. Assortment 48. Wind direction: abbr. 49. Uno y uno 51. Australian bird 52. Of the WashingtonIdaho-Oregon area 58. Kitchen appliance 61. Stink 62. Tribe member 63. Sri Lankan, for one 64. Sea in the former USSR 65. Mauna Loa emission 66. Trickles 67. Animal with a mane 68. River in Europe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

DOWN 41 42 43 1. Heavenly Mlles. 2. Nag 44 45 46 47 3. Not just tacit 4. Mom, dad, or madam 48 49 50 51 5. Take place 52 53 54 55 56 57 6. Friend at the école 7. Greek letter 58 59 60 61 62 8. Expunge 9. Refer 63 64 65 10. Spring 11. Bit of cereal 66 67 68 12. Take advantage of 13. German article 21. High schooler 22. Start 25. Cat 26. Praying figures 27. Winding roads 28. Rough 29. Part of summer 30. Fellow 31. Sea duck 33. Certain love messages 34. Fictional king 36. Miles, e.g. 39. Tosses 43. Public disturbance 45. Sight and taste 47. Existing on a flat surface 50. Fourth page of a wall hanging 52. Preposition 53. Insignificant amount 54. Complaint to a dermatologist 55. Hot spot 56. __ PM; 2100 hours 57. Did in 58. Item in a desk drawer 59. Mr. Whitney 60. Girl’s nickname

accompaniment 4. Attorneys’ assistants 5. Said farewell 6. Singer/actor Ed 7. Blood giver’s donation 8. Idolize 9. Oil transport 10. Mayberry resident 11. Compulsory payment 12. Playing card 13. __ on; tempted 21. Dispatched 22. Furry swimmer 25. Get even for 26. One who won’t accept the truth 27. Nodded off 28. One millionth of a meter 29. Ellis Island arrival 30. Verve 31. Baptisms & weddings 33. Positive response 34. Magna cum __ 36. __ Miles 39. Plum or orange 43. 78 and 45 45. Decorates 47. In a humble way 50. Sandal part 52. __ tide 53. Main character 54. Withdraw by degrees 55. Times 56. Tear 57. Close 58. Loony 59. UN member: abbr. 60. One dozen togas #5149

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Cereal dish 5. Family member 9. Complete 14. Left Bank companion 15. In the center of 16. Swiftly 17. __ up; entered on a cash register 18. __, Nevada 19. Put a stop to 20. Pool maneuver 23. Spike, for one 24. Period lasting trois mois 25. Commercials 28. Ramble 32. Enjoy one’s RV 34. Restrict 35. Not taped 37. Nota __ 38. Sour substance 39. Provide food for a banquet 40. Make a little cut 41. Encourage 42. Unique individual 43. Synonym specialist 44. Of the back 46. Assortment 48. Wind direction: abbr. 49. Uno y uno 51. Australian bird 52. Of the WashingtonIdaho-Oregon area 58. Kitchen appliance 61. Stink 62. Tribe member 63. Sri Lankan, for one 64. Sea in the former USSR 65. Mauna Loa emission 66. Trickles 67. Animal with a mane 68. River in Europe

Janet L. Clayton, Tampa

DOWN 1. Cutting remark 2. “The Rubáiyát” poet 3. Dinner accompaniment 4. Attorneys’ assistants 5. Said farewell 6. Singer/actor Ed 7. Blood giver’s donation 8. Idolize 9. Oil transport 10. Mayberry resident 11. Compulsory payment 12. Playing card 13. __ on; tempted 21. Dispatched 22. Furry swimmer 25. Get even for 26. One who won’t accept the truth 27. Nodded off 28. One millionth of a meter 29. Ellis Island arrival 30. Verve 31. Baptisms & weddings 33. Positive response 34. Magna cum __ 36. __ Miles 39. Plum or orange 43. 78 and 45 45. Decorates 47. In a humble way 50. Sandal part 52. __ tide 53. Main character 54. Withdraw by degrees 55. Times 56. Tear 57. Close 58. Loony 59. UN member: abbr. 60. One dozen togas #5149

CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Cereal dish 5. Family member 9. Complete 14. Left Bank companion 15. In the center of 16. Swiftly 17. __ up; entered on a cash register 18. __, Nevada 19. Put a stop to 20. Pool maneuver 23. Spike, for one 24. Period lasting trois mois 25. Commercials 28. Ramble 32. Enjoy one’s RV 34. Restrict 35. Not taped 37. Nota __ 38. Sour substance 39. Provide food for a banquet 40. Make a little cut 41. Encourage 42. Unique individual 43. Synonym specialist 44. Of the back 46. Assortment 48. Wind direction: abbr. 49. Uno y uno 51. Australian bird 52. Of the WashingtonIdaho-Oregon area 58. Kitchen appliance 61. Stink 62. Tribe member 63. Sri Lankan, for one 64. Sea in the former USSR 65. Mauna Loa emission 66. Trickles 67. Animal with a mane 68. River in Europe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

DOWN 1. Cutting remark 2. “The Rubáiyát” poet 3. Dinner accompaniment 4. Attorneys’ assistants 5. Said farewell 6. Singer/actor Ed 7. Blood giver’s donation 8. Idolize 9. Oil transport 10. Mayberry resident 11. Compulsory payment 12. Playing card 13. __ on; tempted 21. Dispatched 22. Furry swimmer 25. Get even for 26. One who won’t accept the truth 27. Nodded off 28. One millionth of a meter 29. Ellis Island arrival 30. Verve 31. Baptisms & weddings 33. Positive response 34. Magna cum __ 36. __ Miles 39. Plum or orange 43. 78 and 45 45. Decorates 47. In a humble way 50. Sandal part 52. __ tide 53. Main character 54. Withdraw by degrees 55. Times 56. Tear 57. Close 58. Loony 59. UN member: abbr. 60. One dozen togas

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