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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. 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 57 58 63

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

5. Sewn joints 10. Messy person 14. Subdue 15. Of Pius X 16. Stack 17. Chief Norse deity 18. Mountain ridge 19. Famous 1871 opera 20. Design 22. Word with Boston or fox 24. Type 25. Parker’s regulator ANSWER TO #5158 26. Active; energetic 29. __ none 30. Bridges and others 34. Dryer residue 35. Disfigure 36. Rainstorm leftover 37. Grape cluster: Lat. 38. Red shade 40. Top club 41. Apartment, usually 43. Suffix for inspect or act 44. Past one’s prime 45. Outrun the catcher’s throw 46. Cribbage board piece 47. States 48. Exposed 50. Prefix for school or heat 51. Burned 54. Does a security guard’s job 58. Mishmash 59. Reptile 61. Word of agreement 62. City in Italy 63. Flower or tree 64. Donated 65. Used anil or eosin 66. Transmits 67. North American Indian 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 44 1. Heavenly Mlles. 2. Nag45 46 47 3. Not just tacit 48 49 50 4. Mom, dad, or madam 5. Take place 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 6. Friend at the école 7. Greek letter 58 59 60 61 8. Expunge 9. Refer 62 63 64 10. Spring 11. Bit of cereal 65 66 67 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

2. __ go at; tried 3. Give off, as rays 4. Driller and filler 5. Vivacity 6. Make 7. King Kong, for one 8. No __; regardless of 9. Winter condition 10. Wrangled 11. One-third of CLIX 12. Merrye __ England 13. Forest animal 21. Wapiti 23. Contradict 25. Bound by a vow 26. Makes indistinct 27. Affix 28. Ludicrous 29. Woolly lament 31. Proverb 32. Stomach ailment 33. Spores 35. Mid-12th-century date 36. Item on a desk 38. Place for dressing 39. Record 42. Supermarket newspaper 44. Mediocre 46. Sell 47. “House Party” host 49. Harvests 50. Sections 51. Convinced 52. Satiate 53. Adjutant 54. Remain unsettledDorothy Miller, Clearwater 55. General Bradley 56. One of Jacob’s sons 57. Dagger 60. __ Rather #5159

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ACROSS 1. Storage building 5. Sewn joints 10. Messy person 14. Subdue 15. Of Pius X 16. Stack 17. Chief Norse deity 18. Mountain ridge 19. Famous 1871 opera 20. Design 22. Word with Boston or fox 24. Type 25. Parker’s regulator 26. Active; energetic 29. __ none 30. Bridges and others 34. Dryer residue 35. Disfigure 36. Rainstorm leftover 37. Grape cluster: Lat. 38. Red shade 40. Top club 41. Apartment, usually 43. Suffix for inspect or act 44. Past one’s prime 45. Outrun the catcher’s throw 46. Cribbage board piece 47. States 48. Exposed 50. Prefix for school or heat 51. Burned 54. Does a security guard’s job 58. Mishmash 59. Reptile 61. Word of agreement 62. City in Italy 63. Flower or tree 64. Donated 65. Used anil or eosin 66. Transmits 67. North American Indian 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

DOWN 1. Word on a red sign 2. __ go at; tried 3. Give off, as rays 4. Driller and filler 5. Vivacity 6. Make 7. King Kong, for one 8. No __; regardless of 9. Winter condition 10. Wrangled 11. One-third of CLIX 12. Merrye __ England 13. Forest animal 21. Wapiti 23. Contradict 25. Bound by a vow 26. Makes indistinct 27. Affix 28. Ludicrous 29. Woolly lament 31. Proverb 32. Stomach ailment 33. Spores 35. Mid-12th-century date 36. Item on a desk 38. Place for dressing 39. Record 42. Supermarket newspaper 44. Mediocre 46. Sell 47. “House Party” host 49. Harvests 50. Sections 51. Convinced 52. Satiate 53. Adjutant 54. Remain unsettled 55. General Bradley 56. One of Jacob’s sons 57. Dagger 60. __ Rather#5159CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1. Storage building 5. Sewn joints 10. Messy person 14. Subdue 15. Of Pius X 16. Stack 17. Chief Norse deity 18. Mountain ridge 19. Famous 1871 opera 20. Design 22. Word with Boston or fox 24. Type 25. Parker’s regulator 26. Active; energetic 29. __ none 30. Bridges and others 34. Dryer residue 35. Disfigure 36. Rainstorm leftover 37. Grape cluster: Lat. 38. Red shade 40. Top club 41. Apartment, usually 43. Suffix for inspect or act 44. Past one’s prime 45. Outrun the catcher’s throw 46. Cribbage board piece 47. States 48. Exposed 50. Prefix for school or heat 51. Burned 54. Does a security guard’s job 58. Mishmash 59. Reptile 61. Word of agreement 62. City in Italy 63. Flower or tree 64. Donated 65. Used anil or eosin 66. Transmits 67. North American Indian 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

DOWN 1. Word on a red sign 2. __ go at; tried 3. Give off, as rays 4. Driller and filler 5. Vivacity 6. Make 7. King Kong, for one 8. No __; regardless of 9. Winter condition 10. Wrangled 11. One-third of CLIX 12. Merrye __ England 13. Forest animal 21. Wapiti 23. Contradict 25. Bound by a vow 26. Makes indistinct 27. Affix 28. Ludicrous 29. Woolly lament 31. Proverb 32. Stomach ailment 33. Spores 35. Mid-12th-century date 36. Item on a desk 38. Place for dressing 39. Record 42. Supermarket newspaper 44. Mediocre 46. Sell 47. “House Party” host 49. Harvests 50. Sections 51. Convinced 52. Satiate 53. Adjutant 54. Remain unsettled 55. General Bradley 56. One of Jacob’s sons 57. Dagger 60. __ Rather MOTHER MAY I? The Month of May is just chock-full o’ holidays; there’s something for everyone. May is “Get Caught Reading Month,” so if you’re reading this column now – GOTCHA! NASA has previously warned that asteroid 2009 FJ1:6 will strike the earth on May 6, 2022. If you are currently reading this column, chances are that it didn’t happen. May is “Older Americans Month,” which qualifies you to read this heralded publication. May also boasts “Cinco de Mayo,” which usually just happens to fall on the 5th of May. Contrary to popular ignorance, “Cinco“ is not Mexican Independence Day. It commemorates The Battle of Puebla in 1861. This vagueness has provided the ideal holiday to be commandeered by gringos and used as a convenient opportunity to engage in drunken debauchery, revelry and all-around misbehavior. May is National Arthritis Awareness Month, which is ridiculous. If you have arthritis, you are well aware of it all year long. Probably another holiday destined to be hijacked by drunks. May 8, “No Socks Day,” is celebrated year-round by certain people in the public eye, like Ryan Seacrest and Carson Kressley. Trend-setters or geeks? Your call. May 12 brings us “Odometer Day.” This is when celebrants put their cars up on blocks and run them in reverse to lower the mileage and increase the sellability of their cars—illegal, yes. I am not endorsing this practice. May 6 is Russel Stover Candies Day. There are Russell Stover outlets stores throughout the eastern United States. For residents of Florida, ours is located in the sweet little town (pun intended) of Wildwood. I can tell you from personal experience that the best days to shop there are just after Easter and just after Valentine’s Day. It is a chocoholic’s dream. And last but not least, how can we forget May Day? Originally a pagan holiday, as are most holidays currently celebrated (do your research), it occurs on either May 1 or on the first Monday of May (another movable holiday). It incorporates dancing, singing and cake in European cultures, as well as Maypole Dancing. When “May Day is spoken two or more times, it serves as a distress signal, as in “May Day, May Day, I’ve almost used up my allowable word allotment. Mike Wright can often be found at Russell Stover’s, searching for DARK chocolate (72% cacao preferably). If you know which aisle, contact him at micwrighthamo@gmail.com.

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