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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. 54. Rejectedwithdisdain Lotion ingredient Brisket Reconsidered 55. Force into an awkward position 56. 60. Gives up Asia’s __ Mountains With the holiday season approaching, my thoughts turn to brisket, which I'd 61. Tract of wasteland begun to regard as a cult food. See, last year, when I asked a few friends, "How 63. Place to spend rupees was your holiday? Did your family join you?" The response was consistent: 64. Light, rhythmic tune 65. Pro’s foe "Yes, they did, and I made a brisket!" The pride factor was palpable. 66.Lacks 67. Flower Something else I found utterly baffling was that each one who rhapsodized 68. Schnozzola 69. Meadow covering about this fatty chunk of beef claimed to have the best brisket recipe ever—a family treasure handed down from Great-Aunt Selma, whose secret ingredient was grape jelly. Or maybe Coca-Cola? Perhaps I couldn't share the culinary enthusiasm of my friends because my personal relationship with brisket didn't have a good beginning. Let's just say that brisket and I got off on the wrong hoof. My mother had many excellent qualities, but cooking wasn't one of them. Frequently, on some celebratory occasion, she would set before the family a platter containing some gray-brown meat that reminded me of a cooked loafer. I announced I couldn't possibly eat this because it was ugly, whereupon, she banished me from the table. But that was long ago, and childhood trauma notwithstanding, perhaps it was time to discover what all the fuss was about. I began with one of those 57 58 diagrams you sometimes see in meat markets, the one where the cow is 63 divided into sections, so it resembles the map of a small country. This is what I learned: Brisket (lower chest) is not flanken (short ribs), and flanken is not brisket. And neither of them is pot roast (chuck from the upper chest). Roast beef is another matter altogether, coming from the end of the cow we would prefer not to think about. Brisket is very talented. Brisket in brine turns into corned beef, while corned beef cured morphs into pastrami. And brisket may well be the most multicultural item on the planet. The French cook it with bacon and cognac; Texans like it barbecued with Tex-Mex spices. Each Eastern European country has its own version, and Asians love it, as well. There are Thai briskets and Korean briskets, and the Chinese like it with ginger. And since it has such international appeal, perhaps the next time world leaders hold a summit meeting, someone should serve a brisket. This formerly ugly meat may very well be our best hope for world peace! Susan's newest book, “How to Complain When There's Nothing to Complain About,” is available at Amazon.com and other online booksellers. Read her blog at www.SusansUnfilteredWit.com. Email SusanGoldfein@aol.com

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

10. Chicago __ 14. Bear 15. Carnival attractions 16. Shape 17. Leaning 18. Tiny diagram 19. First-century emperor 20. Young plant 22. Peon 24. Ending for graph or ANSWER TO #5152social 25. Rudely brief 26. Quenches 29. Jungle gym piece 30. Units of speed 34. Oaf 35. Not backwards 36. Hang on to 37. Lung contents 38. Blew one’s own horn 40. Truth: Chin. 41. Yen 43. Piece of chicken 44. South American nation 45. Night noise 46. Symbol of victory 47. Unit of purity for gold 48. Slackened 50. Supportive of 51. Burn slowly, without a flame 54. Ulcerates 58. O’Hara home 59. Two cents’ worth 61. Copy: abbr. 62. Ladd or Alda 63. One of The Judds 64. Actress Samms 65. Curve 66. Assisted, cockney-style 67. Respiratory or circulatory: abbr. 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

3. Perched upon 4. Wrote back 5. Pickling solution 6. Piece of jewelry 7. Commercials 8. Word with zoo or bee 9. Organic compound 10. Approval 11. Part of the eye 12. Nag’s home 13. Opening 21. Common contraction 23. Queried 25. Twisted 26. Great quantity 27. Strange 28. Trunk 29. Wraparound accessory 31. Cowboy movie 32. Three-tiered papal crown 33. Pig’s feature 35. Italian numeral 36. Non-premium gasoline: abbr. 38. Bakery purchase 39. Whiz’s forerunner 42. European nation 44. Political divisions 46. Pertaining to spring 47. Business orgs. 49. River in Paris 50. Foul-smelling 51. Pierce 52. Macho 53. Algerian seaport 54. Become enraged 55. Acting award 56. Borders 57. Doctor’s ASAP 60. Burst

CROSSWORD PUZZLE #5153

ACROSS 1. Permanent mark 5. Important foot pedal 10. Chicago __ 14. Bear 15. Carnival attractions 16. Shape 17. Leaning 18. Tiny diagram 19. First-century emperor 20. Young plant 22. Peon 24. Ending for graph or social 25. Rudely brief 26. Quenches 29. Jungle gym piece 30. Units of speed 34. Oaf 35. Not backwards 36. Hang on to 37. Lung contents 38. Blew one’s own horn 40. Truth: Chin. 41. Yen 43. Piece of chicken 44. South American nation 45. Night noise 46. Symbol of victory 47. Unit of purity for gold 48. Slackened 50. Supportive of 51. Burn slowly, without a flame 54. Ulcerates 58. O’Hara home 59. Two cents’ worth 61. Copy: abbr. 62. Ladd or Alda 63. One of The Judds 64. Actress Samms 65. Curve 66. Assisted, cockney-style 67. Respiratory or circulatory: abbr.

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DOWN 1. Train depots: abbr. 2. Cold drink 3. Perched upon 4. Wrote back 5. Pickling solution 6. Piece of jewelry 7. Commercials 8. Word with zoo or bee 9. Organic compound 10. Approval 11. Part of the eye 12. Nag’s home 13. Opening 21. Common contraction 23. Queried 25. Twisted 26. Great quantity 27. Strange 28. Trunk 29. Wraparound accessory 31. Cowboy movie 32. Three-tiered papal crown 33. Pig’s feature 35. Italian numeral 36. Non-premium gasoline: abbr. 38. Bakery purchase 39. Whiz’s forerunner 42. European nation 44. Political divisions 46. Pertaining to spring 47. Business orgs. 49. River in Paris 50. Foul-smelling 51. Pierce 52. Macho 53. Algerian seaport 54. Become enraged 55. Acting award 56. Borders 57. Doctor’s ASAP 60. Burst

CROSSWORD PUZZLE #5153

ACROSS 1. Permanent mark 5. Important foot pedal 10. Chicago __ 14. Bear 15. Carnival attractions 16. Shape 17. Leaning 18. Tiny diagram 19. First-century emperor 20. Young plant 22. Peon 24. Ending for graph or social 25. Rudely brief 26. Quenches 29. Jungle gym piece 30. Units of speed 34. Oaf 35. Not backwards 36. Hang on to 37. Lung contents 38. Blew one’s own horn 40. Truth: Chin. 41. Yen 43. Piece of chicken 44. South American nation 45. Night noise 46. Symbol of victory 47. Unit of purity for gold 48. Slackened 50. Supportive of 51. Burn slowly, without a flame 54. Ulcerates 58. O’Hara home 59. Two cents’ worth 61. Copy: abbr. 62. Ladd or Alda 63. One of The Judds 64. Actress Samms 65. Curve 66. Assisted, cockney-style 67. Respiratory or circulatory: abbr. 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. Train depots: abbr. 2. Cold drink 3. Perched upon 4. Wrote back 5. Pickling solution 6. Piece of jewelry 7. Commercials 8. Word with zoo or bee 9. Organic compound 10. Approval 11. Part of the eye 12. Nag’s home 13. Opening 21. Common contraction 23. Queried 25. Twisted 26. Great quantity 27. Strange 28. Trunk 29. Wraparound accessory 31. Cowboy movie 32. Three-tiered papal crown 33. Pig’s feature 35. Italian numeral 36. Non-premium gasoline: abbr. 38. Bakery purchase 39. Whiz’s forerunner 42. European nation 44. Political divisions 46. Pertaining to spring 47. Business orgs. 49. River in Paris 50. Foul-smelling 51. Pierce 52. Macho 53. Algerian seaport 54. Become enraged 55. Acting award 56. Borders 57. Doctor’s ASAP 60. Burst

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