Time: 04-18-2012 17:42 User: axdavis PubDate: 04-19-2012 Zone: KY Edition: 1 Page Name: D5 Color: CyanMagentaYellowBlack KY FEATURES | courier-journal.com/features THE COURIER-JOURNAL | THURSDAY,APRIL 19,2012 | D5 Uncle gambles away his estate DAILYCROSSWORD Across 51 Suffragette who 15 Abbr.inaCFO’s 43 __ dixit: unproven 1Historical novel, co-founded report claim Dear Annie: My 85-year-old end up taking care of him. usually Swarthmore 21 “Do Idare to __ 45 IOC part: Abbr. uncle, awidower,spends several There’snopoint to being angry 5CCCII xIII 52 “Conan” airer peach?”: Prufrock 48 Museum guide musing days aweek at casinos. This is ANNIE’S and frustrated. 9Digital camera 55 Trochee and 50 Drive forward iamb no penny-ante stuff. He gambled MAILBOX Youdon’thave to admire option 22 This, in Tijuana 51 Cursed alchemist 59 Tombstone your uncle, but you can learn to 13 Show signs of 26 Some molars 53 Lotto variant away everything he ever owned Kathy Mitchell lawman and had to move into subsidized accept him as he is. age, as wallpaper 27 Cybercommerce 54 Pol Thurmond Marcy Sugar 62 Fishing boot housing. Dear Annie: “Frazzled” said 14 Gray with age 28 Sedimentary 56 Couple 63 Private jet maker formation He is somewhat fatalistic at her husband had an affair 30 16 Ohio tribe 57 Avatar of 64 Nine West this point, figuring he won’tlive years ago and now has a17- 17 Ventura County 30 “Charlotte’sWeb” Vishnu product setting much longer and so he wants to year-old daughter from that city 58 Weak spot to stop. They send buses to pick 65 Muscat native 31 Chat room inits. have fun. While we recognize his union. Forget the morality of it. 18 Prepare to 59 Last letter in most him up. Is there anything Ican 66 Periodic table fig. right to spend his money as he The scientific aspect is amaz- transplant, as to 32 Museums for plurals (but not in do? the garden 67 It may be rigged astronomy pleases, bank statements indi- ing! The fact that his sperm this puzzle’ssix —Wish He Knew 19 Swig buffs cate he is now using credit cards laid dormant for nearly 13 68 “After the Thin longest answers, When To Fold ‘Em 20 Phenoms Man” dog 34 “Full House” which are the at the casinos. years is what’sreally impor- Dear Wish:Ifyour uncle has 69 Oft-misused actor only plurals in this He has run up debt on at least tant. Find out how he did that, 23 Trip letters no assets at the time of his death, pronoun 35 “Farewell, chérie” grid) three cards, making only the and you will be able to replace 24 Breezed through the debt would likely be written 36 Coquettish 60 Word of minimum payments to keep cryogenics and make afor- 25 Cut discovery off. Down 37 Munro’spen them active. He has no “estate” tune. 29 “Death, that hath 61 Palais He could arrange to have 1Tough guy’s name left to hold responsible for debts —Curious Dave suck’d the honey resident himself barred from entering __ breath”: Shak. expression 40 Reggae relative after his death and figures Dear Dave: Very funny.For casinos, but he obviously doesn’t 31 Fitting 2How roast beef YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION everything will be written off. the math obsessed, “Frazzled” may be served want to be rescued from his 33 10-Down suffix He sees nothing ethically wrong said her husband had a“long- 3Some living addiction. 34 Peace in the with this. term affair” with a16-year-old legends Credit card companies are in Middle East So, who will get stuck paying girl that began 30 years ago. If 4“Put __ on it!” the business of extending credit, 36 Ginormous for the $20,000 in credit card the affair lasted 13 years and 5Exemplars of and casinos are in the business 38 Env.info debt when he dies? Who pays for he broke things off when she poverty of getting people to gamble. the selfishness of his addiction? became pregnant, the daughter 39 Sardegna oSicilia 6Capuchin, e.g. They aren’tgoing to be of assis- Why do credit card companies could easily be 17 now. 41 Mine entrance 7Lacking tance. continue to raise credit limits 42 Alittle too clever sharpness Youcan contact Gam-Anon for people his age, and how do Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar are long- 44 Physicist Tesla 8Waffle maker (gam-anon.org) for support, but time editors of the Ann Landers column. they not notice that his charges 46 64-Across spec 9Last critter in an understand that this becomes Email questions to are almost exclusively coming 47 Shell game need ABC book your problem only if your uncle [email protected], or write to: from gambling institutions? The Annie’sMailbox, P.O. Box 118190, 48 Durable cloth 10 Raw mineral gambles himself into destitution casinos are no help getting him Chicago, IL 60611. 49 Africa’s 11 Fry cook’ssupply © Creators Syndicate earlier than expected and you northernmost 12 Bumped into capital BRIDGE | Frank Stewart JUMBLE Card-table eloquence “Some people certainly have a way with words,” aclub player told me. “If Ibotch adeal or if my partner is ‘unlucky,’ his eloquence can be remarkable.” “Many people have away with words,” Cy the Cynic observed. “Others not have way.” Some players have more of a way with words than they have good technique. Today’sdeclarer won the second spade — East threw aheart —and led adiamond to dummy’sjack. East took the queen and returned aheart, and South won in dummy WONDERWORD |David Ouellet and tried the A-K of diamonds. When West discarded, South took two more hearts and K-A of clubs and gave up. Down one. 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