Man seeks clarity as sleep boundaries strain relationship
A 40-year-old man in a long term relationship with a single mother describes sleeping on the living room floor or an air mattress due to not sharing her bed. He asks Abby for guidance as the lack of sexual intimacy strains the couple, while she suggests discussing motives and potential timing for closeness.
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Horoscopes Birthday Notes and Zodiac Signals
Horoscope for Wednesday August 17 2016 highlights big changes and mixed trepidation. It notes social opportunities for singles energizing relationships for couples and cautions about eclipses financial sensitivity and tense conversations across signs Aquarius Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces hints at mood shifts and advice to pursue desires while balancing control.
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Jumblies prompt yields hot diggity dog exclamation
After biting into the tasty frankfurter he blurts hot diggity dog. The Jumble wordplay by David L Hoyt and Jeff Knurek presents scrambled clues with a punny answer in this daily puzzle tease.
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Cancer risk from pool chemicals questioned in spa jets
Dear Dr Roach states there is no solid evidence that chlorine in swimming pools causes cancer. While pool water reactions can form trihalomethanes that irritate eyes nose and skin and show cancer in lab animals the link to human cancer from inhaling pool fumes is unproven. Benefits of swimming outweigh a miniscule risk, he says and advises avoiding jets if irritation occurs.
Bridge deal leads to a four in a doubled contract
In a puzzling misdeal West held a strong hand while East and North vulnerable. South as declarer produced a sequence of ruffs and discards to secure four tricks in a diamond squeeze, aided by an opponent’s misdefense. The article invites reader responses to the tricky hand.
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Cryptoquip puzzle clue and note from 2009 King Features
A reader friendly note explains a substitution cipher used in crosswords. It includes a sample puzzle line EDJ ZCOAQMCFJ FPSNMCR ZO ROZOV and a hint that Z equals exclamation mark. It mentions yesterday's clue about wallet photo choices and advises trial and error.
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Sudoku Challenge Promises 9x9 Puzzle Fun
A Sudoku puzzle on 360.athlionmediagroup.com invites players to fill the grid so each row column and 3x3 box uses digits 1 through 9 with no repeats. For the solution visit Sudoku Puzzles.net and enter the puzzle number in the white box under select puzzle to access hints and the answer.
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Crossword puzzle tease spans daily and archives at capa dot com
A national style crossword offers online daily puzzles with access to past grids. Clues span across and down including references to spine tingling chili core Civil War stage boy and many more. The solution time is listed as 23 minutes with multiple proper nouns such as Einstein birthplace Sault Ste Marie and Charlie Brown included.
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Capa.com
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