Dear Abby readers seek tactful refusals for sharing recipes
A reader asks how to tell others they cannot share a cherished cake recipe used to earn extra income. Abigail Van Buren advises a polite reply, such as I don’t share this recipe because it’s a way I can earn extra money, or a light Coca Cola comparison, to avoid offense.
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Your Daily Horoscope Cancer Love and Tension Lifts
Dynamic yearly outlook skims relationships and finances with Taurus and Gemini notes. Cancer and Leo warned about tempers while Scorpio and Pisces urge flexible action. Virgo and Libra advise diplomacy and boundaries amid holiday stress.
Sharpen your cr crossword puzzle clues and solutions
Puzzle text presents a chaotic crossword with scattered clues and odd spellings. It mentions across and down entries, references to composers and actors, and a note about access to puzzles at a site. The fragment hints at a standard magazine style word grid and solution time of 27 minutes.
Sudoku 6 puzzles by Pappocom tips and program
A brief note explains 6 Sudoku puzzles by Pappocom. Readers fill each 9x9 grid so every row column and 3x3 box uses digits 1 through 9 with no repeats. It directs solving via www sudoku com and Freedom Newspapers USA solutions page. The instruction asks typing the first five supplied numbers.
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RICE and Water Temperature Advice from Dr Donohue
Dear Dr Donohue explains that RICE is Rest Ice Elevation and Compression not edible rice and notes the acronym origin. He also says most people prefer water around 82 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit for swimming to avoid shivering and conserve energy.
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What the large Christmas tree needed to be trimmed
Jumble puzzle by Henri Arnold and Mike Argirion with answers on Monday. Scrambled words GRIME WOMEN IODINE TREATY are solved as TRIMMING, giving the punny clue about what the big Christmas tree required.
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Henri Arnold
Mike Argirion
Weekly Bridge Quiz Question Set
A set of six historical bridge problems is presented. Each item places South in different vulnerability and hand situations with specific holdings and bidding sequences. Readers are asked to decide actions: bids, doubles, or opening leads, based on standard bridge conventions.
This Day in History December 22
Highlights from December 22 across history include 1944s Battle of the Bulge stand as Brig Gen Anthony C McAuliffe rejected surrender and said Nuts. Also noted are the 1775 Navy command appointment of Esek Hopkins and the 1807 Embargo Act passage.
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