Dear Annie Advice Column Letter Set
A reader describes an estranged father seeking renewed contact with daughter Clarisse and grandchildren, urging patience and steady outreach. Another asks how to handle a partner’s mother’s critical behavior during visits, suggesting a private weekend and help for caregiving. A third complains about friends expecting free massage after education, advising firm boundaries and offering future business.
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Mama
Jeff
Annie
Location is everything in the restroom hook debate
In a Sound Off letter stance from Littleton New Hampshire a reader complains about no hooks in ladies room stalls and suggests a hook for handbags. The response notes the hook was installed on the outside of the stall door but warns it could invite theft and questions usefulness.
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Blaise
Constance H
Littleton
N.H
One Person Restroom and Quick Uses For a Pizza Cutter
FAST FACTS share practical tips from Heloise. A reader reveals pizza cutter uses beyond pizza, noting it marks sewing lines clearly in a sewing room. Another reader complains about coupon deals forcing multiple item purchases for small savings.
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Heloise
Maurine C
Ventura
Calif
Charles and Camilla split over royal future poll results
A British poll finds 57 percent say Prince Charles could live with Camilla Parker Bowles when king without marrying her, while 42 percent favor marriage. More than half oppose Parker Bowles becoming queen, amid lingering Diana-era tensions and Charles's statement of no remarriage. Meanwhile in North Carolina, beauty queen Rebekah Revels, after a topless photo scandal, is chosen to represent the United States in Miss World.
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Royal Conundrum London
Prince Charles
Camilla Parker Bowles
Charles
Parker Bowles
Diana
Elizabeth I
Lamberton
N.C
Rebekah Revels
North Carolina
United States
Revels
CROSSWORD BY EUGENE SHEFFE ACROSS AND DOWN
A dense the puzzle lists Across clues like Actress Turner and Down entries with many theme items. Readable entries include names such as Snoop Dogg and Armstrong with others hinting at generic wordplay and partial phrases.
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Denver
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Virginia B. Pschirrer
Fairport, N.Y
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Caesar
Champ Mati
Snoop
Mary
Jai
Holliday
Severinorg
Sen
Craft Hannah
Slave Parker
True
Astronaut Armstrong
syMpo
King Features
Nyc
WIEN
RSE
DE Meredith
Beetle Bailey
Sarge
THE
Blondie
Garfield
T/M
Baby Blues
Wren
Wen
Dilbert
Michael
Ine
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