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Street roots Aug. 15, 2014 15 r* Two Sons s o n ia i f r e n c h I once had two sons First one then another Excuse me ma am but are you that boy’s mother?” Mud, broken toys, stolen bikes, pig skin scars and baseball bats Cracked foreheads, broken teeth and more than a few pet rats. One day they grew Away from the nest (with a kick and a push) they flew Into the arms of their now wives Such beauties, all brown hair and brown eyes ? Now that my job is complete I’m sure they are feeling the heat They are fathers to not one but two each Ain’t a picnic at the beach They make it look easy Like a tip of the hat My two sons are fathers of two The clock will never turn back PUZZLES ByGmceBadik ■ 1 4 2 t Crossword / ,5 , ' 6 7 i n 14 Across 1. Take care of a bill 20 currents 9. Chemical fou n din brown algae; absorbs water quickly 23 14. Significant period 26 s 18 17 4. In oceanography: large systems of rotating ocean 15 21 i 1 J H n ■■ 10 9 11 12 28 31 ■ 19 ^2 30 29 ¡35 19. Looks out for, maybe 20. Hotel ' Saint Germain, 38 in Paris 22. Gloomy, in poetry 23. Secluded valleys 40 24. Jacked up 26. Mysterious: Var. 27. Cooked in a familiar fluid, or ■ 37 36 39 |4M 47 46 Is o maybe just the beef broth 54 30. Monkey type 31. One taking orders 33. G enus of a North American 57 flower 35. Describing the rear feathers 60 of a bird famously unable to . carry coconuts 38. Gas additive 61. Bridges, in movies like 39. Ball “Airplane!” 62. Price word 40. Eastern way 41. The caps o f mushrooms or 49. Photographer’s request 5 0 .1 /2 of Sprite’s flavor a 51. In WWII, fighting hole 54. More than miffed 55. Sort 56. Court decision 57. Deranged character in ‘T h e Runes of the Earth” Down 1. Fur 2. Like farmland 3. Chatter 4. Steps leading down to the Ganges 5. Abominable Snowman 6. 7. 8. 9. Pro follower Worse than wicked The shortest colloquial time Taxon of arachnids containing 58. Union locale 59. Curling surface 60. Shrek and Fiona Ü I r 1 8L 52 53 155 158 11. Really good monkey type 12. Fearless 13. Fraternity letters 21. No matter what 22. In between uno and tres toadstools 42. In doubt 46. Neighbor of Georgia S I ■ ■ 48 mites and ticks 10. Sites for studs 24. Move wildly 25. Hibernation site 27. Have a b u g ; an anagram of 37 across 28. Bliss 29. Precious stone 32. Start and end of the Three Musketeers’ motto .33. Whopper that’ll set your pants on fire 34. Last month 35. Smallish bird 36 Pronoun that doesn’t really 9 5 2 1 7 84 |33 Thanksgiving 17. Test site 18. Loft with some skeletons Sudoku 25 32 A nsw ersonp^6 16 n 15. Throw with effort 16. An ancient horn, or -copia for 13 * 43 44 45 149 1 1 1 56 5 4 1 9 9 2 6 4 8 2 6 8 7 5 6 7 4 1 59 ■ 162 care 37. Famous boxer played by Will Smith 38 When you think you’re going to get there 41. Brooch . 43. A boost, or just a simple flick 44. Take to the cleaners 45. Prefix with day or year 47. Rousseau work 48. Bumps 49. Dig discovery: Var. 51. Tumbled 52. Savvy about 53. Picture of health? 54. P athet___ 55. “For Me and M y ___ The objective of Sudoku is to fill in all thé blank squares with the correct numbers from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order.
