RELEASE DATE: A A A I A A A A A A I A A I REGION RECORD SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019 THERECORD.COM NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD A A I A A I A I A I A I I A I A I A A A I I A A A A A A I I I I A A I A A I A A I I I LAST ANSWERS TO NYT CROSSWORD NOW WEIGHT JUST A SECOND BY TOM MCCOY EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ No. 1006 AC 1 Short strokes 6 Myriad 10 Habit 14 Pieces of work? 18 End of oyster season 19 Roof part 20 Burr, song) 21 Vault 22 Cruise that specializes in baked alaska, e.g.? 25 Bona 26 Kim to Kourtney, or Kourtney to 27 Alma mater of George Orwell and Henry Fielding 28 Friend friend 29 Quickly go through the seasons, say 30 Tiffany lampshade, e.g. 33 Like ambitious scientists? 37 Basic skate trick 38 40 Brewing morning coffee, e.g. 86 Summary of an easy 41 Verano, across the 42 Art 45 Cause of a shocking Amazon charge? 47 on a PC) 48 Go wrong 49 How everyone on this 105 What a truck driver 11 Galena, e.g. floor is feeling? 55 Lead-in to -ville in literature 108 Massive weapon of 56 Beer, slangily 57 Trim, with 58 Protected, as feet 59 saw (classic ambiguous sentence) 60 Long hikes 62 Refuse to admit 64 68 lab studies regular dance moves rather than 74 Architect Lin 75 Bankroll 76 Fire man? 77 see it 78 Lean 82 Garden plots 84 Indian title 85 The second in p.p.m.
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Tom McCoy is in his third year of a Ph.D. program in cognitive science at Johns Hopkins University. His area of research is computational linguistics in particular, how to get computers to learn language as well as humans do. He got the idea for this puzzle from an undergraduate linguistics class at Yale, remembering a remark by his professor about a certain rarity in English. Tom found just enough examples of it for a Sunday theme, then constructed the grid on his laptop during a long car ride.
W.S. My partner of five years and I are planning a wedding for next year. My one problem: whenever we have a conflict, he goes insane. He calls me names, revisits the past, belittles me. It lasts days.
He then twists the sto- ry, is defensive and blames me for any problems. worried about the fu- ture when there are more re- Still Offended sponsibilities and kids in the taken a long time for you marriage. Uncertain Bride-to-be Cancel the wedding date. Then separate for at least a been a shadow on your relation- period of months while he at- ship as a couple no longer tends anger management coun- tolerable. selling.
If he learn to be Your husband needs to recog- able to discuss issues and make nize just how distant and dis- compromises, be taking a turbed feeling and un- risk to marry. His current outbursts and Marriage counselling and an- treatment are abusive emotion- ger management have many ally and harmful to your mental different approaches that po- health. be a danger to you tential clients should ask about and any children, if he remains and also be willing to try a ses- this volatile and nasty. See Below. trying to understand plore from his my recent, extremely cold, and emotional abuse, to his angry reaction to my hus- need for alcohol to be amiable.
latest temper out- Unfortunately, your accom- burst. Previously, when had en him licence to explode at will. an unpredictable episode, Alcohol very likely affects his been upset, depressed, mood swings. So, too, mental crying. never shared this health issues, which only a pro- with anyone.
been married many plain. Many partners would just years, with successful ca- continue to bear a more-dis- reers, happy offspring, rea- tanced relationship, while put- sonably good health. We each have fulfilling hob- being on their own, pursuing bies. I also have a part-time what they prefer. job I love.
given me more Others would walk away, espe- confidence. always had terrible, un- manage a life on their own. controlled, unpredictable, Even if your husband refuses angry outbursts. He becomes unreasonable, you should go on your own to sarcastic, rude, cruel. He decide how you want to live used to physically throw with him or without him.
things or punch the walls. never hit me, but I get exploring. very intimidated, upset and tip of the day fearful. We broke up several behaviour is times. But it always seemed harmful to everyone involved.
easier to focus on the good Get professional help. things. He also drinks a great deal the Star and based in Toronto. Send and becomes very chatty and your relationship questions via email: amiable. His recent outburst an- gered me so much I can bare- ly be around him.
tried twice to have a conversation (not a fight) and twice been blocked. now simply existing under the same roof polite and aloof. There will have to be a con- versation for us to move past this because determined never going to happen again. I treat him that way and I always end up just tak- ing it. We tried family counselling, but very resistant to discussing his feelings or temper.
to stand up for yourself. Most of your lives as individuals has been very satisfying, but derstand its potential impact. sion or two. There are many areas to ex- modation over the years has giv- fessional can explore and ex- ting more and more time into cially if they can afford and any of the therapy modalities, Tell your husband what Ellie Tesher is an advice columnist for rage over You spell paint conflict lasts for days Ellie ADVICE It was a busy weekend and now my legs hurt but only when I try to overexert myself by do- ing things like putting on my socks. Well, they also kind of hurt when I walk.
They hurt when I sit too. Or when I lay down. And not just my legs. everything. I hurt everywhere.
It used to be that post-week- end pain like this was brought on by a two-day hike in the mountains, complete with overnighting in a tent or a lean- to, bundled against the cold and warmed by camaraderie and the calming feeling of accom- plishing something for no oth- er reason than, because. Or I would push myself to new limits peddling my bike kilometre after lonely kilo- metre to the point of exhaus- tion then pushing through to the next landmark and gliding, hours later, into my driveway, knowing I had achieved some- thing I never thought possible. Sometimes, the younger me would even feel a little stiffness on a Monday after dancing a little too much on a Saturday after being swept up in a per- fect symphony of joy, friend- ship and freedom. Now I am old and pain is brought to you by painting. But pretty good at it, re- ally, because my wife likes to change the wall colours a lot.
I just remember painting hurting like this. Just off the top of my head, I can remember us having a yel- low bedroom, green bedroom, red entryway, navy rec room, white rec room, different yel- low bedroom, purple rec room, grey spare room, baby blue bedroom, yellow kitchen and dark grey living room. I painted them all. So, if you are tired of looking at your ugly walls, some expert advice on how to paint a room, according to my wife. 1.
Find a painter. My wife has a brilliant tactic. She tells me she does not care one bit if I paint or if we hire someone. She uses this for ev- ery job that comes up mow- ing the lawn, vacuuming the car she will coldly threaten to hire out for anything be- cause she knows it puts me at an emotional crossroads, torn between frugality and sloth. I always give in and to do the job.
2. Nail down a date. Like any good contractor, I keep time frames loose when I agree to a job. When my wife says, paint this week- I always put it off, no matter what. I might have absolutely nothing going on, but a reflex makes me say something like, pretty worn out.
Maybe we can paint next because next weekend feels like it will nev- er arrive. Then, suddenly next week- end is here and there is no getting out of it. literally painted myself into a corner. 3. Choose a colour.
I believe my paint-happy spouse is mellowing. no longer bringing home colour- ful swatches with shades ranging from dill pickle to spiced cider to sunny side up. No kidding, this time around she brought home two sam- ple pots of paint white and a different white. She smeared them on the walls in various locations to see what they would look like in different light. She put the white on the left and the different white on the right.
I think what she did. Honestly, I tell. But she was pretty pleased with her experiment. We were definitely going with the white. Or the differ- ent white.
Still, not sure. 4. Buy paint. My wife carefully measures the room by driving to the paint store then calling me and asking, big would you say the living room is? Would it be 20 feet by 40 When I answer, uh, wow, I even think. Maybe we can she re- sponds with, gotta go.
at the paint and hangs up. She then brings home an ad- equate amount of paint for two liberal coats of the living room as well as the interior of three Costco warehouses. 5. Enjoy the results. When the job is done, we ad- mire our different white walls.
I think they look good. She, I imagine, thinks about what colour she wants to paint them next. Chuck Brown can be reached at brown.chuck@gmail.com. without the pain Chuck Brown OUT THERE.
