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The Funny Bits

Please enjoy these Valentine’s cards courtesy of The Iron Warrior.

Movie Recommendations

ACROSS
1: US Tax Organization
4: Dwelling
9: Reddit has made this very volatile as of late
12: Dairy milk alternative
13: This tea high in vitamin C
14: Slang for a really close friend – by xxxtentacion
15: Silent language
16: Rom-com starring Kumail Nanjiani
19: Money made
22: Winter precipitation
23: UW is beyond these
24: Group, used commonly in baking
28: To feel rejoice
29: Economist known for “An Essay on the Principle of Population”
31: Prefix for British Boats
33: Beatles song, B-side of “And I Love Her”
34: UW research group founded in 1971 by Dr. Fritz
35: Organization representing Toronto Lawyers
38: Grandma
39: Answer to AITA, negative
40: Not a certain kind of butterfly
42: 1946 film starring Alan Ladd
43: Sweet this for an enemy
44: Love organ
48: Alternative to a trick
49: To bring out
50: Former name of Thailand
53: Can be read
56: February 14th day
60: Human reincarnation of Kid Buu from Dragon Ball, alternate spelling
61: Merged with NFL in 1970
62: Tennis tournaments
63: Eggs
64: Amyl
65: Capital of Yemen
66: Lock and __

DOWN
1: River from Eiskarlspitze to the Danube
2: Valentine’s Day flowers
3: 2020 romance film starring Tessa Thompson
4: Real
5: Command
6: ___ to Joy
7: Gestures to bend head into the crook of the elbow
8: Screenwriter __ Cardillo of “Isn’t It Romantic”
9: video input
10: See 17 down, but in Lord of the Rings
11: Large round curved pan
17: Medieval creature
18: An auxiliary arm of the South African Defense Force from 1977 to 1989
20: Organization offering free courses created by Harvard and MIT
21: Band of the krautrock movement
25: Romance movie starring Rach McAdams
26: Unusual social groups with unusual beliefs
27: Type of steel with carbon content between 0.05% and 0.25%
29: Not max
30: Polynesian aitu, AKA Tokelau
31: Love shape
32: Reluctant spender
35: Hero of the beloved Belgian comic
36: To be delayed
37: Beer
41: Stop
44: 2004 song by My Chemical Romance
45: Formerly Vodena, a Greek city
46: Month after Jul.
47: Timeshare company
51: French IT company
52: Sponsor of the Annual Midwest Book Awards
54: True
55: Online store
56: Large vehicle, called mini
57: Naval prefix meaning near the stern
58: Commune in Southern France in Pyrenees-Orientales department
59: The ability to be able to control one’s aura from Hunter X Hunter

Someone who you’ve been interested in will slide into your dms, but you’ll be so busy watching Netflix, you won’t notice.

Sorry. You’re going to have a boring year this year. Cue the rom-com marathon!

Great success in the romantic sphere awaits you. It’s okay. Someone will start to love the way you chew with your mouth open.

You left the oven on after baking your Valentine’s Day goodies. Turn that off before you start a fire.

Swipe right on the first person you see today. It’ll be the best decision of the year.

Swipe left on the first person you see today. It’ll be the best decision of the year.

Your Aphrodite match will be the love of your life. Well, at least for the first month. Then, you’ll change your mind.

The Office. S5: E18 18:16-18:18

Get the booze. It’s going to be a rough one.

Don’t eat the chocolate strawberries.

Eat the chocolate strawberries.

Under no circumstances should you buy roses today.

Editor – Ratan Varghese, Kirsten Ehlers

Writers – Kirsten Ehlers, Rabiya Majeed, Michelle Watson