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Saturday, November 28, 2020
Forging Alliances by Steve Mossberg
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Girl from
Edinburgh
5 “Humble” home
10 Genre for
Anderson .Paak
13 Palindromic flour
used in naan
14 Party giveaway
15 Chaplin of
“Anchor and
Hope”
16 Partner of median
and mode
17 Emergency light
18 D.C. sluggers
19 Sort of mention,
sort of snub?
22 Low-hanging
clouds
23 Art under
sleeves?
24 Start to fray in a
noticeable way?
30 Attire at a sauna
33 “The Heartbeat
of Harlem,” per
Langston Hughes
34 A single time
35 “So that’s your
game!”
36 Be an obedient or
annoying dog
37 Hindu title of
respect
38 Coconut product
40 Font flourish
42 Quinceanera
celebrant, age-
wise
43 Make apps with
friends?
46 “Swan Lake”
woodwind
47 Muse of
astronomy
51 Get even closer
with a sister city?
56 Not too much
57 Spirit in a bottle
58 Number two
59 “Oh, come on!”
60 God of the
underworld
61 Clutch
62 Org. that
extended its April
deadline in 2020
63 Romantic
rendezvous
64 Spot in a theater
DOWN
1 Reading lights
2 Bothered
incessantly
3 “The Hate U
Give” protagonist
4 State capital with
Pueblo-style
architecture
5 Word with
“international” or
“internal”
6 “Cinderella”
dance
7 Typical track
shape
8 Flat-bottomed
boat
9 With a straight
back
10 Skill fostered in
driver’s ed
11 Not in favor of
12 Gone by
15 Jab followed by a
cross, in boxing
20 Midori on ice
21 Fish with a manta
variety
25 Kristen’s “Gravity
Falls” role
26 Big name in label
making
27 “If a = b, then b =
a” field
28 Land measure
29 Carriage driver’s
strap
30 Woolly dads
31 Where the
Cleveland
Rockers played
32 Apartment
platforms
39 Interrupt a card
game with advice
40 Card trick
dexterity
41 Maximally
polluted
42 Stack by a kettle
44 Green New Deal
rep.
45 Like the Sahara
48 Bete ___
49 Chess’s country
of origin
50 Highly capable
51 Wise trio in the
Bible
52 ___ Eats
53 Fruit that may be
poached in wine
54 TV producer
Cohen
55 “That’s all false!”
Illusion-ist by Kevin Salat
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020 Neptune’s New Directness
Thoughts in these early stages of Neptune’s direct
motion: Familiarity feels safe because it is known, but
that doesn’t make it so. Just remember that people
are adaptable to all sorts of terrible and wonderful
circumstances, and you don’t know how optimal your
particular “familiar” is until you investigate how other
people are doing things.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). It will be interesting how
you resolve what is requested of you. The vaguer the
request, the more creative you get. You’ll take all the
independence and freedom the situation affords and
run with it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Most people are not
where they are. The secret to your charisma and
to your special relationships is that you are hyper-
present in a world where distraction is the norm.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are more objective
about what happens to you than others in your
position would be, and this allows you to learn
quickly and make plans based on more than just your
emotional response.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The way you listen
to and admire others is rare, and the subjects of
your attention may not be used to it, but that won’t
stop them from being flattered to the point of utter
intoxication.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You will sacrifice something
you previously attained in order to get this new thing
you want. You’ll be surprised at the cost of your fresh
desire – not by the monetary cost but the nature of
what’s exchanged.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It will feel as though
you’re taking a test. A high level of focus is necessary,
and you’ll do very well with this, too, rising to the
occasion, eyes exclusively on your own paper.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re even more sensitive
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020 Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You know very well that
you don’t have to be deeply in love with what you’re
doing to be successful at it. You’ll dig in and make
something happen with nothing more than a sense of
duty and a handful of private reasons.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You think you have an
accurate view of someone, but until you can build a
case by witnessing actual patterns of behavior, you just
don’t know. Be patient, and collect the data.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Winning that little contest
is a rush, but not as fortifying as the long-term stability
you get from showing up your purpose day after day
with the intention of doing what needs to be done.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You can use what you are
learning in more ways than you currently are. Think of
how you might apply your skill in a different but related
field, genre or location. Opportunities crop up once you
open your mind in this way.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You don’t like the feeling
of being controlled by others, and you will resist subtle
nudges that suggest you are being managed instead of
fully experienced in the way you should be.
DOWN
1 Easy to handle,
like an animal
2 Pleasant smells
3 Transitioned into
4 Nix, more
formally
5 Mary Ann Evans,
___ George Eliot
6 Clip or snip
7 “Cheers!” in
Chihuahua
8 Oscar winner Lee
9 Cooks on a spit
10 Flexible
conjunction
11 Like an attractive
personality
12 Apple texting
service
13 Filming site
18 USSR spy org.
22 Thinks over
25 Breadth, to the
Bard?
27 Suffer, as an
injury
28 Place for a milk
bath
31 Use Grubhub,
say
34 “What ___ you
expect?”
35 Rouge or blanc
drink
36 E.R. personnel
37 Rising concern?
38 Fever or Dream
39 Taco option
whose name
means “shepherd
style”
40 “Ex on the
Beach” network
43 Lift a ___ (make
the slightest
effort)
45 Word before
“toast” or “twist”
46 I- salt
47 ATM output
49 “Death Be Not
Proud” poet
50 Was awesome
52 Regret
55 “Well done!”
57 Pub pintful
58 Mag. staffers
60 Pronoun for Lizzo
than usual to the energy of places. Go where the
atmosphere is welcoming. If you’re uncomfortable in
a place, don’t wait to figure out why. Move along to
where the vibrations feel good to you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Say yes to the location
change. You don’t know what can be seen from that
place until you go there. A change of vantage will lead
to more ideas and broaden the scope of a relationship
or project.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Hunger can be
satisfied by a meal, but desire will increase as it is fed.
Each taste intensifies need. Beware of situations in
which you are unlikely to be content with moderation.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Emotional responses
are our earliest teachers but not always the best ones,
since young feelings can be so volatile. You’ll question
what fear taught you, bringing maturity and reason to
bear on the situation.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you can’t figure out
how to go faster, consider cutting the amount you’re
asking yourself to do in half and then taking your
sweet time with that. Going slower will be interesting
today, and you’ll look cool doing it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The more comfortable
you feel with who you are and what you’re doing,
the less a favorable response matters to you. You’ll
use feedback as information, not as emotional
sustenance.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 29). You’ll become
fascinating to yourself and to the world this year
as mild curiosities develop into full-on pursuits,
impressive projects and even quests. Various trainings
will be involved. You’ll present yourself in a different
and likely more public forum. Financially, June and
July are thrilling. Cancer and Capricorn adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 2, 22, 19, 38 and 5.
Universal SUDOKU
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The time to do the thing
you want to do is right now, while you still want it, while
it’s on your radar and within your reach, while it’s ripe
with potential. Grab and go.
37 Length a golf
club travels?
40 On the ___
(recuperating)
41 Ski boots and
graduation
gowns, often
42 Key next to Q
43 Not even close
44 Drink slowly
45 Like a
bodybuilder
48 With 59-Across,
“Nabokov, pay
attention!”
51 Tightly defined
53 Historic British
school
54 Woman who
takes a vow of
poverty
56 Velvety leather
57 Exact retribution
for
59 See 48-Across
61 Favored one side
or the other
62 Hollow response?
63 Summer hrs. at
Wrigley Field
64 Glue with a
bovine logo
65 Antlered animal
66 Boring Bumble
opener
B3
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
The full moon in Gemini is about the sharing of our ideas
and ourselves and connecting in whatever way we can.
The lunar eclipse, subtle and visible to the experienced
observer, has outsized mystical implications – the
shadow of missed connections that provide a contrast.
We’ll know when we’re getting it wrong or right.
ACROSS
1 Dance move
made illegal in
Saudi Arabia
4 Huge tubs
8 Friend of Athos
and Porthos
14 Unrefined metal
15 Cajun vegetable
16 Generic
17 With 26-Across,
anguished
mixologist’s
feeling?
19 Thingamabob
20 GIF, e.g.
21 What dogs may
track into the
house
23 Turgenev’s
“Fathers and ___”
24 Greek letter
that symbolizes
wavelength
26 See 17-Across
29 Seattle-to-
Bozeman dir.
30 Grammy winner
Yoko
32 “Gloomy” fellow
33 Spigot
34 Short beings in
“The Lord of the
Rings”
36 Latvia’s capital
East Oregonian
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re on a journey. The
timing may get interrupted by setbacks and unexpected
stops that cause delays but in no way change the
destination. Stick to this road and you can expect to get
there – eventually.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You have a level of
attunement into the patterns of others that can only be
considered a gift. From the historical evidence, you can
make a most potent and accurate prediction. It’s right
there for you if you want to see it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s a good time to
indulge in fantasies about who you are or could be.
It should be a stretch; that is the whole point about
fantasizing. How boring would it be if even your
fantasies had to have strict rules?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Boldness comes in
many forms, sometimes even in the form of eyes filled
with tears. Showing feelings and working through them
may represent the very definition of courage.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re perfectly
equipped to handle the task at hand – until you’re not,
and at that point, you’ll improvise, showing your clever,
resourceful side.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). At any given moment of
the day, you are somewhere between the reality of who
you are and your aspiration for yourself. The way you
reach is uncomfortable, beautiful and inspiring.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 30). You’ve a wonderful gift
of choosing people: of knowing who is good for you and
drawing close those whose lives and values fit well with
yours. You’re above superficiality that others fall prey
to, because your focus on character keeps you refining
your own and filling your life with good relationships.
Aries and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8,
5, 7, 20 and 18.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS