PUZZLES
Thursday, December 3, 2020
What? What? by Neville Fogarty
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 “Marriage Story”
actor Alan
5 Bits of smoke
10 Mimicked
14 Quantity of paper
15 “Snowy” bird
16 Rural storage site
17 “La Vie Boheme”
musical
18 Obsession focus
in “Moby-Dick”
20 Take place
22 Author whose
son was named
Christopher
Robin
23 With 49-Across,
2001 Shakira hit
with the lyric,
“I’ll be there and
you’ll be near”
26 Lion constellation
27 Poem with a hero
28 “This is all my
fault!”
32 Battle reminder
35 Polished, as a
shoe
37 Great rage
38 Once around a
track
39 Annual
publication of
notable names
40 “A Beautiful
Mind” director
Howard
41 Egyptian biter
42 Red blood cell
deficiency
43 Patch up
44 Person you may
hate to be
46 Rating for HBO’s
“Westworld”
48 Online gamer’s
woe
49 See 23-Across
53 Order in the
office?
56 Really buff
57 Toast option
60 Swirl in a stream
61 Make less difficult
62 Ski resort
building
63 ___-Ball (arcade
game)
64 Practice boxing
65 Rice of politics
66 Covers, as a road
DOWN
1 Shape on a one-
way sign
2 Predatory worm
3 Do the Macarena,
perhaps
4 Certain radio
component
5 Church seat
6 “Blech!”
7 Tuck of
Sherwood Forest
fame, for one
8 Greek cheese
9 Rose support
10 Singer Simpson
11 What a baby
grand’s strings
are made of
12 Magazine
founded in Paris
13 Stag’s mate
19 “On it!”
21 Part of a set at
the gym
24 Husband of
Lakshmi
25 Reverberant
28 A member of, as
a clique
29 “Act your age!”
30 Fe, to a chemist
31 Look after
32 Bed frame
component,
perhaps
33 Wallet filler
34 Spotted breed of
horse
36 Suffix for a belief
39 Move side to side
43 Actress known
for her double
entendres
45 Less short
47 “___ Doubtfire”
(Sally Field film)
49 Gardener’s
nuisances
50 Screwdriver
ingredient
51 Wise figure in a
village
52 Judy of “Claws”
53 Get rough, like
lips
54 Puncturing tools
55 Holier-than-___
57 “The French
Dispatch”
director Anderson
58 Palindromic
Turkish title
59 One and two and
three and four
Impersonatin’ by Pam Klawitter
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Pull an all-nighter,
maybe
5 “Can ___ now?”
8 Ready to swing
13 Capital by the
Baltic Sea
14 Deafening
applause sound
16 Popular Mazda
model
17 Realtor’s event
19 Songwriters’ grp.
20 Birthday buys for
singer Dolly?
22 Wordsworth
poem
23 Uses a potato
gadget
24 Library ID
26 Work on again, as
a stubborn stain
29 Seedy stopover
32 Director
DuVernay
33 Actress
Thompson
36 Somber song
37 Half-and-half half
39 Savoir ___
41 Show bias
42 Sherlock Holmes’
street
44 An Allman brother
46 Gobbled up
47 What Beyonce
and Madonna
use?
49 Moves gracefully
51 Toddler’s taboo
52 Colorado
getaway
54 Cul-de-___
56 “Orate” or
“emancipate”?
61 Comedian Glazer
63 City center, say
64 Pedometer
button
65 Deutschland
dissent
66 Terrible rackets
67 Lauder of
fragrance
68 Cpl.’s superior
69 It’s nice when
they meet
DOWN
1 Trim in
Photoshop
2 Kelly of morning
TV
3 Golden-___
(senior)
4 Yoga instructor’s
chant
5 Cooking show
with Japanese
roots
6 Charge too much
7 It might be a
mirage
8 Gathered over
time
9 “___ the season
...”
10 Actor Kevin’s
loaf?
11 Ever so slightly
12 What connects
the words in
“Adopt a Pet”
15 WNBA official
18 Raise, as a sail
21 No later than, for
short
25 Leave abruptly,
slangily
26 Tough guy in
action movies
27 Perrier
competitor
28 Actor Christopher
and his fellow
performers?
29 Price for a ride
30 Gem with bands
31 Essential hand-
me-downs?
34 Wise
35 Knight’s title
38 Numbers game in
Vegas
40 Baba ghanoush
ingredient
43 Went for longer
than planned
45 Close in
Hollywood
48 Miss Piggy’s
question
50 Enter with an
army
52 Plot measures
53 Edna Ferber
novel named for
a baby game
54 Castle address?
55 Brewpub
East Oregonian
A13
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2020 Sagittarian Timing
The natural course of evolution is turtle-slow;
the digital course of technological advance, a
comparative whirr. Between these timelines is the
course of domesticating animals, which takes but
a few generations, as proven by the friendly foxes
of geneticist Dmitry Belyaev. These fiery paced
Sagittarian days, we’re animals in digital timing.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your values are such
that you can watch the same television show as the
person next to you and see something completely
different. If you’re also able to discuss that civilly, then
you’re with the right person.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Be there a while without
trying to make sense of it. Life resists being forced
to conform with one theory or another. When it does,
something tangible will be lost, which does not even
compare to the intangible loss sustained.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When you’re in the mood
and you put your mind to it, the energy you create
around yourself is magical. Now, you’ll do this when
you’re not in the mood and create the same effect.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Should you let the other
person go on in a wrong belief unchallenged? Maybe
not much would happen in the short term, but what
will happen if you continue to do so over time?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Without good leadership, it is
possible that everyone does a small piece of a job and
the end result is hundreds of small pieces instead of
one finished job. This is why you want to know both
the leader and the plan.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have your ways of
making order out of disorder, but it’s fun to try new
ones, too. You may find that you can have and notice
more of what you like just by organizing it a little
differently.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The journey gets more
pleasurable when you focus not only on the end result
but also, and often, on the little milestones you hit and
benefits you pick up along the way.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Not everything that’s
on the surface is superficial. In this material world,
certain objects resonate deep within you as though
they fit into some sort of inner form. This magnetism
will be a source of good fortune.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You get the sense
that you are armoring up for all of the battles, not just
one. True, you are in it for the long haul and committed
to doing what it takes today, tomorrow, next year and
beyond.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). In the way that Gothic
architecture was built ever-taller as though to reach
the heavens, you are building something impressively
up and up, aspiring to sail it right over the rainbow.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It may feel as though
you’re dealing in two different worlds. However,
everything you’re dealing with in one world is linked
to the other, and by more than just your presence in
both worlds. Look for correspondences.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If you have to think
about something or make a decision about it, then
you are using willpower. How can you extract the
extraneous thought processes out of the task, thereby
more easily turning it into a habit?
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 4). If in a year’s time you
had to give a Yelp review of experiences in 2021, it
would be full of rich details of excellent highlights that
add up to a resounding five stars. Your optimism and
openness will pave the way. In one instance, you’ll
turn a small opportunity into a big deal and include
loved ones in your good fortune. Leo and Scorpio
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 39, 22, 9 and
13.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2020 Venus & Neptune Window to Heaven
The galactic window that Venus and Neptune form is
in the shape of a triangle, representing a harmonious
melding of reality to the way we hope it will be.
The water sign nature of this aspect forms pools of
spirituality around relationships and the notion of
soulmates will be trending in hearts. Where do you
stand on the matter?
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your efforts to try to
understand how things work will pay off big time, as
will any attempt to understand the motives of others.
Later, you’ll be sharing what you learned.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You think about the
wants and needs of others first and later about what
you’ll get from the exchange. It’s an excellent order,
even when dealing with people who are incapable of
it. Though, just for the day, you should reverse it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Life will change you,
sometimes with your consent and sometimes without
it. Getting comfortable with that fact will allow you to
let go of the need to control everything. Plenty of fun
comes out of this.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Focus on one thing
you’d like to do or see by the end of the day and love
what comes out of it – maybe a win or maybe a strong
sense of momentum to last you through many wins.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The cost of today’s
achievement will be in the ballpark of the anticipated
price, though the currency will be different, which
might feel weird at first but it’s something you could
get used to.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s OK to be needy. If
you were never in need, then you’d be at a severe
disadvantage, without the excuse to bond with others,
nor with the sufficient vulnerability and relatability to
do so.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When you like someone,
you can’t help but want to please them. But you could
really lose your thread by doing this. Don’t work in the
direction that will make someone happy. Stick with
the direction that satisfies you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The way you look at the
scene matters a lot, can make all of the difference
in what happens next. You won’t go wrong striving
for maximum objectivity and asking for an outsider’s
view.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your wanting may
be quite mild, but you certainly know what you do not
want and this knowledge is absolutely golden. Make
that long list of noes, as clarity comes with every item
you add.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It makes you happy
to see others happy, but you should not confuse this
with the satisfaction that comes with doing what you
set out to do for yourself. The latter is more pressing.
Don’t change your agenda to please them.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Refer to the people
you admire and want to be more like – the ones
who make you laugh, smile and work harder. These
models, whether living or dead, accessible or not, will
seem to speak to and guide you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Though it is natural (at
least for the truly responsible) to be nervous before
making a commitment, you can be sure that you will
overcome whatever you need to in order to fulfill your
duty.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 5). You’ll notice that what
used to be a tall order is now manageable if not
downright negligible. Acknowledging how far you’ve
come and how strong you’ve gotten will be the first
step in your next development. The vision comes
together over the next 10 weeks, followed by an
avalanche of proof that your concept works. Cancer
and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 3,
33, 20 and 41.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS