PUZZLES
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Loud and Clear by Jessie Bullock
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Cook, like a
turkey
6 Qty.
9 Liner or schooner
13 Time ___ time
14 Joy to watch?
16 Large-scale
conflicts
17 35-Across
overseeing
athletic drills?
19 Teeny-weeny
20 Less rough
21 “Have a sample!”
23 Cookie often
dunked in milk
24 35-Across
overseeing a
Lakers game?
28 Born, in Paris
29 “Who Wants to
___ Millionaire”
30 Dog sound
31 Singer
Winehouse
32 Add to the mix
34 Falco of the big
and small screen
35 Employee who
calls out bad
practices, say
40 Adzuki or black
morsel
41 Color of a mole’s
fur
42 Little chap
43 French for “they”
46 Online chats,
briefly
47 Mothers
50 35-Across
overseeing
a busy
intersection?
53 Large freshwater
fish
54 ___ and
Herzegovina
55 Kampala’s land
57 Amazonian berry
59 35-Across
overseeing an
obedience class?
61 Window ledge
62 From scratch
63 Spiner of “Star
Trek: T.N.G.”
64 Friends
65 Sign of success
on B’way
66 Kinda
DOWN
1 Teases
2 In the olden days
3 Money lost to get
more money?
4 Short argument
5 Laurel or linden
6 Circumference
segment
7 Orchestra
conductor Zubin
8 ___ del Fuego
9 Hogs and such
10 “Drink” for those
with a thirst for
criticism
11 W-9 distributor:
Abbr.
12 “Gangnam Style”
rapper
15 Clothesline
alternative
18 Will of “BoJack
Horseman”
22 Taking vacation
days
25 Cancel your
plans, slangily
26 Leader of Qatar
27 Iris’s place
29 Field trip vehicle
32 Save, as a
location in
Google Maps
33 Cafeteria
hairpiece
34 Female animal
such as Dolly
35 Sign of use
36 Lived it up
37 Chris of Vampire
Weekend
38 Kuala ___
39 Word after
“special” or
“photo”
40 Crispy sandwich,
briefly
43 Hypotheticals
44 Photographer
McCartney
45 Descendants
47 Certain way
48 Passionate
49 Greek city-state
that was known
for its army
51 Some hair
highlights
52 Basketball player,
in old slang
53 Boutros Boutros-
Ghali’s Egyptian
birthplace
56 Runs one’s
mouth
57 Egyptian snake
58 Secretive org.
60 A pair of
What a Card! by Kevin Christian & Andrea Carla Michaels
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Slightly off
6 Baby shower, for
one
11 Neighbor on “The
Simpsons”
14 Rapper Kendrick
15 Jason of
“Aquaman”
16 Bunyan’s tool:
Var.
17 Major figure
in the nightlife
scene?
19 Prosecutors, for
short
20 Lotion additive
21 Give gas to, as
an engine
22 Swindle
24 People in a love
triangle?
28 Like vampires
30 Name that
rhymes with
“foodie”
31 “Madam
Secretary” star
Tea
32 Flowerpot filler
34 San Antonio NBA
player
38 A Bobbsey twin
39 Famous FDR
program, or a
theme hint
42 P, in a sorority
name
43 Greek
counterpart of
Mars
45 Roams (about)
46 Black-and-white
treats
48 One Direction
alum Payne
50 1996-2001
Brandy Norwood
sitcom
51 Baseball team’s
best pitcher?
56 Deer in a Disney
film
57 Vintage film
channel
58 Assistance
61 Blood-typing
letters
62 Couple who own
a garden tool
shop?
66 ___ Mahal
67 Volunteer’s
response
68 Laugh-a-minute
types
69 Manning who
faced Tom Brady
in two Super
Bowls
70 Word before
“Putty” or
“String”
71 The “E” of
accounting’s EY
DOWN
1 Seltzer starter?
2 Postal sackful
3 “Still eating!”
4 Certain female
grouse
5 Sellout sign,
briefly
6 One who rules
the roast?
7 Swedish
automaker
8 Ostrich relative
9 San Francisco hill
10 Took a bite of
11 Acme’s opposite
12 On the dot
13 Office furniture
18 Armisen or
Astaire
23 You can catch
them at the
beach
25 Drizzle or shower
26 Fast food fare
27 Aloha State
dance
28 It’s close to the
funny bone
29 A stone’s throw
from, say
32 Hindu teacher
33 Roulette bet
35 Attached, like
some fake nails
36 “We’re in trouble
now”
37 Civil rights
activist Parks
40 Old-fashioned
oath
41 Bird on a
Canadian coin
44 No neatnik
47 Conan O’Brien
trait
49 “Hypothetically
speaking ...”
50 May honorees
51 Ease up
52 Coup group
53 Modern
hieroglyph?
54 Ring-shaped
island
55 “Back to the
Future” surname
59 “We should do
that!”
60 Attention-getting
sound
63 Big conflict that
began in 1914,
briefly
64 ___ and vinegar
65 Lead-in to
“historic”
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2020 Saturn Crosses Borders
Saturn’s border-cross into Aquarius calls up matters
of attitude. To face ugly problems with positivity can
feel like a stretch. We’ve heard it’s what our idols did
– overcame adversity and improbable odds. Maybe
their attitude was positive. Then again, maybe they
just pushed through, as people do, with an ounce of
hope for fuel.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are many levels
beyond excellence. You’ll elevate a work by fusing
the styles you already know and adding your own
unusual elements. The fresh approach will impress
and fascinate.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). As soon as you put
a word to how you are feeling, the feeling is subtly
changed into something your consciousness can
process. There are times when this helps and other
times when wordlessness is divine.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your powers of mind
control are augmented, and you’ll guide your own
thoughts as an expert rider would guide an obedient
horse; the slightest tension on the reins and your
thoughts go off in the direction of your choosing.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). People want what they
want. Don’t wait for someone to desire in the same
direction or intensity as you. Whatever you can do
to release others from your expectations will make
everyone happier, especially you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Knowing that your role in
a group is essential and that you are crucial to the
outcome of other people’s goals, you often make
decisions based on what everyone needs but you.
Press pause on that tendency today. Act in self-
interest.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It can take a long time
to learn the ropes, or it can take a short time. Being
your own teacher is the hard way. You’re better off
looking around, reaching out and even paying to avoid
needless confusion.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When you don’t know what
to do to support another person, just try something.
Effort will be admirable, regardless of how it lands.
That you care to respond at all is, in and of itself,
meaningful.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Even though “no drama”
is among your proclamations, the fact is that without
some degree of tension and conflict, the story of a
relationship would be mighty boring. Maybe change
your mantra to “some drama.”
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll be made
aware of how the word “responsibility” means
something different to everyone. The standard you
hold yourself to is so far from universal, it may as well
come from a different ZIP code of the multiverse.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Charm can be
used for benevolent or nefarious purposes. Distrust
it in others today, and that goes double for yourself.
Question motives. Why is it, do you think, that this
added layer of social grease is suddenly necessary?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The need to socialize
and the reliance on other people for survival will be
noticeably balanced by an individual and hard-to-
explain need for tranquility and a connection with
something beyond human.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You will get the same
message that others get, but you’ll hear something
very different in it. If language is a code, then you
crack it, deciphering the intent and motive behind
each word.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 16). There is no consensus
on what constitutes a lifestyle upgrade. Your genius
will be in sensing the change that’s right for you and
then bravely opening yourself to a generous source
and accepting what comes. Settling into the new
groove will take some creative problem-solving.
Supportive alliances help, too. Leo and Cancer adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 28, 1, 44 and 16.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2020 Suggestion from Shifting Saturn
Time is not, despite its reputation, a healer. Time is
a progressor. It so happens that when healing is the
natural progression, time does. And when decay is
called for, time does. Time will realize inevitabilities
and also improbabilities and even the miraculous. The
Saturn change says: To get time on your side, take
charge of the setup.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The mentor/apprentice
relationship is a special bond in which both parties
profit. Today, you’ll likely be the teacher, and yet, you
will feel as though you are the one being enriched.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A few days from the
solstice, there’s good fortune in the prep work you do
to ready yourself for the change of season. Update
your contacts, addresses and calendar for an ultra-
organized approach to the new year.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What is it going to take
to get to a smiling, laughing place? You really want to
go there, and that’s a start. Notice who brings about
your lighter side. You could use a few more of these
people in your world.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The situation itself is
neutral and can be interpreted in multiple ways, none
of which would be completely right or totally wrong,
so you may as well choose an interpretation that
makes you feel empowered and perhaps a bit lighter.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You challenge your own bias
while many people around you refuse to recognize
it. You’ll ask excellent questions, too, and become
enlightened as stereotypes collapse under even the
briefest interrogation.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You put more effort into
coming off as effortless than anyone you know, and
this is your success secret. “Spectacular achievement
is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.”
– Robert H. Schuller
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A chore by any other name
could be an artistic experience, a grind, a story for the
ages, a workout, the superior accomplishment that
gives you bragging rights. It’s all in how you frame it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The one who admits
being jealous is also admitting feelings of inferiority.
This takes a degree of vulnerability, and you have a
tender heart for a person struggling in this way now
because you’ve been there before.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Even though your
intuition is a powerful tool, feelings, a bias toward
familiarity and the impulsivity of desire will also be
driving forces, and hard to separate from psychic
perception.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You have plenty of
faith, and it is easier to have it since you also are
willing to research, plan and execute every step you
can think of to make something happen.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). An improved
headspace has nothing to do with thinking harder
about a thing; rather, it’s a matter of relaxing your
thinking, breathing more oxygen into it and letting it
open up to new possibilities.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). With new people, you’ll
be dancing between how much to reveal and what to
hold back. Your awareness of others helps you feel
your way through the getting-to-know-you process.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 17). Once you seize the
opportunity, your professional landscape spreads
out in magazine-level loveliness. People make
the difference, and you’ll be adding to your circle,
especially after March. Fateful introductions come
through friends, though you have to initiate by asking,
“Who do you know that I should know?” Gemini and
Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 40, 15,
30 and 12.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS