A10
PUZZLES
East Oregonian
Breaking Cover by Matthew Stock & Ella Dershowitz
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Gets in tents
6 Spheres
10 In the distance
14 One of up to four
in a tweet
15 ___ in the neck
16 Stellar
phenomenon
17 *Garment that
covers waves
18 *Intertwined
20 Name found in
“angel investor”
21 ‘Do for Questlove
23 Word after
“parallel” or
“public”
24 **Collect, as
rewards
26 **PC connection
27 **Nickname for
singer Swift
30 What passionate
people get “bitten
by”
32 Put on
33 Big Wave Golden
___ (Kona brew)
34 Indicate
36 Race circuit
37 2015 Cold War
film, or a hint
to the words
hidden across the
rows of starred
answers
42 “Insecure” co-
creator Issa
43 Driver’s license
with an added
stamp
44 Like the number
2021
45 Texting format:
Abbr.
47 Train type that
has hit 374 mph
50 ***Alps’ place
52 ***Sewer dweller
53 ***”As I was going
to St. ___ ...”
55 Norse god whom
Gandalf has
parallels to
56 Colorado natives
58 Body spray brand
59 ****Autonomous
wrestling
62 ****Escorted
down the aisle,
say
64 Kuwaiti ruler
65 Love, in Spanish
66 Pizzeria fixtures
67 Shark parts
68 Quaint “not”
69 Stiletto alternative 32 Reputation-
damaging
35 25-Down digit
DOWN
37 “Worldwide
1 Apple drink
Underground”
2 Lucky charm
singer Erykah
3 Singer Carey
38 Bottomless Steak
4 Org. whose
Fries chain
athletes try to be 39 Start with a clean
subpar
___
5 Sonic’s game
40 “Charlotte’s Web”
company
animal
6 Met people?
41 Indian rice cake
7 Continued and
42 Sushi eggs
continued
45 ___ take (comic’s
8 Tiny piece
reaction)
9 Suddenly hear
46 Verified smarty-
your alarm,
pants
maybe
48 Dodged
10 Furious
49 Irksome
11 Story like “The
51 Locker-room
Heart of a
smells
Monkey”
52 Word on the
12 “___ Maria”
street
13 “Neato!”
54 Taste or touch
19 Bread eaten with 57 Like a sloth
tikka masala
59 Super Bowl
22 Hurled
arbiter
25 Foot treatment,
60 “Cheerleader”
informally
singer
28 “There was no
61 Actress Thurman
other choice ...”
63 December 31, for
29 “Definitely!”
one
31 A parent may
teach a child how
to make it
Animation by Gary Larson
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Sound booster
4 Light purple
9 Movie that flops
13 “You stink!”
14 California wine
valley
15 Way out there
16 Editor of a 2008
film that features
a dog with
superpowers?
18 Season for
Christmas
cookies
19 Get up
20 Volcano in Sicily
21 China’s location
22 Online
conversation
about a 2010
film that features
a long-haired
princess?
25 ___ Tar Pits
27 Witness
28 Outback birds
29 Volvo rival, once
33 Ramadan rituals
37 ___ Lingus
38 Script version of
a 2009 film that
features a house
with balloons?
40 Period of history
41 Bouillon brand
43 Sweetie pie
44 High school
dance
45 Thing to check at
a supermarket
47 “Their exact
words were ...”
49 Funding source
for a 2013 film
that features a
snow queen?
55 Nevada
metropolis
56 Spanish for
“water”
57 Perform penance
60 Wise Norse god
61 Co-founder of
the studio that
distributed this
puzzle’s films
63 Cube, or certain
cubes
64 Attraction
65 Wrath
66 Ironic poems to
criticize
67 Visibly upset
68 ___ off (start to
doze)
DOWN
1 Palindromic
Swedish band
2 Secure, as a ship
3 Soviet executive
committee
4 Baseball great
Gehrig
5 Computer chip
maker
6 German name
hidden in “inkblot
test”
7 Formally modify
8 Diamond units
9 Where many
49ers fans live
10 Functional
11 Barack’s first
daughter
12 Pita, for a gyro
14 Word after
“dating” or
“deleted”
17 Former Russian
rulers
23 Sound shocked
24 Weight
25 Tap trouble
26 Prayer ending
30 Find some sums
31 “Women’s rights
___ human rights”
32 Sheep’s cry
34 What makes
everyone happy?
35 Gait slower than
a canter
36 Equivalent
38 Implore
39 Cold, in Colombia
42 Changes from
commercial
to residential,
maybe
44 Fourth-down
kicks
46 Constantly irritate
48 Bird in a bevy
49 Hobbit related to
Bilbo
50 Overhauled
51 Chilling, like
champagne
52 Looking shocked
53 Mea ___
54 Provide food for
58 Successor of
Claudius
59 Looked at
62 Calendar square
Saturday, January 2, 2021
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 2021 Earth Sign Grand Trine
Scientists are starting to understand how trees
communicate with each other through root and fungal
systems, spores and more. Under this grand trine
between the moon, sun and Uranus, we, like trees, are
grounded creatures, eager to share and grow. Make
a plan for the new year; it will be embedded in the
practical magic of earth signs.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Whatever you’re doing
together, a good rule of thumb is to make it easy for
the other person. That will, in turn, make it easier for
you. For now, don’t worry about the score. Let your
natural generosity prevail.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Though you’ve
experienced a certain interpersonal interaction too
many times to count, you’ve only just started to catch
on to the deeper implications. You’ll recognize a
dynamic for the first time.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Some consider
forgiveness a divine act they aspire to do easily and
generously. Others are glad to hold a grudge for as
long as their hands can clasp it. Events will bring into
focus your thoughts on the matter.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Revel in the details but
shun pettiness. Both deal in the granular, but the
difference is easy to detect. Small matters that spark
a sense of mastery, creativity and amazement are
worthy of you. Small ugly things are not.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you take action, you do
it with the intention of experiencing some of life’s best
stuff, including, but not limited to, radiant connections,
deep satisfaction or big adventure.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Strangers will get the
extra-charming version of you today. You don’t want
to cheat more familiar people out of your special
brand of attention; it’s just that it’s so easy to dazzle
the ones who haven’t experienced you before.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The things you enjoy have
an impulse, an electric buzz you can feel when you
get close. When you interact with these things, the
energy goes into you, fueling your next move.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As the director of your
life, you get to decide how many takes to do before
you move on to the next scene. You also get to decide
which takes go into the final cut you present to the
world.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your muse comes
knocking, and you open the door. It’s a risk letting a
muse inside. You get the inspiration, but you also have
to entertain her with your creations, which require
work – worthwhile work, by the way.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Knowing what a
person wants gives you options. You can provide it if
you have it, create or find it if you don’t, or you can
opt to withhold the wanted thing to drive up its value.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Though a trip to the
zoo can be a wondrous, enlightening experience, it
comes with the bittersweet reminder that there are
limits to freedom. You won’t need a zoo visit to be
reminded of this today.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Every conflict is
different. Some should be avoided, some are
obstacles in the way, and some are the way itself.
Don’t automatically back off. Assess the situation and
see if there’s anything in it for you.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 3). You’ll define and
redefine yourself. What you won’t do is let anyone else
in on the process, as becoming fully self-realized is an
inside job. You will allow others to advise, support and
promote you though, and you’ll have excellent care
in this regard. Summer endeavors ignite your sense
of adventure and alter your lifestyle. Aries and Virgo
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 30, 22, 16 & 18.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2021 Rules Cosmically Challenged
The Virgo moon is a follower of rules. The other
luminaries object, pointing out that rules are often
arbitrary, boundaries are often imagined and, generally
speaking, things change. Later, Mercury and Pluto add
fun, making doors appear where they weren’t before –
a delight, but hopefully not a surprise. This is the natural
outcome of hard work.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everywhere you go people
are asking for feedback – robots, too. Corporations,
social media posts, people around you, it’s like your
opinion is a precious commodity. Yes, and your attention
and time are even more so.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Everything adds to your
momentum, even the things that seem to thwart it.
Whatever comes up, you’ll handle it like a boss, take
the necessary recovery time, and then get into the
action of accelerating your intentions.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The risk worth taking
won’t involve the lottery or any other kind of game. The
gamble to double down on is an investment in you –
your education, your dreams or even your whims.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Look for the answer to the
trick. The flash pot is redirecting your attention, so what
is it they don’t want you to look at? What matters is the
intention behind the magic. Can you see that, too?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your goal is to create a
pleasant social flow and an environment of comfort
and familiarity. You deliver better work from that sort of
atmosphere and so will the others.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When what you do serves a
purpose, that’s a viable contribution. When what you do
changes someone, that’s an art. You’re happy with the
former, though you’ll strive for the latter until it’s done.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re adhering to a pattern
set long ago because it’s what has always been
expected. But this sequence isn’t as fulfilling as you
want it to be. You’ll dare to set different expectations,
and the others’ will change soon after.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ve a charming way
of letting the other person know that you’re engaged
in their sharing. For this reason, people will seek your
company. They want your reaction and will ask for it
time and again.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t let the jittery
rhythm of the day stop you from forward movement.
You’ll find yourself doing a highly original dance – a
dance you couldn’t have found without this unusual
beat.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll adjust your
thinking in regard to a hobby. It’s becoming more like
work. You approach it like a professional. Whether
you’re getting paid for it is beside the point. Your
attitude changes your game.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your attraction to
someone is based in an attraction to the “you” that
emerges when you’re around this person. Seize this
shiny opportunity to play a different role, one that’s
focused on your common interests.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You embrace the process
of creation in service to improvement. Creativity thrives
in the same sort of environment that nurtures children
– acceptance, support and a set of lovingly, consistently
enforced rules.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 4). From where you currently
sit on this whimsical path, you couldn’t possibly guess
the wonders ahead. Moneymaking opportunities come
in new forms. February and June sparkle with social
excitement and new relationships. Summer swirls
around a singular goal and the dream team to make it
happen. Virgo and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 33, 12, 4, 18 and 39.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS