PUZZLES
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Trios by Chase Dittrich
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 “Mamma Mia”
band
5 Skin opening
9 Two kings,
perhaps
13 Become a
member
14 Asian Risk
territory that
borders Europe
15 Senate staffers
17 Youngest Bronte
sister
18 New England
NFL team,
informally
19 Male bee
20 Words before
“tape,” “paper”
& “ribbon,”
respectively
23 Gopher’s opening
24 Author Rand
25 Tycoons
28 Add up
30 “Ali ___ and the
Forty Thieves”
34 Wed on the sly,
and on the fly
35 Exhilarating
shopping outing
37 Canon model
38 Words before
“show,” “piece”
& “play,”
respectively
41 Little devil
42 Part of LGBTQ+,
informally
43 Bit of prevention,
in a proverb
44 Prone to prying
46 Situp muscles
47 Successfully
reach
48 Muffin morsel,
maybe
50 Cookie that some
twist
51 Words before
“reading,”
“language”
& “music,”
respectively
59 Like s’mores
60 Effortlessness
61 Darts, for a
blowgun
62 Ponders, with
“over”
63 Let off, like light
64 Some Amazon
vehicles
65 Talk back to
66 Discreet
attention-getter
67 Greek god with a
bow
DOWN
1 Nearly closed
2 You might have
one to pick
3 Tricky spot
4 Oldest “Star
Wars” movie’s
retroactive
subtitle
5 They grow in the
dark
6 Make a speech
7 Give one star,
perhaps
8 “Frozen” queen
9 Rice source
10 Site for renters
and hosts
11 Worshipped
celebrity
12 Contact solution
brand
16 “Get it now?”
21 Adjective
in Lincoln’s
nickname
22 Titled
25 Word heard at the
start of a test
26 Car rental choice
27 Lopsided wins
28 Extends over
29 Large containers
with spigots
31 Big health insurer
32 One spelling for
an Italian lawn
game
33 Very pale
35 Pierce with a
toothpick
36 Acted over-the-
top?
39 Love poetry
Muse
40 Video game
function that
preserves your
progress
45 Alpine songs
47 Will of “Arrested
Development”
49 Chasm
50 Desert mirage,
maybe
51 ___ Grand Las
Vegas
52 Notes promising
banknotes
53 City SE of Baton
Rouge
54 Profound
55 Vegetables in
West African
cuisine
56 Epps of “House”
57 “Er, don’t think
so”
58 Defeat
On Even Ground by Fred Piscop
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Con artist’s ploy
5 Ungentlemanly
sorts
9 “That’s enough,”
in Spanish
14 Brit’s “Bye-bye!”
15 Wilson of
“Starsky &
Hutch”
16 Smiley face in a
text, e.g.
17 Do the bidding of
18 Bear with a soft
bed
19 Burton of “Roots”
20 Part of a flying
flatland?
23 Tennis match unit
24 Grand ___ Opry
25 Textile colorants
26 Like a wallflower
27 Songwriters’ org.
29 Garb for Caesar
32 What you hear on
TV?
35 Direction many
birds fly for the
winter
37 “I do,” at a
wedding
38 Flatland that’s
behind you?
41 Butter serving
42 Bring joy to
43 Late for school
44 Covered, as a
horse’s hooves
46 Take a stab at
47 Like fresh paint
48 Disney clown fish
50 Aqualung filler
51 Rainbow shape
54 Artist O’Keeffe,
when on a
flatland?
58 Interrupt at a
dance
59 Lively spirit
60 “Fine” or “liberal”
follower
61 Got up
62 Dull way to learn
63 They slip into
slip-ons
64 Special Forces
cap
65 Animal that’s a
plant backward
66 “___ of the
d’Urbervilles”
DOWN
1 Transit map
points
2 CNN
introduction?
3 Bugged
incessantly
4 “Pretty please?”
5 Conform to
another’s wishes
6 In the loop
7 Auditioner’s CD
8 Flip one’s wig
9 “Promiscuous”
singer Furtado
10 Eggy brunch
entree
11 Steps aside
12 Open just a bit
13 Knight’s title
21 Zero chance
22 Archie Bunker’s
wife
26 Drink from a flask
27 Pirate’s haul
28 TV-silencing
button
30 Egg on
31 Out of whack
32 Venomous
snakes of Egypt
33 Zion National
Park’s state
34 Device used for
demolition
35 Have top billing
36 Prefix meaning
“different”
39 Former 76er
Brand
40 Double-crosser
45 Cook up
47 Shape of the
Oscar Mayer
car’s upper part
49 “The Fifer”
painter Edouard
50 Banded
gemstone or
marble
51 See eye to eye
52 Baptism and bris,
for two
53 Assigns a role to
54 “Fine by me”
55 Stereotypical
Comic-Con
attendee
56 Skin cream
ingredient
57 Simple boat
58 City transport
East Oregonian
B3
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 Mercury Directional Change
This is the first full day of Mercury direct in Aquarius,
where the current cosmic consortium includes Venus,
Jupiter and Saturn. The planets are all traveling direct
and this is one of the most straight-forward times
when subtext often matches text and intuition speaks
in surprisingly logical and clear signals.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You know you’re doing
the right thing for you if it happens to feed your soul
even when it’s not feeding your wallet. As you give to
others, you will be evermore fulfilled.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are no stranger
to being a stranger. As you visit the unfamiliar, you
expect a certain inelegance to color your interactions.
In fact, you welcome it as the evidence that you have
something to learn, and that you’re doing it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your business card
is but a narrow definition of who you are and what
you do. Titles are like keys that get you into certain
doors. Once inside, you’ll expand to take up as much
energetic space as feels appropriate to you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Arguably, your influence
and creations are entities that outlive you. Today, you’ll
make sure of it. This you’ll do mostly unconsciously
as you carry the intention of serving, helping and
committing the right action.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The winds have changed
direction. It is not necessary to learn all about this
change. You’ll learn plenty by sticking your sail into
the air and moving it around until something catches.
Then, suddenly, you’re off.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Standard agreements
make sense to everyone and fit almost no one,
perhaps because there is no such thing as a “standard
person.” For the best chance at coming to a successful
agreement, ask for and expect modifications.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Money starts out as well-
printed but essentially meaningless paper that we,
as a society and on the individual level, give rich
meaning indeed through what we do with it. You’ll use
your dollars in an inspired way today.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Those foggy feelings
count for something. A phenomenon doesn’t have
to be defined to be relevant to your mood or to how
you contribute. Dare to push into formlessness and
discover it as you go.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You could keep
envisioning the dream that requires you to climb a
staircase, ladder or mountain to get somewhere. Or
you could set your sights on an equally lovely scene
located at an elevation within coasting distance.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You are pinning
your happiness on something you could lose, but
don’t worry. You’re in cosmic accordance. Happiness,
beauty, infatuation, thrills of all kinds... the very nature
of these states is, in a word, fleeting.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It is said that you are
only free if nothing holds you back. Also, things will
tug at you – tethers of emotion, habit, perceived
responsibility. It only counts as a limitation if it actually
restrains you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). As you tend to and
spring for the details that are sure to impress, just
be honest about how much of this is necessary. None
of it, really. You could just show up as you are, an
approach that is relatable and comfortable.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 21). Here come elated
moments, disciplines change and shared interests
forwarded. In a humorous cosmic twist, the money
arrives after you’ve stopped waiting. Meanwhile,
prizes untold come in surprising packages you
wouldn’t have guessed could hold such gifts of
feeling. Professional development happens in March.
Scorpio and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are:
6, 35, 22, 1 and 39.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021 Cancer Moon Heightens Sensitivity
Having a future-vision is magical, though the most
magical time of all is always right now. After all,
developments only happen in certain moments
and those certain moments are “this one.” The
sensitivities of the Cancer moon ask, “What sensory
stimulus can you tune into that will help you inhabit
the sharp point of the present?”
ARIES (March 21-April 19). To merely fulfill the basic
requirements of a role is not fun or interesting enough
as far as you’re concerned. You act with the intention
of feeling something.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A presence has you
fortifying your boundaries. The force that threatens
your territory may be aggressive, assertive or very
soft and kind. The latter is the most dangerous of the
three.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are drawn to
elegance and repelled by extravagance. Beauty and
usefulness are intertwined in your aesthetic rules --
rules you are not entirely aware of even as you closely
stick within their guidelines.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Do you want the work
that supports your life or the life that supports your
work? Much will depend on how in love you are with
your work – or your life, for that matter. This will be a
point of ponderance today.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). While it may not be ideal,
it is certainly possible to launch a rocket without
a launching pad. If the ground is flat enough and
substantial enough to bear the scorch marks of your
extreme heat, it will work.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Once upon a time, you
knew what you wanted and you went all-in, with
mostly successful effect. Now, what you most want
is another person’s success. It’s a tricky thing to go
all-in on. Offer support without interference.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Faith is not solely the
domain of the religious, though rituals do help to
fortify and vitalize faith. Create your own rituals to
weave your belief into your psyche and daily life.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If it’s appealing to you,
then it will appeal to others, too. And right now, you’ve
a gift for initiating, so start something interesting and
include as many people as possible.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). If you don’t feel
completely understood, maybe that’s because you’re
not. Parts of you will remain unfathomable. Can you
see this as a blessing? Your mystery is one of your
many gifts to the world.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People want to
connect with you, but you have to show them how.
How can you present yourself so they learn quickly
who you are? It’s a work in progress. You make
tweaks with every new person you meet.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There’s something
you’re working on – a feeling you want to process
or an artistic impulse begging to be expressed. It’s
something worth making time and spiritual space for.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Welcome inspiration
but not control. The more charismatic someone is, the
more susceptible you are to their influence over your
direction. Don’t let that happen. Cling to your vision.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 22). You’re striving for a
certain accomplishment and will not rest until it’s
done. Your determination is unmatched and people
will turn to you to make things happen for them too,
which you should definitely charge for. As for the more
mundane responsibilities, you approach with art and
whimsy attracting premium playmates. Leo and Libra
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 5, 28, 14 and
36.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS