PUZZLES
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Straight in Front by Catherine Cetta
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Dull-colored
5 Lumberjack’s
tool: Var.
8 Gather together
13 Italian city whose
name anagrams
to “anise”
14 “Star Wars” villain
Kylo ___
15 Word before
“airplane” or
“home”
16 *Butt heads
18 Make up (for)
19 Grown-ups
20 Openly
transgender
22 Woodwind that
uses treble clef
23 ___ mortal
24 *Architecture or
construction
27 Palindromic horn
sound
29 Did a 10K, say
30 Bundle of grain
33 Noisy kiss
36 Part of a play
39 *Something that
catches you off
guard
42 Source of cash
43 Trigonometry
ratios
44 Extremely angry
45 Neurologist’s
scan, briefly
46 Spanish for “this”
48 *Evade conviction
53 Adele or Cher,
vocally
57 Opposite of exo-
58 Dress code
requirement, at
times
59 Hosted a show
61 Contribute to the
mix
63 Directly in your
path, or a hint to
what can precede
each starred
answer’s first
word
65 Wafer cookie
brand
66 Summer hrs. on
Cape Cod
67 School year
segments
68 Costly
69 Pastrami bread
70 ___ Pie (popular
ice cream bar)
DOWN
1 The “D” of LED
2 Happen
repeatedly
3 Piece of low art,
informally?
4 Thai money
5 Cry from a pirate
6 Noble gas in arc
lamps
7 Come after
8 Physician’s org.
9 The Supremes’
record label
10 Chicken ___
(Filipino dish)
11 Mister, in Mexico
City
12 Smooth and
glossy
13 Shut loudly
17 Munch Museum’s
Scandinavian
capital
21 Flashlight, to a
Brit
25 “Challenge
accepted!”
26 Pretend to know
what you’re doing
28 Compensate for
30 Org. for mom-
and-pop stores
31 Like the weather
in Florida, often
32 Stately tree
34
35
36
37
38
40
41
45
47
48
49
50
51
52
54
55
56
60
62
64
Mrs., in Marseille
Flummoxed
Pie ___ mode
Director’s cry
Casual top
“Correct!”
Raised for
discussion
French for “star”
Raced
Coffee grinder
inputs
Send a breakup
text, say
Confuse
Duck with downy
feathers
Like a swamp
with many plants
Apprehensive
Squads
10 to 1, e.g.
Down Under pal
Nod off briefly
Had a snack
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
36 Rapid eyelid
movement
38 Food regimen
41 Out of view
43 Suggests, with
“at”
44 Speeding by
an Encore or
Enclave?
48 Queen of the hill,
say?
49 Summer zodiac
sign
50 One of three in a
water molecule
51 Get bored with
53 Undergarment
that often has an
underwire
54 Tab for an acid
trip
57 Big-screen movie
format
58 “That makes
sense to me,”
and a hint to
17-, 28- and
44-Across
62 Statistician Silver
63 Fork prong
64 Initial TV episode
65 Full-bodied beers
66 Champagne
glass part
67 Itty-bitty
DOWN
1 “Dear” advice-
giver
2 Real estate deal
3 Flabbergast
4 Yellowfin tuna
5 “Without a
doubt!”
6 Foolhardy
7 Notebook’s
spine, perhaps
8 Architect Maya
9 “Is anything
wrong?”
10 The “E” in
HOMES
11 Navel-shaped
pasta
12 Dress
13 Unlikely to lie
18 Owns, biblically
23 Kind of diagram
with overlaps
24 They may be
caramelized
25 Letters in a major
cellular carrier’s
URL
26 “Don’t ___ on my
parade!”
28 Barbecue spice
mix
29 Game with Skip
cards
30 Draw pictures for
31 Sparkle
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021 Cosmic Captain Obvious
Don’t Start With Me by Jessie Bullock & Ross Trudeau
ACROSS
1 Evaluate, as ore
6 Mayim Bialik’s
Golden State sch.
10 Make an
impression?
14 Scrub in the tub
15 Pinot ___
16 Caramelly
Hershey’s candy
17 Drink with
turquoise food
coloring mixed
in?
19 Word after
“scrap” or
“steam”
20 Strong desire
21 Feel crummy
22 ___ Nicole Brown
of “Community”
24 They can be
soaked in milk
overnight
26 Salmon eggs
27 Stereotypical
Canadian
interjections
28 Get a scratch on
one’s armored
glove?
33 Like a dark room
34 Soccer star Messi
35 Cowboy’s
neckwear
East Oregonian
32 Monotony
36 Perks like health
care
37 Brick produced
with 0.002 mm
accuracy
39 And so on, for
short
40 Scolding sound
42 Grain storage
spot
43 “McMillions”
channel
44 Green film on the
Statue of Liberty
45 Koala or bear
46 Apollo Theater’s
New York
neighborhood
47 And others, for
short
52 Partners before
“the one”
53 Skeleton part
54 Kid-lit crocodile
55 Before long
56 Voting is a civic
one
59 ___ for a king
60 Choose
61 Michelle of LPGA
fame
Sometimes the theme of the day emerges as we
make our way through the hours. Events occur that
can be characterized by loose association and upon
reflection will fall or be jostled into a more or less
fitting category. The current astral line up has us
waking up inside just the theme we need, which will
be declared as obviously as skywriting.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will let go of a little
piece of pride in the hopes of coming to a harmonious
place in a relationship. Other parties may not be so
willing, at least not initially, but your example will lead
the way.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Love is many things.
Today, it’s being able to correctly assess and cater to
an emotional state. Turn your nurturing powers in on
yourself or turn them to another person. Either way,
the love begets more love.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s a situation you
pursued in the past. The doors were closed back then.
Now brings the beginning of the turn. This one doesn’t
need to be seized so much as slowly, curiously
encountered.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You admire emotional
restraint, but don’t be fooled. People who seem in
control of their “feels” are possibly not feeling them
quite as deeply as you are. Your passion intensifies
the highs and lows.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be bright in two
moments: the practice moment that happens in the
safety of an empty room and the moment of inhale
that pauses the action just long enough for you to
insert yourself between opportunity and a grand
potential.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There was a time you
didn’t know the standard, only your own experience
which didn’t teach you enough. Now you know how
people can effectively help one another, so you see
what’s not going on as clearly as what is.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your sense of focus is
on point and you’ve never been so serious about
advancing your interests and the interests of those
you answer to. Narrow down your task list so the big
important things get the best of you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If there’s one thing
you don’t need today, it’s advice. For starters, your
intuition is on fire. And furthermore, you’re going to do
this thing in a way that’s so unique, no one else has
thought of it yet.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There is no such
thing as failure. If you’re putting things out into
the world, trying things, working through fear and
limitation, risking your pride, then you’re winning no
matter what the outcome.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Impart the plan and
cast your supporters in fitting roles. Then, watch it
unfold. You’re a guide through this process. Don’t get
so involved in the labor that you forget to put your
head up to get the overview.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are people you
appreciate because you can count on them to make
good sense and help you onto the right path. Then
there are people you appreciate because they don’t
have to make sense to be loveable to you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Because you want to
know what others want, you ask, fully expecting to
get back lies. It takes a special kind of listening to get
past social niceties and know which questions to ask
to get to the real truth.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 26). Spiritual development
elevates your experience. Whether pleasures are
many or few, goals are met or not, relationships
grind or sail blissfully, your joy, grace, gratitude and
compassion flow strong through it all. Professional
shifts align brilliantly with your talents. Bonus money
allows for fun improvements. Virgo and Leo adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 30, 33, 1 and 14.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2021 Virgo Full Moon
The industriousness that comes with Virgo energy
signals high productivity levels as the moon mixes it
up in this realm. The fullness of the lunar vibes has
emotions of all sorts spilling over, and it’s up to us to
get on board with the feelings that help our cause.
Feed as much energy back into those supportive
feelings as possible.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Competent people are
attracted to you and will offer help doing just the thing
you need. This is partly due to magical happenstance
and partly because you notice and encourage the skill
and talent of those around you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You could be the most
confident person in the world and it wouldn’t make a
bit of difference in how much a certain someone likes
you. It’s how you make that person feel that moves
the needle.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ve known all along
that there’s much that can only be accomplished
through being around and learning from people who
are different from yourself. These days, the diversity
of your group is a success key.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Even driven people don’t
get after it at top speed through the whole journey.
Comfort, sleep, inactivity, silliness and even counter-
productivity are all states that have a place in the
cycle of growth and attainment.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The world looks fresh; the
world looks broken. It’s the same world, just a different
mindset guiding the eyes. Optimism sometimes feels
like a stretch, but cats like you know the value in
taking that stretch more or less constantly.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). What people are
expressing to you is pretty easy to catch onto. Being
advanced in your knowledge of human emotion, you
take this further. You feel into the absence of feeling
and learn all you need to know there.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As for the art of loving and
the art of being alone, both curriculums exist in the
same Fine Arts Building at the University of Life. They
are sister programs in the interdisciplinary track.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). When they ask you why
you made X choice instead of Y choice, you may not
have a great line of reasoning to impart. Suffice it to
say, much comes to you by way of human instinct.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It will be a thrill
to touch a milepost on the way to a goal. These
moments need to be celebrated big-time. It’s an
important moment in the brain chemistry that plays
into a successful cycle.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You turn to community
to learn, feel love, give of your talents and make a
difference to others. Even so, you’ll relish being alone
after being happily depleted by your community.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You don’t have to
explain everything you do, not even to yourself. In fact,
today, explaining would only slow you down, diminish
the mystery and put a damper on the magic.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be concerned
with matters of respect, giving it to those who deserve
it and acting in such a way that you deserve it from
yourself. Whether you get it from others is a moot
point. Abide by your own value system.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 27). You’ll realize how
you were holding on for dear life to something that’s
not even buoyant. A new perspective will have you
dropping the thing that makes you work so hard to
stay afloat (both emotionally and fiscally) in favor of
a truly light and protective entity that will make your
journey a pleasure. Aquarius and Capricorn adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 9, 40, 1, 11 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS