PUZZLES
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Out of Order by Joe Deeney
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 “The Three
Musketeers”
author
6 Estimate the
price of
11 Taste of wine
14 Foolish
15 Presses in the
laundry room
16 Fancy
notebooks?
17 Change the
direction of one’s
somersault?
19 Install, as carpet
20 Related to motion
21 Golf gimme
23 NBC comedy
show
24 NYC home of
Carrie Mae
Weems prints
27 Like a fruitcake
29 Recolored
32 What two
sculpture gallery
curators may do?
34 Clippers star
Williams
36 Smoked salmon
37 Zoomed along
38 Doubt some yoga
instruction?
42 Corporate ladder
step
43 Do something
44 Opposite of max.
45 Determine the
correct coverlet
size?
48 Frittata
ingredients
51 “John Wick”
actor Reeves
52 Saint Laurent of
fashion
54 Permit
56 Bantu-speaking
group in Rwanda
58 Squad dressed
in red, white and
blue
61 Heart test, briefly
62 Worry about time
off?
65 Cheerleader’s
syllable
66 Mountain inn
67 Community of
flora and fauna
68 Field with
landscapes
69 “Come in”
70 Ed of “Elf”
DOWN
1 Data storage
devices
2 Take it easy after
a hard day
3 For the most part
4 Texas Hold’em
stake
5 Splinter group
6 Company that
merged with CBS
7 Husky “Hello”?
8 “u r so funny!”
9 One may be
named for a
physicist
10 Seville’s nation, in
Seville
11 Separations
12 “You’re blocking
my view!”
13 One-named
K-pop star
18 “The guy I’m
pointing at”
22 British bar tune
25 ___ cocktail
(explosive device)
26 Mascara brand
28 Since Jan. 1
30 Ingenious and
simple, as a proof
31 Cinco - tres
33 Major event on a
syllabus
35 Wyoming
neighbor
38 Train area where
talking is rude
39 Not covered at
school
40 Flo Rida hit
whose title is
sung before “just
a little”
41 Easy dessert?
42 ‘60s A.G. who
was a president’s
brother
46 Small fight
47 Like Seattle, vis-
a-vis Phoenix
49 Affix with paste
50 Seedy bagel
option
53 Neptune’s
domain
55 Selfish sort
57 Victorious shout
59 Palindromic ‘70s
supergroup
60 Diagnostic hosp.
scans
61 Timeline segment
63 August hrs. in
Augusta
64 Sit in a cellar,
perhaps
Somewhat Inclined by Gary Cee
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Boot
measurement
6 “A likely story!”
10 Word with “citric”
or “nitric”
14 “Farewell, cher
ami!”
15 Drained of color
16 J. ___ (“Middle
Child” rapper)
17 Out of bed
18 Memorable
Senate testifier of
1991
20 Butterfly on
your hand, e.g.,
briefly?
21 Stick in
22 Be aware of
23 Center of
interest?
27 Have a bite
28 Juliet’s call
29 ___ Vegas
30 Easter egg
coloring
31 Decrease
32 Warts and all
34 Publishing VIPs
35 Outside of rush
hour
38 It’s more than
90 million miles
away
41 Neighbor of
Pakistan
42 Witherspoon
of “Little Fires
Everywhere”
44 Tree fluid
47 Number before
dos
48 “Absence makes
the heart grow
___”
49 Experienced
hand
50 2012 economic
concern
53 Cattle catcher
55 Med. network
56 Texter’s “As I see
it ...”
57 Pricey ... or one
way to describe
the ends of 18-,
23-, 35- and
50-Across?
60 Forestall, as a
crisis
62 Locality
63 Squashed circle
64 Because of this
65 Padlock fastener
66 Stick together
67 Threw in a chip
DOWN
1 Basic card game
2 Annual sled dog
race
3 Denies
responsibility for
4 When some start
swinging
5 Fifth-century
invader
6 Apple tablets
7 Quaint lodging
8 Giants great
Manning
9 Vietnamese
holiday
10 Feel pangs
11 Thought up, as a
phrase
12 “You ain’t lyin’!”
13 Erase
electronically
19 Poses a question
21 A long time ___
23 Fish often cooked
with lemon juice
24 Emperor during a
Roman fire
25 Intergalactic
traveler
26 Perseverance
rover org.
32 “I like my baby
heir with baby
hair and ___”
(Beyonce)
33 Place for a
seaweed wrap
36 Macron’s “Done!”
37 McDonald’s
franchisor Ray
38 Wine residue
39 Push hard on a
stubborn door,
maybe
40 Foam dart brand
43 Add spice to
44 Notable first
impression
45 “Lawrence of
___”
46 Presents as fact
47 Intergalactic
vehicles
48 Progressive
spokesperson
51 Inexpensive
52 Plentiful
54 “___ on it!”
(“Hurry!”)
58 One in a high
chair
59 Longoria of
“Desperate
Housewives”
60 “So that’s the
answer!”
61 Online talk
acronym
East Oregonian
B3
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 2021 Expectant Moon
Expectations are often met, which is why we have
them in the first place. The Capricorn moon would like
to point out that they are also often not met. Watch out
for negative expectations based in fear of hurt or loss.
Hidden in the subconscious dark, those expectations
are dangerously powerful. Illuminated, they might be
downright silly.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s a way of saying
no without disappointing anyone. Figure out what
you’re willing to do and then emphasize that point as
you get out of what you’re not willing to do.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are beloved. Now
the question is if you felt that. Can you feel it now?
What would it take for you to be able to tap into that
flow of being loved at any moment, or better yet, in
all of them?
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). To struggle against
unwanted thoughts and emotions can sometimes
exacerbate them. Other approaches to try include:
leaning into them getting to the bottom of them or
simply allowing for them.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Instead of offering
suggestions, be a model. Ideas, advice and semantics
can always be debated, but a living, thriving example
is a hard thing to argue with.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your success will depend on
your choice of partner. Seek a troubleshooter with a
different skillset from your own. Positive results come
from anticipating the negative.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You want to show your
excitement but a read of the room also makes
apparent the need for restraint. You’ll be rewarded for
discretion, taste and adherence to protocol.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). To struggle with and
overcome adversity is the cornerstone of self-respect.
That victory is a prize you wouldn’t dream of stealing,
nor would you want it stolen from you. There’s a fine
line between assistance and robbery.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Who you are in any given
moment is ever only part of who you are. Celebrate or
forgive yourself as necessary, though without giving
too much weight to any single expression of you. We
are all works in progress.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Money can be a
motivator, though it’s not enough on its own to make
you pull out all the stops. If you can see the good your
efforts are doing for another person, then you’ll give
yourself fully over to the work.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It’s said that the tree
climbers will get the fruit they deserve, though so will
the giraffes who were born to reach it. Maybe don’t
worry about who deserves what and instead just work
for the result you desire.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Life is not a competition
to be won at the expense of others, though many
seem to think so. Avoid them. You can wish them
well as you move past, seeking interactions more
nuanced, inclusive and evolved.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Perhaps you’ve veered
from the aims you made at the start of the month,
but your goals are still doable. A course correction
now will fix it. Have an honest and practical talk with
yourself.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 7). Love will nudge
its way into your heart and start growing like crazy,
expanding you to accept and give abundant joy. Your
charm comes so naturally that you’ll have to make a
concerted effort to wield it with mercy and strategy.
You’ll focus on gaining position within a group, and
this will bring you the power and money you need to
advance your project. Libra and Capricorn adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 19, 4, 33, 40 and 8.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, MARCH 8, 2021 Grit Moon
Creating a remarkable life takes grit because it requires
doing quite a lot of what you don’t feel like doing at all.
Most of life’s awesome experiences don’t come with
the package of being born. They have to be personally
built. “Feeling like it” is a luxury. As the Capricorn moon
likes to remind, in word and deed, motion is the bulk
of emotion.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Uncertainties and risks are
inevitable parts of life. You’re not one to tempt fate, nor
would you run and hide instead of seizing the chance at
an experience of the sort of wholesome pleasures that
make your heart so vibrantly alive.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Memory is subjective
and unreliable. Even people raised in the same house
can have vastly different memories of what happened
within those walls. Today will bring up the need to
account for variances of recollection.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Support can come in many
forms. Today, the kind that’s called for is hands-off. You
believe in someone and show it by stepping back to
allow them to handle things in their own way.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Many of the challenges
you deal with are the same ones we all deal with.
Then there’s the one that’s so unique to you that you
sometimes feel you’re the only one with it. That’s not
necessarily true, as you’ll discover today.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll find it hard to get in the
swing. Maybe because you feel torn between said
swing and the slide, teeter-totter or merry-go-round.
Well, you know that it has to be the swing. The sooner
you get into it, the higher you’ll go.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Everyone has their personal
mythology and many are reluctant to revise, even when
it is not particularly flattering, useful or empowering.
Flexible and forward-thinking, you see the benefit of
story adaptations.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In a typical day, dozens of
problems and hundreds of ideas vie for your attention.
This doesn’t always stress you because you’re choosey
with your focus. Be even choosier. Today’s peace relies
on it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your mind keeps returning
to a certain event, not because there is something to
untangle there, but because you’re now habituated to
the thought process. A deliberate pattern-interrupt is
the beginning of the fix.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The day brings a
storm of possibilities and potentials. You’ll know when
an idea is good enough to act on because a waiting list
will quickly assemble behind it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It doesn’t take a fancy
vocabulary or deft phrasing to communicate skillfully.
You’ve the tools to say what’s on your mind in a dozen
different ways, but you choose to act it out instead –
brilliant! You’ll earn trust.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You tune in to other
people’s preferences because you find the differences
in people fascinating. This natural proclivity also just
happens to be an excellent strategy for increasing your
influence.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Being accountable to
certain authorities, your life got easier and better when
you learned to see things the way they did. Today you’ll
gain insights as you alternate lenses between theirs
and your own.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 8). You’re freer and
more emotionally independent than ever. People feel
comfortable around you because they sense that you’re
not basing your plan or mood on anything they do. You’ll
get followers and fans, clients and customers. You’ll
know the right investment when you see it and get
handsome dividends in July. Virgo and Scorpio adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 14, 3, 39 and 16.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS