PUZZLES
Thursday, March 18, 2021
Has ty Conclusions by Winston Emmons
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Show agreement
4 Easy to bend
10 Legendary
Yankees
shortstop,
informally
14 Dominican lover’s
word
15 Hang around
16 Manage
somehow
17 Devotion to
circular take-out
food?
19 Group of families
20 Feeling relaxed
21 100%
22 “___ up to you”
23 Distinguished
British women
26 Have mercy on
29 “Of course, Ms.
Boop”?
33 Less feral
34 Skirt lines
35 Starter for “horn”
or “string”
36 ___-Wan Kenobi
37 Ruckuses
38 Hammer’s
cleaning partner
39 Bone that’s
longer than a
radius
41 (Stay away from
my pride!)
42 Sound pollution
44 Cat that may
bring you a
wrench?
46 Fiery crime
47 About to fall out,
like a tooth
48 Actress LaRue or
Longoria
49 Ancient art
venues
52 Allotment
56 Name whose last
three letters are a
limb
57 Really large place
to land?
61 Additional
62 “Don’t ___ it”
(caution about
strenuous
activity)
63 UFO crew
64 Part of a certain
necklace
65 Chevy SUVs
66 Friend of Larry
and Curly
DOWN
1 California wine
region
2 Exclude
3 Nod off
4 It may contain
lime and water
5 Moves with long
strides
6 Three, on a
sundial
7 Enjoyed
empanadas, say
8 Work without a
___
9 Make an effort
10 Points a finger at
11 Piece of sushi
12 Outback
gemstone
13 Reject as false
18 Democratic
Republic of the
Congo, once
21 What starts with
2/1: Abbr.
23 Assignment
information
24 Site of stored
weapons
25 State of
untidiness
26 Heavily built
27 Cellist Casals
28 ___ acid (protein
component)
29 Emergent plants
30 Bangkok
residents
31 Abdomen’s body
section
32 Oman neighbor
37 Group such as
Emerson, Lake &
Palmer
40 Not yet proven
42 Some Arizona
natives
43 Speak
pompously,
perhaps
45 Boxing stats
48 Wear away
49 Its teeth may
touch a brush
50 With 51-Down,
soothing plant
51 See 50-Down
53 Something
purchased
54 Palindromic
German name
55 The Big Board
in the Big Apple:
Abbr.
57 Quickly note
(down)
58 State sch.
southwest of D.C.
59 “Unimpressive”
60 “Dude!”
Not So Musical by Alex Rosen
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Fizzy drink
4 Like a
stereotypical
teen’s room
9 French pancake
14 Tribute in verse
15 Eschew a big
wedding
16 Bed cover
17 Do a floor chore
18 *Shakespearean
sleepwalker (see
letters 4 to 7 in
this answer)
20 Make ready, for
short
22 Like a bank
account, vis-a-vis
the stock market
23 Empire that
treasured alpacas
24 Disoriented
26 Cozy place to
stay
27 Elite English
boarding school
28 Doubter
31 “How r u?” and
others
33 *Satisfied person
(5 to 8)
36 ___ XING
39 Top-flight crew
40 Sixth col. on a
cal., perhaps
41 Christmas plant
43 Kitten’s cry
44 *”See? That
proves it!” (6 to 9)
47 Cost of
admission
48 Morose-looking
49 Bassoon relative
52 “Honest” prez
55 Spend time with
People, say
56 Unable to decide
57 Apple’s apple and
Red Lobster’s red
lobster
59 Word before
“blue” or “bean”
62 *”30 Rock” co-
star (3 to 6)
65 Thumb in a fairy
tale
66 Participate in, as
a drawing
67 Singer Haggard
68 “... and the list
goes on”: Abbr.
69 49-Across inserts
70 In its ___ (as a
replacement)
71 Location of many
schools?
DOWN
1 Splendor
2 Skunk’s defense
3 Love-starved
cartoon skunk
4 Blanc who voiced
3-Down
5 Stretchy
6 Fizzy drink
7 Genre for Bond
movies
8 Neighbor of
Saudi Arabia
9 Public health
agcy.
10 Red gems
11 Happening
12 Chain that sells
dog food
13 Hawke of
Hollywood
19 Golfer Palmer, to
fans
21 Momma’s
partner, maybe
25 Thwart
28 Phony
29 Duchess
Middleton
30 Place to drink a
flat white
32 Dr. Jekyll’s alter
ego
34 ___ Robinson
(“The Graduate”
role)
35 Chasms
36 Meetings
arranged by
parents
37 “Do it or ___!”
38 Like blue hair
42 Singer Billy or
Frank
45 Dominion
46 Wine in an Italian
chicken dish
47 Engaged in
swordplay
49 Playful river
mammal
50 Carried, as by
wind
51 Take the podium
53 Explosion sounds
54 Everglades bird
58 Fairy-tale villain
60 Yea or nay
61 Popular sing-
along song that’s
butchered in the
starred answers?
63 Mos. and mos.
64 Marge’s neighbor
East Oregonian
A13
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2021 Fun Games on the Last Day of the Pisces Sun
On the last day of psychic Pisces sun, try and read the
mind of someone you know well, and then check the
answers. Try to read the mind of someone you don’t
know at all. Imagine where your next text will come
from. Guess what the next 12 months hold. Write it
down and seal it in an envelope you won’t open until
the spring equinox 2022.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). A person with a good
attitude sees a mixed-bag opportunity and thinks
of making the most of it. But you don’t have a good
attitude. Your attitude is stellar. You absolutely know
you’ll crush the coal into a diamond.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Looking past people’s
limitations, searching for their beauty, seeing it,
pointing it out... these are some of the ways you make
others happy. So much of that happiness will splash
back onto you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The work of love isn’t
a doing/acting/fixing job today. The work of love is
a listening gig, an “entering in the spirit of another”
practice, a task that encompasses receiving and
relaxing.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). What you’re hearing will
mentally trigger a story about the time it happened to
you, but you won’t tell that story. Instead, you’ll give
your support generously without flipping focus your
way.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You like to know what others
are doing, but even more interesting to you is why
they are doing it. You’re not content with the first
reasons that surface. Your fascination kicks in with
the deeper ones.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You would like it if people
would understand what’s important to you, but when
they don’t, you simply show them again, no fuss.
People often need multiple examples to internalize
knowledge.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As the second air sign
of the zodiac, you have intimate knowledge of the
kind of wonders that can arrive on the wind. Psychic
breezes will kick up today, not so hard as to blow you
off course but just strong enough to gently rock you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Setting things straight
works wonderfully in a linear situation, like a library
shelf. As for the biological and emotional world, circles
and wiggliness are the norm. There’s no sillier futility
than trying to set wiggly things straight!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The silence
between two people is as unique as the sound of their
shared language. As you listen to a quiet punctuated
by words, you’ll hear clearly the heart’s intention.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What do you want?
You’ve been choosing for the good of others, but if
you’re not happy too, no one will be happy. Make
yourself smile first, and then watch the other faces
alight.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Integrity is power.
Loyalty, honor, stoicism, duty – all the qualities that
could fit into the themes of heroic drama will also
apply to your role and the current scene of which you
are definitely the hero.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Even great beauty isn’t
recognized by all. Some see it. Many miss. You have
the sort of thoughtful, intelligent eye that can and will
see many different kinds of beauty, even when it’s
enshrouded in ordinariness.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 19). A guiding
realization: Other people’s definition of success is
great for them but would be a hollow win for you. You
have your own version and will embody it. You commit
to what’s important, and life shifts to support those
priorities. You’ll have excellent luck attracting the
right resources and relationships. Gemini and Scorpio
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 30, 22, 27 & 16.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 2021 Opening Notes of the Spring Equinox
The sun glides boldly into Aries with the swagger
of a rock star wailing the opening note that begins
the astrological concert. This is the transit of birth,
new starts and the fresh fortune that goes with it.
Beginner’s luck springs from this paradox: When
you have nothing, you have nothing to lose. ‘Tis the
season of enterprise, risk and hope.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Even as you long for
things to be different, recognize the preciousness of
this time. Long stretches of sameness are a necessary
backdrop to change. The movement and the stillness
are equally lovely.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re focused on what
you get to do instead of what you have to do. Of
course, they are the same action items, but that one-
word change makes all the difference.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). In relationships, what
succeeds or fails isn’t in the actual real-world
exchanges but in the participant’s heads. You’ll
increase the impact of your actions by focusing
beyond them and into the mind of your counterpart.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You can climb the
success ladder higher and higher until you touch
every rung, but it’s only going to bring you fulfillment
if that ladder is leaning against the right building. The
burning question: WHAT’S worth the climb?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The smile-thief named “unmet
expectations” is a prodigious and stealthy collector.
Many robbed never even knew they had expectations
in the first place. Being truly expectation-free offers
impenetrable security.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Why would a person try,
on purpose, for a goal more likely to bring failure than
success? The short answer is because that person is
extraordinary. Building muscles around rejection is a
move that pays off.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You keep picking up more
skills. Today, it’s soft skills such as reading the room,
guessing what another person is feeling and needing,
and then finding that cool way to offer up just the
thing that would make the difference.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Memories bubble up.
You’ll learn by examining things in the past that didn’t
go so well. Why now? Because this is the moment
of optimum readiness. Everything needed for the
processing is right here.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). As for psychic
pain, it’s a symptom like any other. If the wound were
healed, then you wouldn’t be hurting. This day comes
with an emotional x-ray to show you exactly what the
problem is.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Just know that
if you reach, you’re going to be off-balance; the
precariousness is just part of it. Seasoned reachers
stay rooted in the ground, even as they open their
arms, ready to receive.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Do you know your
purpose with a person? Once you’ve nailed that, you
can choose ahead of time what to focus on. When you
do get the chance to connect, your connections will
flow in the direction of your purpose.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You will use positive
words to describe yourself and your life because you
really feel that way. Really feeling that way isn’t a
function of being a positive person; it’s a function of
having the discipline to focus on the positive.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 20). Despite the times,
your social swirl still manages to heat, fortify and
fascinate you. Then, what a thrill when your work
receives an acknowledgment from those you admire.
But the best part is when you realize that you’ve
evolved to a place where the quest is actually the prize.
Creativity and purpose rule the show. Cancer and Leo
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 12, 40, 4 & 13.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS