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PUZZLES
East Oregonian
Carried Away by Lynn Lempel
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Dallas NBA team,
informally
5 Grand shindig
9 Pueblo brick
14 Brother of Cain
15 Dissenting votes
16 ___ Forces Day
17 Bowler’s
assignment
18 Transport some
bike parts?
20 Cosmetics mogul
Lauder
22 Radio personality
Glass
23 Weekend spoof
show, briefly
24 Transport some
roosters?
28 Summary
29 Flatware
company
33 Passed handily
35 They may
absorb stuff in
classrooms
38 “... but that could
be wrong”
39 Excessively
40 Transport some
white wine,
informally?
42 Dove’s soft
sound
43 Lexus competitor
45 Orbital period
46 Introductory jazz
passage
47 “I’m all ears!”
49 Bobby in a Janis
Joplin hit
51 Transport some
anglers?
56 “If I were ___ ...”
58 Eager supporter
59 In-demand blood
group
60 Transport some
dogs?
64 Resolute
65 Modify
66 Pennsylvania
lake port
67 Diva’s solo
68 Sheen
69 Shove under a
seat, say
70 An oboist may
make one
DOWN
1 Bulls and bucks
2 Embarrass
3 Proceed bravely
4 Fell as freezing
rain
5 Health food chain
6 Org. for those on
the road
7 Line on a karaoke
screen
8 Houston slugger
9 “That feels so-
o-o good”
10 Place to store
clothes, or a
person wearing
them
11 Prophetic sign
12 Stock exchange
signal
13 Puzzle tweakers,
briefly
19 Baylor
University’s city
21 List-writing
shortcut, for
short
25 Tibetan monk
26 Adhesive resin
27 Rounded door
handle
30 Atahualpa’s realm
31 Ruination
32 Situated over
33 Just slightly
34 Pixar hit set in
Mexico
36 Pizza, for one
37 Fraudulent offers
40 Looking down on
one’s peers?
41 Word after
“fallen” or
“triumphal”
44 Says no
46 A long, long way
off
48 Uber alternative
50 Catch on to
52 Deities that
control mortals’
destinies
53 Like helium
54 Weird
55 Bedouin
or Mongol,
historically
56 Bellow
57 German name
that’s also an
Italian number
60 Indulgent spree
61 Hosp. triage sites
62 ___ Grande
63 Do some quilting
All Wrapped Up by Brynn Diehl
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Showy display
5 Bundle of joy
9 Thunderclaps’
noises
14 Realm
15 “Makes sense to
me”
16 Nickname that
rhymes with
“steady”
17 Typical student
driver
18 Lean slightly
19 Word heard at an
auction
20 Eagles hit whose
title is sung after
“Welcome to the”
23 Brazil’s second-
most populous
city, for short
24 Genetic molecule
25 “Colorful” PBS
Kids series
33 Word with “can”
or “Man”
34 Home to
Bourbon St.
35 “Pitfall!” console
maker
36 Topknot or bun
38 Pancake house
order
40 Scissors sound
41 Human
43 Canadian tribe
44 Break fluid?
45 1973 martial arts
film
49 Snickers
purchase
50 Spanish cheer
51 Nursery rhyme
character who
“climbed up the
waterspout”
60 Corn Belt
cylinders
61 Sunburn soother
62 Millennium
Falcon flyer Han
63 Essential ___
acids
64 Commonly
sacrificed chess
piece
65 Body floating in
water?
66 Country on the
Red Sea
67 Competent
68 Shrinking sea
DOWN
1 Maze answer
2 Double Stuf treat
3 ___ cute (rom-
com trope)
4 Chain of bakery-
cafes
5 Collection of
digital currency
6 Himalayas’
setting
7 Steeple feature
8 ___ in My
Spaghetti (game
with a rhyming
name)
9 Ornamental
bloomer
10 Substances in
perfume
11 Father of Thor
12 Variety of M&Ms
13 Genesis name?
21 Tupperware top
22 Rx overseer
25 Sweeten on the
vine
26 Call the whole
thing off
27 Part of the
iPhone 12’s
display
28 Withering look
29 Pounded, like the
heart
30 Steve Martin’s
instrument
31 Nocturnal hunter
32 Modern grocery
store freebie
33 Old TV
component
37 Individually
39 Lantern liquid
42 Clutches a
railing, say
46 Barilla ___-Color
Rotini
47 Peak behind a
chalet
48 Japanese
entertainer
51 “By Jove!”
52 It “wounds all
heels”
53 Thin
54 Spanish
appetizer
55 Piece of marble
56 Wail from a cat
57 Glum
58 Fitzgerald who
won many
Grammys
59 Sushi selection,
and a hint to the
last words of
20-, 25-, 45- and
51-Across
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 2021 Sun & Saturn Organize Environmental Summit
The most powerful influence is that which goes
almost unfelt. It’s embedded in the backdrop. It’s as
constant as the sunrise and as integrated into a daily
rhythm as the sunset. As you seek to make a change,
think about building its reinforcement into your
environment. What quiet dailiness might habituate
you into bringing this change about?
ARIES (March 21-April 19). It’s the moment you’re
offered what you’ve wanted all along, that you realize
your wants have changed. No need to accept anything
out of obligation. This is an event marker representing
the distance you’ve come.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You can roam without
moving a muscle and often do; your mind racing,
turning and floating to where it needs to be to make
sense of what’s happening now. Ground that mental
journeying with physical exercise and you’re golden.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re unsure of the
difference you want to make, only that you want to
make one. Negative emotions can really steer you
right. Turnoffs show you what you don’t prefer. They
tell you what to do by making it very clear what not
to do.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll show up and
share your thoughts, represent an underserved group
or speak on behalf of someone. Your voice will be
welcome and have the desired impact.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What if you counted your
successes differently? Put a smile on someone’s face
– that counts. Tell the truth about what you’re feeling
– count that too. Please yourself, and then count that
double.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Where others see a
lost cause, you see grand potential. Your belief will
make all of the difference. Others rise to meet you
in the most interesting places. Later, this will make a
fascinating success story.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Do the adventure no
matter what. Who else is doing it? How much money
will it cost? How long will it take? These are details to
work out, not roadblocks to stop you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s wisdom in the
long view. You can achieve it by running your mind
backward or forward. Think of your ancestors and the
different kinds of lives they lived in their time, or think
about people after you and the legacy you’ll leave.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You honor people
by learning about more them, but that’s not your
purpose. You’d like to know what to anticipate. So you
learn what someone is like then set your expectation
close to the person’s true nature.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll assert a sense
of control over something you once felt powerless
over. It’s a complex issue that requires solutions
along many dimensions, but don’t doubt that your
contribution plays a role.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Less-than-hospitable
circumstances? No problem. Apply more personal
fortitude. Remember when you did a lot with a little?
You’ll do it again. Don’t underestimate yourself.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re not clear on what
you want because emotions tug you from side to side.
Treat these feelings like a laundry pile. Take a breath,
turn over the hamper and start sorting.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 31). This solar year
shows you new places to shine. You’ll become an
expert. Go ahead and bite off more than you can chew
because your ambition is what will grow your skills
and deepen your knowledge. Doors swing open to
you. You’ll love what you can give to people and what
they bring you in exchange. Virgo and Libra adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 4, 47, 3, 32 and 18.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2021 Card Zero
Among the 78 cards that make up the tarot exists a
card without a number. The Fool card is either counted
first or last, and, indeed, the ambiguity doesn’t stop
there. In some tarot card games, it is considered a
wild card to be played at various values, or to excuse
the player from following suit. You can use this day of
fools in a similar way.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The day runs a little
like a heist. Much depends on who knows what at
which point in the timeline. You may need to create a
distraction to make a plan go smoothly.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Do what makes you
comfortable. If you have a funny feeling about it,
then assume there’s a good reason, even if you
can’t articulate what that is. The same goes for
unexplainably excellent feelings. Follow through.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Action that serves
an individual doesn’t necessarily serve the group.
Sometimes it’s obvious, but right now it’s best to take
it to the committee. Ask for both a short and long-term
perspective.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s only natural to want
to earn the good graces of those in charge. Resist the
urge to compliment or make special offers. What’s
most effective is just to focus on doing the task to the
best of your ability.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Feeling another person’s pain
will be unnecessary since you can do much better
than that – relieve it. You’ll be very happy to lift a
burden, offer an effective remedy or fix a situation.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The group leader is the
one whose mood prevails. That’s you. You’ll come
onto the scene with a higher vibe than many others
and slowly but surely the atmosphere lifts to meet
you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’d like to move forward
in a relationship but your current idea of forward may
be different from what would actually be glorious and
ideal. Stay open to different visions of the future.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s true that you often
get more out of helping people than you do from being
helped. Even so, you could use the lift, and you’ll get
offers that would be a shame to pass up.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). This is the pattern:
You don’t feel you’ve done enough. You’re unsettled.
You chew on the matter and cause yourself an absurd
degree of discomfort. Meanwhile, they’re blown away
with what you gave. Stop ruminating!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Awkwardness
doesn’t have to bring about feelings of distance and
alienation. In fact, it can be the best source of bonding
there is, so long as you’re willing to lean into it and
call out the awkward state of things.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You don’t always feel
at liberty to bend a situation to your preferences, but
in today’s case, you would be remiss not to. More than
that, you will be helped when you apply your excellent
taste to making this improvement.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re on a creative
and productive high and will make the most of it
by bouncing between three different endeavors,
spending two or three hours on each before moving
to the next.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 1). Your eyes are full of
stars when you look at those you admire. What you
don’t realize is how much of their star-power comes
from your adoration. A very satisfying reciprocity
marks this year and you’ll figure out what kind of
greatness to bring to the table, finding the intersection
of what you enjoy and what people will pay you well
for. Taurus and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 1, 33, 38, 4 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
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