PUZZLES
Thursday, April 8, 2021
Watch for Trickery by Jerry Edelstein
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Battle plan
element
7 Word with
“reading” or “oil”
11 Crew member’s
need
14 Benjamin’s love
in “The Graduate”
15 Mine, in Marseille
16 ___ sighting
17 “In this manner”
18 Overthink, maybe
20 Md. athlete
21 Deejayed?
22 Egyptian fertility
goddess
24 Motionless
25 Concert worker
who kicks out
overzealous
fans?
31 More weird
32 One may have a
hole for a straw
33 Touch of rouge
36 Changed, as the
Constitution
38 Stop meeting
indefinitely
41 Kung ___ chicken
42 Nyets, in New
York
44 Stranded by a
winter storm
45 Overcharge?
47 Common reaction
to dust
51 Lessen, like a
burden
52 Result of a
cereal factory
malfunction?
55 4,132-mile-long
river
59 Be free
60 Stubbornly
demand
62 Peace activist
Yoko
63 Hydrox
competitor
64 With 67-Across,
stay alert (for) ...
and a phonetic
theme hint
65 ___ center
(community
space)
66 Sheep enclosures
67 See 64-Across
DOWN
1 ___ Aviv
2 Landed
3 Wedding dessert
4 Wedding dessert
layer
5 Motivated
6 Boss’s boss’s
boss, perhaps:
Abbr.
7 Umbrella that
isn’t designed to
keep you dry
8 Church
affirmation
9 Fill, as a truck
10 Off the ground
11 Sixteenth of a
pound
12 Later than
13 What chickens
come home to
do, in a saying
19 End of many a
hotel name
21 Grand Canyon
viewing location
23 Sister of Venus
25 The moon’s ___
of Tranquility
26 Office fill-in
27 It may be
metropolitan
28 Boy, in Bogota
29 By way of
30 Little whirlpools
33 Thinker’s
counterpart?
34 BMW rival
35 ___-a-brac
37 Pentagon org.
39 Department store
chain
40 Philadelphia-to-
Albany dir.
43 Sound systems
45 Recovering
from surgery,
informally
46 Meat at an
omelet bar
47 Detest
48 Construction site
sight
49 Chaos
50 Number within
“loneliest”
53 Lose steam
54 Sign for the
superstitious
56 Common
response from a
therapist
57 Fat removal
procedure, briefly
58 Jacob’s brother
60 Prez who served
in WWII
61 Blasting letters
Left Side by Brian Gubin
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Epic tale
5 Comedian/
actress Tyler
10 “For sure,”
informally
13 Sesame or
blueberry food
14 Was overly fond
15 One may be
pierced
16 *Youngest Stooge
18 Tire measure:
Abbr.
19 Top-notch
20 Org. for
physicians
21 Assistance
22 Show with Digital
Shorts, briefly
24 Common shade
tree
26 “Binging With
Babish” YouTuber
Andrew
27 *Business run
from home
33 Naked
34 Title for Galahad
35 Word hidden in
the Wendy’s logo
36 ___ team (dance
group)
37 Gunk on a log
39 Have to have
42 Carefully evaluate
44 Sine ___ non
46 Crushing on
47 *Close-to-the-
ground baseball
play
52 “The Star-
Spangled
Banner”
contraction
53 Hyundai
subsidiary
54 Spanish for
“aunt”
55 Fraction of an hr.
56 Protein synthesis
molecule
58 Toast in Tel Aviv
63 ___ trip (vain
journey)
64 *Restaurant chain
that uses a lot of
syrup
66 “I’ve got it!”
67 Really, really love
68 Break things off
69 Highest degree in
math?
70 Copy, like a test?
71 Hits the slopes
DOWN
1 “Better Call ___”
2 Indian city that
anagrams to
“raga”
3 Comes together
4 Milano who’s
a leader in
the #MeToo
movement
5 Big fuss
6 State known for
caucuses
7 Pollen source
8 Royal messenger
9 Tack on
10 One gets a head
in school
11 More doable
12 When you’re
likely solving
this puzzle, and
a phonetic hint
to the starred
answers’ starts
13 Secretly loop in
17 Dangles
23 Garlands of
flowers
25 Silent
27 “I Love Lucy”
channel, once
28 Grain that can
lower cholesterol
29 “Born a Crime”
memoirist
30 Home on the
Plains
31 Baghdad resident
32 Justice
Sotomayor
38 Kick from a
football team?
40 List-ending abbr.
41 Catchphrase for
Homer
43 Chiding syllable
45 Spry
47 “Nasty!”
48 Asset for most
NBA players
49 Angry speech
50 Sought, as office
51 Secret hoards
57 Hairstyle for The
Weeknd
59 Show displeasure
from your car
60 Its logo is four
interlocking rings
61 Goddess who
resurrected Osiris
62 Got together
64 Hair removal
choice
65 Supervillain
Luthor
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 2021 The Moon is a Casting Director
Babies and puppies aren’t trying to be cute, but
everything they do is colored by who they are.
Communication is always colored by the personality
delivering it. In some cases, the messenger makes
all of the difference. This Pisces moon, many find
themselves in casting director mode, searching for the
right person to voice an idea.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll hit it off with
new people. Don’t be afraid to be the first to call
and establish a relationship beyond the original
circumstance that brought you together.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Treat your mind by
feeding it the stories and equations, art and movement
that gets the mental wheels whirring. Your receptive
synapses will spark with brilliant ideas.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll likely bear witness
to graciousness and good manners, but if you don’t
see such behavior, it’s a signal to start the cycle. One
good-hearted action will ripple out to the whole world.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). How you get things
done will be more important than what you get done.
Approaching mundane tasks with great and fanciful
gusto is so you – shine on!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Everyone wants to feel better
and there won’t be a lot of consensus as to how it’s
best accomplished. Today will bring new things to try
and you’ll have fun experimenting to find out what’s
best for you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The moment is with you
everywhere. It’s a portable power source. By trying to
run on your own power, you run your battery down
needlessly. But when you plug into the moment, you
are supercharged.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Everything you do bears
your signature, so there is no such thing as an
anonymous act. Even when you go undetected by
others, the witness inside you keeps very thorough
notes.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Because of your
excellent relationship with yourself, you’re able to
have satisfying friendships with others. Whatever you
do that brings you enjoyment is for them, too, even if
they aren’t there with you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ve a gift for
seeing the potential in things and getting excited
about their development. It’s not that you want them
to be otherwise though. Every stage has beauty in it.
Don’t push or rush to results.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You don’t have to go
anywhere exotic to find beauty and, in fact, you don’t
have to go anywhere at all. Because you’ve learned to
see that beauty is everywhere.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Giving advice is a kind
of pleasure. So, to ask for advice is to give a gift. Older
family members will be especially deserving of this
kindness from you today.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You become quite aware
of the energy flow – who adds to it, who sucks from
it, and how things tend to unfold depending on who
gets involved. Think of this as good data. Collect it and
refrain from judgment.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 9). As for the long-term
goal you’re devoted to, you’ll reach seven important
milestones within the year. You will thrive in a
community that assembles around you as you share
what you love. There’s a method you’ll follow to money
in the summer. Perfect the system and make it your
own. Sagittarius and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 5, 40, 1, 33 and 19.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 2021 Preparing for Launch
Navigating is a lot easier when you know where you
are. Without that information, the map may as well be
just a random pretty picture. Getting places is simple:
Know where you are, determine where you want to
be, and then solve for the difference. Tomorrow’s new
moon in Aries lends beginner’s luck to anyone who’s
“going places.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll help someone and
it helps you twice as much. Giving your love brings a
similar outcome. If your aim is selfless service, then
you’re out of luck. Every generous act will enrich and
benefit you!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There are no perfect
pairings, but there are more or less compatible
people. You’re in luck. Life will show you who fits into
which category. You’re in the mood for a smooth ride
and that’s what you’ll get.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Some things are worth
doing even though they might be difficult, and some
things are worth doing because they’re sure to be
difficult. No one ever got strong lifting feathers.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). An ambitious mood
strikes. Ambition requires you to take risks, and risks
come with fear, and fear feeds into thrills, which can
be addictive. This is only the start of the excitement.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When your gift doesn’t make
the impression you wanted it to, this is nothing to
take personally. People receive when they are ready
to receive. Let time do its part. Anyway, you’re richer
for giving.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your smile creates
community wherever it goes. Your smile says, “this is
a good place to be” and it also says, “I’m glad to be
here with you.” Your smile makes others share that
gladness.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A tangent will turn into
a main focus, mainly because you keep getting
attention, money and props for it. This is actually
starting to feel like a calling, if not an obsession.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Good questions get
direct answers. Write and rewrite your question until
it rings with truth and then ask your heart for answers
and write down what it says. Move your hand across
the page unthinkingly; the words will come.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You say “thank
you” in many ways that do not involve those actual
words. Your enjoyment, the time you spend lingering
with a person or an idea and your willingness to help
are all expressions of gratitude heard loud and clear.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll dance with a
deal – not because the deal asked you to dance but
because you were already on the dance floor together.
Keep dancing and see what else comes. There’s soon
to be a crowd.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Don’t let the ideal in
your head block the reality in front of your nose. There
is something very useful close at hand. You can do
amazing thing with this scene exactly the way it is.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Do you have the feeling
there’s someone out there waiting for someone like
you to show up? Well, that’s certainly the case, and
the more outreach you do, the faster the match can
get made.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 10). You don’t feel
courageous, but you are. At first you get things done
regardless of whether you believe you can or not.
Then you start a streak. The more wins you rack
up, the more confidence you gain. You’ll go public
with your idea and glow in the spotlight. Summer
brings magical connections and a financial lift, too.
Sagittarius and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 14, 3, 33, 8 and 40.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS