PUZZLES
Saturday, April 10, 2021
In the Fold by Evan Kalish
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 (OMG!)
5 Straightforward
10 Flaky fish
13 “Feel” a barre
class
14 Get away from
15 Place to see
stalagmites
16 Invisible
protection in sci-fi
18 Natives of
southwestern
Colorado
19 Painting on
plaster
20 Plant breeder’s
repository
22 Extremity
23 Radius’ place
25 Squeak-
squelching stuff
26 Below zero,
perhaps
32 Alternative to a
ring or a hoop
34 Product samples
35 Prefix for “cache”
or “politics”
36 Lion’s warning
37 Strands of smoke
38 Flexed
39 ___ Young Band
(country group)
40 Waze suggestion
41 Pharma products
42
45
46
47
50
55
57
58
60
61
62
63
64
65
“Do what I do”
Bawl
Slowly nurse
“Fresh Off the
Boat” network
Afro-Brazilian
martial art
incorporating
dance and music
Gaynor with the
hit “I Will Survive”
Budget-conscious
company?
Be a good
example?
Number of square
feet in a square
yard
“Move over!”
“Gotcha”
Gridiron six-
pointers: Abbr.
Exciting quality
Review session
focus
DOWN
1 P.R. blunder
2 Part of a squirrel’s
store
3 Destroy, as
a sensitive
document
4 Chest muscles,
informally
5 “I’ve said it ___ ...”
6 Comedian Wong
7 Takes to court
8 Just sitting there
9 Yield by treaty
10 Made a list of
11 Tandoor, e.g.
12 ___ jockey (slang
for an office
worker)
15 Shaped like a
regular die
17 Digital birthday
greeting
21 Some are adopted
from shelters
24 Channel of
communication
26 Sphynx cat’s lack
27 Like food with a
kick
28 Pushes into action
29 Denials
30 Magnifying glass,
for one
31 Part of a URL
32 Without backup
33 Emotional
upheavals
36 Red flag tosser
37 “That’s
incredible!”
38 Where to plant
flowers
40 Judge’s garment
41 Syrup source
43 Not bound
together
44 Amendment
prohibiting cruel
and unusual
punishment
47 Came up
48 Simone who won
four Olympic gold
medals in 2016
49 West Point
student
50 “I ___ take you
anywhere!”
51 Enthusiastic
52 “Should that be
the case ...”
53 Puerto ___
54 Particle once
modeled as “plum
pudding”
56 Leave out
59 Dreidel, for one
A Little Different by Rich Proulx
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Fail to maintain
5 Like some greens
10 Grp. organizing
read-a-thons
13 Fallopian tube
traveler
14 Fighting on the
same side
16 Pointy feature of
a 6-Down
17 *”Don’t change
the main benefit
of Raisin Bran in
that ad”?
19 Org. concerned
with pedigree
20 Charge with a
crime
21 Evaluates
23 Snorkeling
destination
25 Yoga variety
26 Summoned via
P.A. system
29 Beach ___
(seashore regular)
32 Animal whose
name sounds like
a dessert
34 “___ fair in love
and war”
35 *Collide with the
latest messenger
at Hogwarts?
37 Hawaiian
welcome gift
38 Hospital roof
feature
39 Aunt, in Argentina
40 *Additional
shopping
centers?
42 Apartment
expense
43 Weasel’s aquatic
relative
44 Flower visitor
45 Come together
46 Harvests
48 Tater
50 Granger in “Harry
Potter” movies
53 Real
57 “Defending
Liberty, Pursuing
Justice” org.
58 Treat unfairly, or
a hint to each
starred answer’s
scrambled last
word
60 Encountered
61 Sticky part of a
frog
62 Some are filled
with mincemeat
63 Binding
attachment?
64 Horn sounds
65 People in your
dating history
28 Dazzling people
30 Scrabble piece
used in many Q
words
31 Trees prized in
DOWN
Vermont
1 Norse trickster
33 Send over the
god
moon
2 Where to bake
35 Sewn border
naan
36 Lil ___ X (“Panini”
3 Went after in
rapper)
court
38 One who pulls
4 Kingdoms
some strings?
5 Espresso drink
41 Paper quantity
6 Tiny, mischievous 42 Excessive
being
bureaucracy
7 Et ___ (and
45 A large amount
others)
47 Really sexy
8 Little lies
49 Duel
9 “Geez!”
measurements
10 Toy with tiny
50 Actors who often
projectiles
emote
11 Try to hit
51 Having candy
something
before dinner, say
12 Rainbow shapes 52 Cogito, ___ sum
15 Played fantasy
54 Early operating
football,
system
perhaps?
55 “A Death in the
18 Added frosting to
Family” author
22 Pack away
56 Minus
24 Facility in
59 Disapproving
Quantico, Va.
sound
26 Typically low-carb
diet
27 Host who heard
many questions
East Oregonian
B3
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 2021 Double-Fresh Moon
The new moon in Aries is wrapped in the shiny
cosmic foil of lunar sextiles, so besides the double-
freshness of the first phase of the moon in the first
sign of the zodiac, this moon also has the benefit of
being activated by some air sign love from Saturn and
Venus. Its message of joyous welcome is like a sky-
written birth announcement.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Once you find points of
connection between you and another person, you’re
off to a beautiful exchange. Before finding those
points, you won’t proceed far, so it’s worth looking
for them.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have a right to ask
questions. Anyone who makes you feel otherwise
either can’t answer those questions for a lack of
knowledge and understanding or is trying to control
you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Friends who are on a
superstar trajectory are fun to watch. When the gold
dust of big success is in your realm, it rubs off on you,
too. This feels like destiny because it is.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll make a proactive
and deliberate attempt to achieve an aim that is not
achieved by most people. It’s nice when this gets
noticed today, but honestly, you’re doing it for the
challenge, not the glory.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). People say and do things to
get a reaction but often don’t get the one they wanted.
You have a strong instinct for the sort of response
people are craving and will deliver it on cue, laying
the groundwork for mutual enjoyment.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Maybe it is not your
purpose to incite curiosity and show people less
obvious truths, but that is the natural result of your
devotion to a meaningful interest that, in some way,
pertains to us all.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Before you ready yourself
to battle the day, consider what’s necessary. A
moment of neutrality will bring all into harmony.
There is beauty in defenselessness; gentleness is the
winner that casts no loser.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Generic sentiments,
however true or well-intended, will fall flat. There’s
power in a specific focus and intent with your sharing.
Aim your efforts to someone who matters dearly to
you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Trusted friends help
you get outside of your own head. You’ll talk to people,
bounce notions off of them, get their reactions and
use that to figure out the weak and strong points of
what you’re sharing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The people you’ll
deal with aren’t entirely rational. You understand them
anyway because neither are you. Also, there’s a good
chance that the seemingly illogical equation figures
out perfectly on deeper levels.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Physical vicinity
invokes different rules. Some prefer text and email
because they are afraid of being influenced by a face-
to-face encounter that is sure to bring more of the real
stuff to the table, including empathy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Even though you’ve
never had a particular experience, your empathic
talents allow you to summon the appropriate (if not
downright healing) response to another person’s
emotional state.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 11). You’ll entertain and
amaze! They want rabbits, and you’ll pull an endless
supply from your hat. This drive to please will bring
great excitement to your life when you focus it on the
generous, compelling and deserving. You’ll build with
great determination and, in time, many will live inside
your dream. Sagittarius and Pisces adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 3, 5, 15, 49 and 31.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021 Gung-Ho Moon
The first day after the new moon in Aries highlights
the steps needed for goal-getting. Habits we desire
are built just like our established habits were: They
accumulated over time with incremental adjustments,
some conscious, many a product of the environment.
Hot Tip from Venus: Make it easier. Change the
environment.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have a strong sense
for other people’s feelings, and it’s taxing for you to
inhabit highly emotional environments. Even so, the
rollercoaster beats being bored every time!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll need to pick up
a skill to resolve today’s problem. You learn fast,
perhaps because the emotional stakes are high.
These new abilities contribute to your awesomeness.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s as though there’s
a plot inside the plot. You not only understand the
action; you understand what’s going on under the
action, and that’s the level to engage with.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The only opponent you
have today is inside you – a persistent and unhelpful
voice. Acknowledge it and set it free like you would
an unqualified job applicant. “Thank you for applying.
We’re going a different direction...”
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re in an imaginative
mood, and you will apply great creativity to your
love life. The one who is really in tune with you is
practically a mind reader, and it’s nice that you don’t
have to overstate things to communicate clearly.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The right amount of space
that’s the magic ingredient that makes the dance of
relationships work. Negotiating that space is best
done through movement and tuning in to subtle cues
(not words).
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The attributes you want
to infuse your life with exist in the people you adore,
admire and study. You have the same qualities,
though some have been muted. You’ll unmute and
amplify them today.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Limiting beliefs are like
tinted glasses that color your whole view. Looking for
the culprits “out there” won’t work. The light will pour
in once you reach up and pull the problem from your
own head.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The muscle of
willpower is like other muscles. It needs a warmup,
and there’s a period of peak performance before it
gets fatigued and burns out. It would be silly to blame
yourself for not having more of a finite quantity.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll make mischief,
though not out of a desire for rebellion; rather, you’d
like to lighten the mood with the sort of playfulness
that is the very effervescence of life.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Those who are not
self-aware are also not going to be aware of you, and
you are wise to set your expectations accordingly.
At the art of calibrating your expectations, you are
becoming an aficionado.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). An acute and nostalgic
pang will accompany your thoughts about the
gathering aspects of life, and you’ll spend time
making grand plans for better eras.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 12). Now more than ever,
you are the captain of your own ship, with an entire
crew working to make things go smoothly. As involved
as they may be with their own journeys, when you
need support, it’s all hands on deck. Don’t be afraid
to delegate, seek mentorship and absorb the kind of
care that will be heaped on you. Taurus and Scorpio
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 22, 38, 17 & 6.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS