PUZZLES
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Through the Looking Glass by Stu Ockman
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Decides to
participate
7 “Quiet!”
10 Pepsi or Coke
14 Hunky-dory
15 “Super Smash
Bros. Brawl” and
others
17 *French
Polynesia’s most
populous island
18 *Leader who
worked to unite
the Iroquois
19 “Put a ___ on it!”
20 “No bid,” in
bridge
21 Negative vote
22 Without a date
24 Sherwood Forest
friar
26 *They work by
themselves
30 Works at an easel
34 Word after “open”
or “hot”
35 Stamped
envelopes and
such
37 Frock fold
38 At the peak of
40 Boar’s nose
42 Gimlet garnish
43 Azalea, e.g.
45 Kind of
saxophone
46 1.2, 2.4 or 3.6,
perhaps
47 Felt intuitively
49 *Luau fish
52 Daughter and
anagram of Rhea
54 Blissful place in
the Bible
55 Gain alternative
58 System for
detecting
things in either
direction?
60 Knock on, as a
window
62 *Musical based
on ABBA songs
64 Useful device
for reading each
starred answer
67 Fred and Wilma’s
time
68 What divides to
multiply?
69 It’s bigger than a
quiz
70 ___ ed
71 Recent arrival in
school
DOWN
1 Maker of We
the Female nail
lacquer
2 Teacher’s ___
3 Curly part of a
chow chow
4 Rift
5 “There was no
choice”
6 Big Apple paper:
Abbr.
7 Trade
8 Part of a drum kit
9 Slides into the
DMs of, say
10 Raven’s cry
11 Country ruled by
a sultan
12 “The Force
Awakens” general
13 Wan
16 Item removed at
the pump
20 Chameleon
cousin
23 Dispensers of
twenties, briefly
25 Dressed to ___
26 Gather up
27 10% contribution
28 Oak tree, initially
29 Fish sandwich
spread
31 Animal sound
that’s a
homophone of
21-Across
32 Florida city near
St. Petersburg
33 Cook, as broccoli
36 The “L” of MLK
39 It may come to
shove
41 Certain tadpole,
eventually
44 “Another
brewski!”
48 Soap operas and
others
50 Period for self-
care
51 All lined up
53 Old saying
55 Indiana-to-Ohio
direction
56 Ceremonial act
57 Famous ___
cookies
59 “Don’t Live Life
Without It” card,
informally
61 Head Start’s
school level, for
short
63 One may dig a
tunnel in a hill
64 “___ overboard!”
65 Kimono sash
66 “Far out!”
The Four One One by Evan Kalish
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Self-referential
5 Place for a clip-
on mic
10 Makeout sesh at
the movies, e.g.
13 Composer
Stravinsky
14 Voice of
Amazon?
15 “What have we
___?”
17 Sites of some
alphanumeric
keypads
20 “... and so on”:
Abbr.
21 Bakery fixtures
22 Available at the
bar, in a way
23 Jacobson of
“Broad City”
25 Overly proper
26 2007 neo-noir
crime film
31 Place for a
painting in
progress
32 “The Farewell”
director Wang
33 Emulated Michael
Phelps or Katie
Ledecky
37 “I solved it!”
38 Captivates
41 December 24 or
31
42 Fanny
44 Peas, perhaps, in
a food fight
45 Exfoliation targets
47 Suite couple
50 Sporty Chevy
53 They get paid to
play
54 Voice a view
55 “Inferno” author
58 ___ milk (vegan
drink)
61 “You can’t
change the past”
64 Prom ride
65 Ancient
worshipper of
Tezcatlipoca and
Tlaloc
66 Bone ending at
the elbow
67 Lower, like lights
68 Good ones never
go unpunished,
they say
69 Laudatory works
DOWN
1 Dust ___
2 Four-award
achievement,
slangily
3 Froot Loops
mascot
4 Word aptly found
in “polar curve”
5 Country on the
Baltic Sea
6 Balm ingredient
7 Ivy in Philly
8 Previous partners
9 Daytona 500 unit
10 Impostors
11 Body shop jobs
12 2-D geometry
calculations
16 Arthur Ashe
Courage Award,
e.g.
18 Walk with
difficulty
19 Rhino feature
24 Hive dweller
25 Rain cats and
dogs
26 Drive or reverse
27 Hawaiian home
of Disney’s Aulani
resort
28 Make a
scapegoat
29 “Mmm, dee-lish!”
30 Doom’s partner
34 “Can you
believe it’s our
20th reunion
already?!”
35 Declare
36 Organizer’s
challenge
39 Prefix smaller
than micro-
40 Sources of mold
growths
43 Mysterious
masked man of
Broadway
46 Activist/artist
Yoko
48 Raw mine
extracts
49 Public perception
50 ___ neck sweater
51 Tiny nuisance in a
garden
52 Little Havana’s
Florida city
55 Take a siesta
56 Chip in chips
57 Can’t live without
59 “Rachel Getting
Married” actress
Hathaway
60 Herbal brews
62 Stay-at-home ___
63 Performing pair
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 2021 Cosmic Warning Against Oblivion
The sun conjunct Uranus and a lunar opposition
to Mars warn against an overabundance of self-
involvement. When simple rules of common decency
seem like epic achievements, things are in a sorry
state. This simple advice bears mention: When people
are talking to you, pay attention. You might be the only
one who does.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s something of
value you don’t want to lose. This is what’s standing
between you and a change. The shift will only be
possible after you’ve reckoned with your feelings and
deemed the loss to be necessary.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you wanted to get
judgmental, all the data is right there in front of you. It
doesn’t look great on paper, so there’s plenty to judge.
But you want to be constructive instead – which is
hard, helpful and so on-brand for you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There are those who will
do anything you ask of them, but you have to tell them
exactly what to do. Do you really want to work that
hard? Seek people who come with their own initiative.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). To talk about what you
know and listen when you don’t seems so simple, but
many will violate the rule. They speak to fill the void or
get attention – tiresome. All you have to do is politely
excuse yourself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). When you think about it, the
amount of love and respect you give yourself pretty
much mirrors the amount you give others and vice
versa. So no matter how you go about it, increasing
the love increases the love.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Those who worry about
having a thing are not really rich in it. There are two
ways to be rich – to have so much of something that
you can’t possibly run out of it or to have so little of it
that you have nothing to lose.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It would be unreasonable
and cold-hearted to love only those who love
themselves. Love all types if you can. But when
it comes to your close relationships, the healthier
prospects promise wonderful harmony.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s said that complaining
is like a rocking chair; a comfort though it never
goes anywhere. Arguably, those who find comfort in
complaining provide far less of it to everyone within
earshot. Luckily, you know when to use your feet.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Explore, decide,
change your mind – all part of the process. Anyone
who gives you a hard time about this doesn’t fully
understand your creativity. Believe in your vision
enough for anyone who can’t see it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). But be mindful not
to tie your self-worth into anything as precarious as a
bank balance, bad hair day or other transitory state.
Moods will rise and fall like the temperature outside,
but your value remains inestimable.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Look into the depth
of the sky, imagine the breadth of the ocean, try and
count the stars. Take that expansive feeling with you
wherever you go and know that whatever it is you
think you lack, there really is enough to go around.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There’s an elegance in
you that you often let shine, though sometimes you
tuck it behind a shield because you don’t want too
many people coming for you at once. Today, you’re
very much in control of and aware of this.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 30). The endeavor
becomes possible because you believe it is possible.
You’ll build skills and adopt new modes of thought. It
is fortifying beyond measure to know you are growing
in mind and spirit. In June, you’ll dedicate yourself to
growing in financial ways, too, as your dream needs
real-world assets to back it up. Virgo and Capricorn
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 17, 3, 37 and 5.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2021 An Earthy Beltane
In the pagan tradition, the first day of May is
celebrated with a tall maypole decorated with leaves,
ribbons and flowers, a festival centerpiece to dance
and revel around. The festival of Beltane includes a
bonfire from which all light their home hearth. The
traditional Capricorn moon gives a nod to these
traditions of yesteryear.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You, like the other
animals, respond and adapt to your environment. The
people, things and routines that rule your days have a
stronger effect than willpower. Changing your lifestyle
is what changes your habits.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). One approach to the
problem at hand is to starve it out. Don’t give it the
fuel that your attention so readily provides. Ignore,
neglect and shun the thing until it goes away.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You can’t help the affinity
you feel for those who need your help. You’ll like
them more because of your investment in them. They
don’t need to pay you back. Connecting you to the
goodness of your soul is payment enough.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ve unhooked
yourself from dozens of expectations you had of
someone. Now you’re able to experience the person
as they are instead of as you hoped they would be.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). As for that unwanted
behavior, it will help to give up the fight. Once you
stop trying to stop it, you free yourself up to pursue
an understanding of these coping mechanisms. You
cannot influence that which you don’t understand.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There is satisfaction to be
mined from small gains if you’re willing to accept the
gift. Such acceptance will include a pause while you
check out all the features and offer a gratitude most
sincere and specific.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The places that used to
energize you have gone stale or no longer exist. In
these weird times, “new environments” can be taken
as a metaphor. Go out in search of that very alive
feeling.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Improvement is
practically effortless today because it comes with
a cosmic assist. You happen to want the thing that
also is in the highest and best interest of yourself and
many others.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People think they
know what’s real but there are so many tricks around.
Nature, light, fog, memory... and if that weren’t
enough, the tricks of the digital age are endless. You’ll
know what’s real today because you’ll feel it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You need to be your
own advocate, and you will fulfill the role once you
embrace it. Do you think you deserve an advocate?
That’s the first block to get over. Hint: You do.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It’s odd enough, but
people who are on top of the world and experiencing
high-flying success may not be half as happy as those
who are struggling. In your case, embrace these days
as though they were the good ole days.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Someone asking for
your service is, in a way, a compliment. It says that
they trust you, and makes you want to rise to meet
their expectation and then soar beyond it.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 1). This supportive quality
you have will be what you’re celebrated for. For brief
moments it will feel like you’re holding the whole
thing up by yourself, and this only shows you your
strength and position. Your team will kick in, following
the example you bring. The sweet victories of the year
will hit on multiple levels. Scorpio and Aquarius adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 32, 1, 28 and 40.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS