PUZZLES
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Mixed Grains by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Wintertime wrap
6 Lose, as fur
10 Heed
14 Brief appearance
in a film
15 Home of Machu
Picchu
16 Plant, or a garden
pest
17 System overseer,
for short
18 Dog food brand
19 Prepare to
publish
20 Concern for an
advertising team
(see letters 3 to 6
in this answer)
23 Raphael Warnock
is one for Ga.
24 Country with the
world’s largest
mall: Abbr.
25 Functional
28 Part of a relay
race
29 “My bad!”
31 Was in charge
32 Not yet
scheduled, briefly
34 Forwards, as a
message (... 3 to
6)
37 Spot to look
down from
39 Gift upon arriving
in Hawaii
40 “Ouch!”
41 Took time
for self-care,
perhaps (... 6 to
9)
44 Info on a 1040
form
45 ___ Lanka
46 Christmas carol
47 Portable bed
49 Hindu doctrine
51 Negroni
ingredient
52 Tree substance
55 Unpredictable
nature, and a
theme hint
59 Religious
ceremony
61 Del Rey who
sang “Young and
Beautiful”
62 Italian fashion
house
63 Imitates
64 Flower that’s
often purple
65 White wading
bird
66 Need for a
newborn
67 Way to go?
68 Common bugs
DOWN
1 Signs of healing
2 Training group
3 Jordan’s capital
4 Word that
bookends
“restrain”
5 Dish served with
special forks
6 Vindictiveness
7 Give an audience
to
8 Longtime
columnist
Bombeck
9 Rough
encounters
10 Alpha : first :: ___
: last
11 Big punches
12 Giants legend
Manning
13 “Are we there
___?”
21 Droops
22 It can set
a college
application apart
26 Russian
Revolution figure
27 Sharp quality
28 Like a doily
29 Lakers legend
Shaquille
30 Norse god with
two ravens
32 Colorful aquarium
fish
33 Natural sleep
aid?
35 Otherwise
36 Needing a map
37 (Hey you!)
38 Cartier-Bresson
or Rousseau
42 Add acrobatics
to your dance
routine, say
43 Vaping device,
for short
48 How freelance
work is often
done
50 “___ things
happen”
51 Grind, as teeth
52 Warning from a
dog
53 Found the sum of
54 Some H.S.
exams
56 Skating
champion
Lipinski
57 Not out of the
game
58 Jason’s ship
59 Vied for a seat
60 Hoppy brew, in
brief
Gotta Split! by Roland Huget
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Desert haven
6 “Door number 1,
2 or 3?”
11 Conducted
14 Moan and groan
15 Main artery
16 A third of tri-
17 Throw to the
side, say? (see
the last 4 letters
in this answer ...)
19 Time in history (...
+ all 3 in this one)
20 Formal deal
21 Forearm bones
23 Ran into (all 3
letters in this
answer ...)
25 Mishmash (... +
the first 3 in this
one)
29 Plum’s center
30 Highest peak in
Alaska
31 Highlander
(rhymes with
“Braille”)
32 Hacienda brick
34 ___ box
(Japanese lunch)
36 Certain football
player (the last
3 letters in this
answer ...)
39 Clash with foam
ammo (... + the
first 3 in this one)
43 Orange, but not
apple
45 Submit taxes
online
46 2012 film that
won Best Picture
49 Drop in
52 Hack (off)
53 Overnight
sensation’s
trajectory (the
last 2 letters in
this answer ...)
55 Salt Lake City
student (... + all 3
in this one)
56 St. Teresa’s
Spanish
birthplace
57 Humorist
Lebowitz
59 Rapper ___ Nas
X
60 Ending a
relationship, or a
theme hint
67 Snaky fish
68 Fire remnant
69 Fix, as a hair bow
70 Blow away
71 Honey Smacks
frog
72 Very proficient
DOWN
1 Hogwarts
messenger
2 “I get it now!”
3 Take a load off
4 Not at all
proficient
5 Vaccine fluids
6 Sam of Sam’s
Club
7 Short flight
8 Spousal ___
9 Pennies: Abbr.
10 Invites to the
penthouse
11 Angola’s capital
12 Hold the
attention of
13 Semi fuel
18 Massage target
22 Sign out
23 Calf-length skirt
24 English prep
school
26 Apply gently
27 Secluded valley
28 “___ kleine
Nachtmusik”
29 Buddy
30 Floor model
33 “Keep your shirt
on!”
35 Card that beats a
deuce
37 Not to mention
38 Chris of “The
Good Wife”
40 Become limp
41 Lotion additive
42 Single exercise
44 Sushi eggs
46 Flowering shrub
47 Critic’s write-up
48 Front piece on a
car
50 Image-building
group
51 Brought into
being
54 Wrapped, as an
ankle
55 Like a groom-to-
be
58 Taj Mahal’s city
61 French friend
62 Late SCOTUS
great
63 Casual shirt
64 Absorbed, as a
loss
65 Toy’s sound?
66 Group of
exercises
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 A Know-It-All Alert from Mercury
These early stages of Mercury in Gemini come across
as an open invitation to know-it-alls. Keep in mind
that nobody cares how much another person knows.
A person could be the smartest person in the whole
wide world and everyone around would still be just
wondering about the things of relevance to their own
curiosity.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’d love not to think
of yourself at all – to be entirely unselfconsciously
immersed in a state of flow as you execute the various
activities of your day. Isn’t that what true confidence
is? You’ll attain it for brief moments.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Even though it’s easier
to think things through than it is to carry them out in
practice, you’re in a mood to skip the plan and get
right into action. It’s an instinct that won’t let you
down.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are thoughtful and
will focus on what fits a situation instead of on all
the things you could possibly bring to the table. This
shift of focus is what sets you apart as a mature and
effective leader.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It is good to feel the
yearning. Otherwise, how would you know what you
deeply want? But once you realize just what that is,
you’d do well to shift to a more active method of
making things happen.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In critical moments, your
private self and public self will be equal. You will make
the same choice alone that you would make if millions
of people were watching.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ve done things for
other people that you wouldn’t allow them to do for
you. There’s an adjustment to make in this regard
because relationships will thrive best on a two-way
street.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Worry is a product of time
travel. Jumping to the future prematurely causes
worry and dwelling on the past does, too. In the
operative moment – this one here – there is no room
for worry, only action.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re getting so used
to finding something to like in those less-than-ideal
situations that your thoughts automatically gravitate
to the positive things, the advantages and your points
of leverage.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The answers don’t
always have to come from you. Try a proven strategy
from a friend/mentor/book/program. You’ll find that
you have a knack for duplicating success formulas.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Different brains
come with different styles of thought. Some have an
audible running narrative in their head and others just
feel the impulse and move. You’ll enjoy working with
those whose style is diverse from yours.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The laws of leaning
suggest that laying your weight into things that you
have no control of puts you at risk for a fall. How can
you emotionally, physically or financially prop yourself
up better?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). When you do what you
enjoy, highlight the parts you love and revel in what
you find exciting, you won’t have to wonder if the
others are digging it, too. They will follow your lead.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 5). Your style radiates and
people give you lovely feedback that lets you know
they are experiencing you on multiple levels – from
their five senses to their intellect to more intangible
modes of appreciation. The wondrous impression you
make will help you open new relationships, resources
and avenues for adventure. Aries and Pisces adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 45, 2, 30, 12 and 26.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021 Venus and Pluto Power Vortex
How much of a relationship is transactional, and
how much is inspired by genuine feeling much
deeper than the deal of the moment? Such questions
become interesting as Venus in Taurus angles Pluto
in Capricorn in such a way to draw focus to the
intersection of love and power. Hearts will be warmed
when limits and loyalties are tested.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re already thinking
about what’s on the other side of today’s task, and
the thought of moving on will motivate you to do what
it takes to get a job done efficiently and completely.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll have a sense of
it today: “You are loved. There’s an invisible world all
around you. A kingdom of spirits commissioned to
guard you, do you not see it?” from “Jane Eyre,” by
your signmate Charlotte Bronte.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Beware: Meeting the
expectations of powerful and enthusiastic people is
its own kind of thrilling experience, so potent that it
becomes easy to confuse who you are with who they
want you to be.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The plot will highlight
your expertise. Your wins are partly due to good
planning and partly due to good instinct and you’ll
seamlessly swing between these modes.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Speak your mind. This may be
the very thing the other person is thinking but hasn’t
said. Or it may be that you’ve synthesized ideas that
the others haven’t quite put together yet. Either way,
the world needs your voice.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). At some point, you have to
stop learning and planning because action will teach
you the rest. You’re almost there. Give yourself the
deadline and start the countdown.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Avoid those bored people
who have nothing better to do than work up one
another’s emotions over petty things. You benefit from
sticking with the kindred souls with varied interests
and wide horizons.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Caring people bring out
a soft, sweet side of your heart. Uncaring people do
the same, as you consciously decide to oppose their
bad example. So, what calls out stoutness of heart?
Being needed.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Those who point
out the faults of others would imply that they have
fewer by comparison, which is rarely the case. The
need to impress is itself a fault to be examined.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Once upon a time, you
launched yourself into the unknown for adventure’s
sake. Now, you’re much more purposeful. You want
answers! New friends! Resources! Adventure is just a
byproduct of the quest.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You don’t take the focus
of others for granted. You expect to earn any attention
you get. You’ll deliberately structure interactions so as
to keep things interesting.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Those who bite off
more than they can chew are at risk of choking.
But there are safer ways to approach ambition, for
instance, cutting and saving the big portion to slice
into manageable segments.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 6). Your optimism is a
choice, a habit you lead with and part of an overall
strategy for your new solar year. You’ll attract like-
minded people and enjoy celebrating each other’s
victories in the months to come. Putting the effort into
relationships to keep them interesting and sweet will
be an effort that pays you back all year! Gemini and
Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 40,
23, 18 and 21.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS