PUZZLES
Thursday, May 13, 2021
My Bad! by Zachary David Levy
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Action movie
features
8 Long recliners
15 ___ Falls
16 What covers
a dome in
construction?
17 Pharma
salesperson
18 Wrap around
19 Brain division
20 Ticked off
21 Singer born
Eithne Padraigin
Ni Bhraonain
22 Speck
24 *Air current from
an engine
27 Narrow bay
30 Post cereal
inspired by a
cookie
31 Oozy stuff
32 Dolphin’s
detection process
33 What fills a tank
... or fuels a tank
36 Cold relief
medication
38 Speaker of the
House since
2019, and from
2007 to 2011
40 Be in debt
41 Pulsate
45 Crannies’
partners
46 Pink cat in
“Garfield”
47 Bunches of hairs
48 *Yogi’s
companion
52 A plastic bag is
not one
53 Kuwaiti leader
54 Olympic code
for Moscow’s
country
55 Worship from ___
58 Some seasoned
sausages
60 Prime cut
63 Jeffrey
Lebowski’s
nickname
64 Really suffering
65 Facial features
that could aptly
be blue?
66 Gap between
neurons
DOWN
1 Finish
2 Christmas
evergreen
3 *San Andreas, for
one
4 Frozen pancake
brand
5 Diet no-no, often
6 Their bark is
silent
7 Gunk from
6-Down
8 Diminish in value
9 Cake associated
with good health?
10 Rainbow, e.g.
11 Inactive people
12 Glistened
13 Simple course at
school
14 Vapor that cooks
vegetables
20 Catalan artist
Joan
22 Ball club?
23 Playing softly
25 ___ Alamos
26 Apartment’s
availability sign
28 CPR provider
29 Milan’s ___ alla
Scalla
33 *Early ‘90s TV
show featuring a
Disney dog
34 Invite for
35 Spacek of “Tuck
Everlasting”
37 Sodium ___ (salt)
39 Albano or Gehrig
42 Puzzles in which
a ewe may mean
“you”
43 Singles
44 “I’ll ___ monkey’s
uncle!”
46 Rub the wrong
way?
48 Defeats
49 Nebraska’s
largest city
50 Lubricated
51 Wet, weather-
wise
56 Kukla and Ollie’s
friend, on old TV
57 Bit of aquarium
gunk
59 Very, en Espanol
60 Bro’s counterpart
61 Business
connections
62 Occasion to stay
up until midnight:
Abbr.
Women’s Sports Venues by Gary Larson
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Storybook
elephant
6 Striker’s bane
10 “___ the night
before Christmas
...”
14 Like a yoga
instructor
15 Old King of
rhyme
16 Blog’s main page
17 “Girls Trip”
actress who
could aptly be a
pool star?
19 Writer Bombeck
20 Put the kibosh on
21 Where to turn off
22 Sitcom star, say
24 Famous slapstick
trio
26 Woes
27 “Night Court”
actress who
could aptly be a
softball star?
32 Burn with hot
water
35 Tear up
36 Tiny
37 Really, really
38 Musical practice
piece
40 Tailor-made?
41 Video recorder,
for short
42 Untidy one
43 Like Neptune’s
atmosphere
44 “Cheers” actress
who could aptly
be a bowling
star?
48 Back muscles, in
gym slang
49 Doesn’t cook
53 Aquafina rival
56 Chest muscles, in
gym slang
57 Org. that
approves
disinfectants
58 Zillions
59 “Lincoln” actress
who could aptly
be a soccer star?
62 Pest that may
uproot a plant
63 What you used to
be?
64 Academic journal
edition
65 Recognizes
66 Fries or mashed
potatoes
67 Rapunzel’s lock
DOWN
1 Uncovers
2 Follower of
“special” or
“talent”
3 Huge celebration
4 Boxing legend
Laila
5 Went back (on)
6 Deep divide
7 Garment that
surrounds
“cowboy hat”
8 Everyone
9 It encircles the
waist
10 Belief in a god or
gods
11 Promise, or part
of a promise
12 Foam darts,
perhaps
13 Marine animal
with an elephant
variety
18 Skating jump
23 Nickname that
drops “imir”
25 Norway’s capital
26 Carded
28 Oranjestad’s
Caribbean island
29 Must pay
30 What fills Time
31 Opposite of
admit
32 Wallop
33 Indian tea
34 Spine-tingling
video letters
(RAMS anagram)
38 Snobs
39 Stocking
stuffers?
40 Utters
42 Ollie’s partner in
old comedy
43 Tones up
45 Adds to a
schedule
46 Retired actress
Sobieski
47 Like delicate
fabric
50 ___’s Pieces
51 Top grade
52 Gets one’s feet
wet?
53 Stops up, as a
river
54 Succulent in a
trendy juice
55 Flat fish
56 Responded in
court
60 Yellowfin tuna
61 Syr. neighbor
East Oregonian
A13
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2021 Neptune Draws Out Lunar Wisdom
This lunar square to Neptune brings up a good point:
A feeling can run through you, but it is not you.
Identifying yourself as the feeling is as unempowering
and absurd as identifying yourself as your lunch. “I am
sad” is like saying “I am a turkey sandwich.” “There
is sadness” or “I am processing sadness” would be
more accurate.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll discover that a
belief you held was wrong or incomplete – oh, sweet
liberation! This levels the mental ground where you’ll
be building something sturdier and more beautiful to
dwell inside.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re divine, quite
literally from heaven, assembled from the glitter of a
distant exploded star. When you grant someone more
warmth than they deserve today, it’s a nod to your
heavenly origins.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You keep your heart open
and continue to take risks in love. Why? You believe
there’s something wondrous at stake – and that love,
whatever form it takes, is its own reward.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Do you get the feeling
that self-fulfilling prophecies are not the exception
but the rule? It’s true today, for sure, so dwell on what
you want, not on what you fear.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). For you to be happy, no one
else needs to change besides you. Your happiness will
come with an internal adjustment, nothing too big, no
giant leap, just a step into the sunshine.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The interaction of
opposing forces in your mind creates friction, hot
moods and frustrating mental traffic jams. Alignment
changes everything. Thoughts flowing in the same
direction create momentous forward movement.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The cause of stress is
thinking, “This should be something other than what
it is.” Stress relief is a matter of adjustment. Either
you can control the circumstances better, or you can
manage your expectations of it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The work worth doing
centers around your energy, perception and ability.
Focus there, and so much else will naturally come
together. Focusing elsewhere will be ineffective.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). As you look around,
you’ll notice how very few people seem to possess
the thing you want. Don’t let the numbers scare you!
They don’t attain the thing because they don’t seek
the thing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll realize that a
certain line of reason no longer holds water. Put a line
through it and replace it with something new. Don’t
know what yet? Just try anything then and see how
it feels.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The helpless, quite
simply, aren’t. Don’t buy into lies that keep you
working on someone else’s agenda. What about your
plans? Get back to them.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Heavy topics and
serious matters just don’t have appeal to you now,
though you’re quite excited by novelty and the lighter
side of life. This mood is perfect for building rapport
with others.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 14). The amount of love
flowing through your world will grow exponentially.
The outcome of a project will earn glowing reviews. It
will feel wonderful to know how proud your people are
of you, and you’ll get to find that out three significant
times over the next solar journey. Broken things get
fixed in August. Pisces and Scorpio adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 18, 4, 44, 20 and 38.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2021 Lunar Alignment to Mars
Is the spider working toward the symmetry and
grace of her artistic home, or is she simply focused
on catching her next meal? Regardless of intention,
both aims are simultaneously achieved. An alignment
of Mars to the Cancer moon of homemaking suggests
there’s much success to be found at the intersection
of beauty and practicality.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Take a step back and
remember why you wanted to do a thing in the first
place. Much has happened since; your purpose has
evolved to fit the circumstances. But that initial kernel
of intention is still the heart of this venture.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Confident in your abilities
and choices, you’ll find it unnecessary to compare
and contrast with what others are doing. The habit of
minding your own business will benefit 20 different
ways today.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). People will pick up on
things that you’re dwelling on, which is why you’ll
consciously steer yourself to dwell on the things that
you’ll be happy for them to know about you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Whether consciously or
unconsciously, you keep placing yourself on the path
of self-discovery. The respect and love you gather up
is a natural byproduct you’ve earned along the way.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Egos are like those pot-
bellied pigs sold as “miniature.” Actually, those pigs
can grow to any size, according to their feeding.
Attention is the food of the ego. A small ego is the
result of a restricted-attention diet.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). As much as you try to live
in the moment, something keeps pulling you back.
These memories are worth investigating. They hold
the key to unlocking a fuller experience of the present.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Amusingly, attractions and
aversions can sometimes be obvious to everyone
around except the person in the thick of the spell.
In such a case, the value of honest friends becomes
apparent.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Every face has a default
position, a latent pose that reveals the median mood
of a person. You can’t go wrong if by steering toward
those with a pleasant resting face.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You don’t have
to like all the same things to like the person, but
there’s magic in the common ground. Where your
taste intersects with another person’s is not only a
confluence of aesthetics; it’s a soul connection.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The volume with
which people comfortably express themselves can
vary widely between individuals. It’s a thing to be
aware of as you match and mirror your way into
establishing trust and connection.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). When loved ones want
your assistance, your response is automatic. Today’s
situation warrants a contemplative pause. Consider
that, sometimes, the very best way to help is by not
helping.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Today’s plot is a swirl
of complexity. Before you reward the hero of the day,
just make sure this person didn’t actually cause the
problem to begin with.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 15). Instead of waiting for
the work that fits your skills and talents, you quite
brilliantly fit your skills and talents to the work at hand,
thus multiplying all factors. And the skills, talents and
opportunities aren’t the only things swelling because
money and relationships also expand in this ever-
burgeoning year of abundance. Libra and Cancer
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 1, 33, 38 & 15.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS