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PUZZLES
East Oregonian
That’s Sweet! by Paul Coulter
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Pig’s home
4 Bit of parsley
9 Fluid ounce or
foot
13 Figurehead’s
place on a ship
15 Quintet within
“facetious”
16 Fancy-schmancy
17 Hamster’s home
18 Desert flora
19 Alone
20 Not quite right
22 Worker in a pit
24 Heavy book
26 They ebb and
flow
27 ‘90s workout
system
29 Crowd size?
31 Intense craving
32 Outdoor event
contingency
36 Beethoven’s
German
birthplace
37 In days gone by
39 Baby’s boo-boo
40 Monarch,
perhaps
42 Prosper
44 Mini-___
(convenience
stores)
DOWN
45 Name ending in
1 Org. concerned
four consonants
with boxers’
46 He-Man’s twin
safety?
sister
2 Airport transport
48 Where to see
3 Classic cartoon
stock footage?
bear
49 Concern for
4 Anatomical
parents of young
pouch
kids
5 Lack of conflict
52 Greet someone
6 Puerto ___
56 Like the White
7 Itty-bitty bit
Rabbit
8 Suffering severe
57 Devices for
remorse (see
smoothing sheets
letters 8 to 5 in
59 Fortified tower in
this answer)
a castle
9 Dessert “topped”
60 Tons
with fruit, and a
61 Unfamiliar with
theme hint
62 “Blondie” boy
10 Everybody’s
63 Pigs’ homes
opposite
64 Feeling bloated
11 Keys in the ocean
65 Acid
12 Superhero with a
hammer
14 Eggy breakfasts
containing ham
and peppers (...
11 to 7)
21 Breaks down in
tears
23 Appearance
25 Track sport, to
Brits (... 8 to 3)
27 Ten
Commandments
pronoun
28 “Say it ___ so!”
29 Moderate paces
30 “2001: A Space
Odyssey”
computer
31 As yet
unscheduled:
Abbr.
33 Amazes
34 Leaning Tower of
Pisa feature
35 Slippery fish
38 What workouts
“burn”
41 Really funny
person
43 Globes
46 Oil source
47 Unintentionally
discover
48 Tenths of dimes
49 Applaud
50 Square footage
51 Column crossers
53 Shout
54 Bottom lines?
55 Apple product
with a Touch
model
58 Kind of sauce in a
stir-fry
Group Play by Alex Eaton-Salners
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Small size
5 Integra
automaker, once
10 Tiger Woods’ org.
13 Non-reactive
15 Apple consumer
products?
16 Particle like Li+
17 Fish’s midday
meal?
19 Deep hole
20 Seek help from
21 “For shame!”
sound
22 Ballpoints, e.g.
23 Coke’s partner at
the bar
24 Australian bird
26 At the summit
28 ___ Day (time to
plant trees)
30 Approached
32 ___ kebab
35 Comb backward
37 The “G” of
LGBTQIA+
38 Wolves’ winter
walking surface?
40 Whales’
swimming
competition?
42 Yosemite’s
country: Abbr.
43 Island country
north of Libya
45 Tic-tac-toe
boards have four
46 Stove/oven
combinations
48 Corporate
benefits whiz
50 Hidden supply
51 Flight-related
abbr. hidden in
“ticket agent”
52 “Face the Nation”
network
55 Iowa college
town
56 Tai ___
58 Like hot items?
61 Federal URL
ender
62 Lions’
procession?
64 Just squeeze
(out)
65 Club charge
66 Milk dispenser
67 Potential man
cave
68 Asparagus unit
69 Feudal field hand
DOWN
1 Fine spray
2 Take on, as debt
3 India’s first prime
minister
4 “The Man in the
___” (Dumas
novel)
5 Common spot
for knee injuries,
briefly
6 Haute ___ (high
fashion)
7 Catering
dispensers
8 “Sounds about
right”
9 Fireplace detritus
10 Complex church
instrument
11 Leave with
friendly intentions
12 Hill insects
14 Small child
18 Lisa with the
No. 1 hit “Stay (I
Missed You)”
22 K-12 support org.
25 Inn relative
27 Tool requiring
hand-eye
coordination?
29 “Grey’s Anatomy”
creator Shonda
31 Hair colorings
32 San Antonio NBA
player
33 Lights up, in a
way
34 “This is too
much for me to
process!”
36 “Things Fall ___”
(Achebe novel)
39 Corn or soybeans
41 Parachute
attachments
44 “What nerve!”
47 Pump product
49 Carpentry file
53 Cutting edge
54 Meal
memorializing
Exodus
55 Like fine wine
57 Home abuzz with
activity?
59 Letter before
upsilon
60 Squishy toy
brand
62 Many run
Windows 10
63 Miss your exit,
perhaps
Saturday, May 15, 2021
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 2021 Domestic Moon
It’s an odd fact of real estate that abandoned houses
don’t fare as well as those that have been respectfully
and joyfully lived in. Relationships are like houses in
that way, and however sturdily they were built, they
still require all kinds of upkeep. The moon in domestic
Cancer favors the maintenance of the structures and
relationships that feel like home.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Feelings are waves.
They rise into an identifiable shape and then hit the
shore and go back to being part of the big ocean of
emotion. Don’t fear the feeling. It’s just another form
for energy to be for a while.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It is said that good
stories seldom come from happy experiences. So it is
with bittersweet sentiment that the muses announce
this day as pleasant to experience, if lacking the
ingredients of a good tale.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No explaining. People
with the experience don’t need an explanation, and to
the inexperienced, it’s equally useless. Action will be
the teacher, the lesson and the homework.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You play many roles
throughout the course of the day, all of which reflect
you. Just don’t forget that you’re the actor and not the
part. If the choice you made isn’t working, you have
the freedom to play it different.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In a moment of complete
relaxation, an answer will come to you accompanied
by all the relief and satisfaction of finding a set of lost
keys. Indeed, this will unlock future doors.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The emotions and intent
of an action are intrinsic to the alchemical properties
of its result. The same action taken for love will have
a different result if done from a place of fear. You’ll see
evidence of the principle today.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When dealing with
distracted people (and it’s safe to say that most
people you’ll deal with today will have an attention
deficit), assume that you must capture their attention
several times throughout the interaction.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Complaining comes
easily to most. Just about anyone can describe a
problem. The next steps – brainstorming solutions,
settling on a few to try, gaining the cooperation of
others, etc. – are for the advanced corps. That’s you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You like to be clear
about your reasons for doing things, especially the
things that scare you. Consider that maybe “because
it scares me” is reason enough to do a thing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll find that you
don’t have to change everything just because you
now understand something you didn’t before. Instead,
you’ll adapt your style to fit your new understanding.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Wanting shapes
perspective. Every possible route to the wanted thing
gets enlarged, while everything that’s not the wanted
thing shrivels and shrinks. Wanting something very
badly warps the worldview in equal measure.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The theories that
work out on the page but don’t work out in real life
can be considered exercises or games, not serious
contenders. Actual results trump theory every time.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 16). You’re as committed
as anyone to becoming better, stronger, smarter
and wiser. Can you help it if the path to those things
happens to cut through some very pleasurable
territory? If it doesn’t feel like you’re working quite
hard enough for the cosmic bounty that comes to you,
your philanthropy will shore up the difference! Virgo
and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7,
19, 3, 33 and 40.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, MAY 17, 2021 Earth-Sign Trine
In his famous book “Be Here Now,” spiritual guru Ram
Dass suggests, “Just because you are seeing divine
light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with
Gods and Goddesses is no reason not to know your
zip code.” The Taurus solar trine to Pluto highlights
the profound need for practicality and the practicality
of profundity.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Try not to get too caught
up in how important a job is. Commit to the work,
whatever it may be, as though the harmony of the
universe depends on it. It just might.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The right mindset helps
you cruise unimpeded by the worries or doubts of
underconfidence and overthinking. It takes time and
experimentation, but it’s well worth it to learn how to
conjure that mindset on command.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Lately, your feelings are
often suspended as you wait to see what goes well
and what blows up spectacularly. Every outcome is
a sign that you’re doing what you’re supposed to be
doing at this stage: testing it all out.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). As you find yourself
actually enjoying the same process that others meet
with dread, you prove a point about the power of
interpretation. Cultivate this and you have the world
in the palm of your hand.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There is no reasoning with
what was born outside of reason’s realm. Much falls
into the category, including every animal and infant,
and every fear or impulse that comes from the animal
and infantile parts of the brain.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While the newbies may be
wise to aim for incremental, reachable goals, the pros,
who long ago separated their self-worth from the task
at hand, will set the bar impossibly high and expect to
fail gloriously and often.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The untapped resources
around you are so plentiful there’s no time to tap them
all. Where to start? You can afford to be a little selfish
about it right now. Your preferences and interests are
as worthy of serving as anyone’s.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You keep finding new
ways to be useful. You’ll figure out how you can create
convenience, relieve pain and solve the problem. Your
efforts are only successful when they give you ease,
too.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Though the only
way to really know if something will work for you is
to try it, there are many things that are not worth the
risk. Today, your educated guess will steer you very
accurately.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You don’t need all
good examples around you as the inspiration for
living right. In fact, it is the bad examples that can be
the most motivating of all. You’ll be shown an array of
models, both aspirational and cautionary.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Should you dive in or
dip a toe in? Much depends on the number of people
in the pool. Your strategy will be determined by what
others are doing and how many are doing it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Whether you sit in the
sun or the shade is a personal choice, though it’s
dictated by things beyond your control. Metaphorically,
your skin is sensitive and protection is required to
avoid getting burned.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 17). Wisdom’s heartbeat
commands the rhythm of your solar year. There is
magic in the pauses. Your restraint (somehow at
once judicious and natural) will have you moving
strategically and with purpose, your goals ever in
mind. You’ll alternate between going out on a limb and
returning to the roots that stand you in good stead.
Libra and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are:
30, 50, 2, 21 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS