PUZZLES
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Starting Point by Drew Schmenner
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Support
financially
5 In the center of
9 Animals that
Goodall and
Fossey studied
13 High woodwind
14 Streaming device
15 Position
16 Words of creation
in Genesis
19 “I Have a ___”
(King speech)
20 Simple class
21 Dawn goddess
22 End of Google’s
URL
24 Hilarious person
26 Part of a Boy
Scout uniform
29 “Pet Detective” of
film
35 One often
overworked in
Apr.
36 Brigham Young
University’s home
37 Messed up
38 “Thus ...”
40 Fix, as a contest
41 More
clearheaded
42 Support for
concrete
43 Skinny and
angular
45 First mother
46 Divisive issues
48 Chop or dice,
e.g., informally
49 Prefix after giga-
50 Knee tear site,
briefly
52 Works at the
Louvre
54 ___ seat (airplane
choice)
58 Prolific fabulist
62 Delivery person’s
way in, or a hint
to the tennis
terms at the
beginnings of
16-, 29- and
46-Across
65 Arctic native
66 Verdi opera set in
Egypt
67 Apt-sounding
surname for a
Barbie collector
68 Bit of
choreography
69 Endure
70 Dalmatian
marking
DOWN
1 Give up, in poker
2 Lyft competitor
3 Wine nuance
4 Unfasten
5 “You ___ My
Sunshine”
6 Toddler’s dinner
demand
7 Swedish furniture
giant
8 Nicknames
9 “Rumble in the
Jungle” boxer
10 Exciting book
11 Alexa’s home?
12 Collections of
furniture
15 Least decorated
17 Med. plan option
18 Literary
governess Jane
23 Tarnish
25 ___ vez (again, in
Spanish)
26 Wrap worn with
mittens
27 Sleeper’s ailment
28 “That’s
unfortunately the
way it is”
30 Welsh dog
31 French water
brand
32 Madonna hit with
the lyric “Strike a
pose”
33 “Superman”
actor Christopher
34 Commercial seller
36 Senior’s yearbook
photo
39 Doorbuster event
44 Org. that
Snowden
exposed
47 Of the flock
48 Begs
51 Many clowns can
pack into one
52 Flea market
caveat
53 Musical based on
“La Boheme”
55 Close, as an
envelope
56 Ben Solo’s
mother
57 Word after
“loose” or “tight”
59 Rice Krispies
toon
60 Eight, in Buenos
Aires
61 Hit with
snowballs, say
63 Hotshot, for short
64 Bit of ink
Tri-State Area by Orrin Konheim and Brad Wilber
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Pedometer count
6 Adds to one’s
blog
11 Vowelless order
at a deli
14 In the loop
15 Label-making
giant
16 Close to the
ground
17 Seoul’s landmass
(see letters 2-3,
10-11 and 14-15
in this answer)
20 Athletic award
21 Rowboat steerers
22 Electric ___
(shocking
swimmers)
23 Choose
25 Praise may inflate
them
28 Washington
archipelago with
a Spanish name
(letters 3-4, 10-11
and 12-13)
35 UV-shielding
initials
36 Wildlife rescue
agcy.
37 Think highly of
38 Substitution for
forgotten lyrics
40 Clawfoot ___
42
43
46
49
50
53
54
55
58
61
65
69
70
71
72
73
74
Way off?
Kenya neighbor
Speak hoarsely
Covert ___
Denver backdrop
(letters 4-5, 6-7
and 12-13)
Fail to keep
confidential
Curved trajectory
What liniment
eases
Far-fetched, as a
tale
Title above
viscount
Vancouver’s
province (letters
2-3, 8-9 and 14-
15)
Affectedly shy
Sloughs off
Brewer that owns
Olympia
Aroma-
therapist’s
workplace
For this reason
Python or viper
DOWN
1 Drink served with
sushi
2 Deuces
3 Wyatt of Dodge
City
4 Hunt, in the wild
5 Aquatic expanse
6 Bear with a hard
bed
7 Concluded
8 Karate instructor
9 Arm muscle,
informally
10 Thesaurus
suggestion: Abbr.
11 Sapphire’s color,
often
12 Dangle lazily
13 Start of
“Jabberwocky”
18 Still asleep
19 Seedy bagel type
24 Slumber party
attire
26 Fed.
management org.
27 Former
28 Wolfgang Puck
restaurant
29 Insurer with
quack- filled
commercials
30 Stop hesitating
31 Tiny Pacific
nation
32 Cynthia with a
pair of Emmys
33 Faucet troubles
34 Tennis match
divisions
35 Disparaging
remark
39 Diminutive sock
41 Refuse to allow
44 Easter egg
treatment
45 Org. for
physicians
47 Bazaar unit
48 Predicted golf
score
51 “Yeah, in that
case ...”
52 Frosty Marvel
mutant
55 Kindergartners
learn them
56 Field yield
57 “Howdy!”
59 “Thunderstruck”
band
60 Go down in
defeat
62 Palindromic
disco-era band
63 Game of world
domination
64 Not prompt
66 “More or less”
67 Pronoun for a hen
68 Delivery co. with
brown vans
East Oregonian
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HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, MAY 28, 2021 Seed Moon
The seeds have evolved to attract the vehicles that
might deliver them to fertile ground. They may get
there by way of a bird beak, on wispy barbs that
attach to animal fur or on sprouted sails that catch the
wind. The earthy Capricorn moon suggests we trust
that we need only be the way we are and the vehicle
will come along.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). A busy mind works with
many of your intellectual pursuits, though socializing
isn’t one of them. For that, you’ll get into a different
mode, one where you’re calmly receptive to your
environment and the people therein.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You feel like the hero of
your story and so does everyone else. Understanding
that people serve as their own protagonists will be
central to the way you do lucrative business.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Successful spontaneity
depends on someone, once upon a time, having had
a plan that worked out so splendidly that now others
can just show up to what they accomplished.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Play the long game.
Perseverance will be essential to the victory. Through
sheer determination, you’ll not only make a situation
work for today; you’ll make it matter for years to
come.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s a little surprising when
you don’t get the reaction you were going for. But this
isn’t a movie set, and they didn’t get your script. You’ll
roll with the improvisational moment and brilliance
ensues.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re on when you need
to be, and you feel relief when it’s time to power down.
The ideal scenario would be to have such congruence
of purposes that there is no need to jolt yourself into
different modes. Work toward it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your fellow Libra, the
poet e.e. cummings famously said, “I’m living so far
beyond my income that we may almost be said to be
living apart.” A preventive financial review will make
sure it doesn’t happen to you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Material possessions are
only important to you because of what they represent
and how they enable you to do things with other
people. It’s those relationships that really matter.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The day vibrates
with fresh potential. You only need to explore one new
thing to get the energetic lift that a little novelty can
bring. Interaction with an air sign will be fortunate.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Fewer opinions
mean more room for peace and ease. Bonus: The
gentleness of self-forgiveness isn’t even necessary
if you have the gentleness of nonjudgment going for
you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Like having a partner
who votes, eats or recycles differently, it seems your
efforts are being canceled out by someone close to
you. You’ll learn and grow through this relationship
and the conflict it brings up.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Don’t hide or even work
on your flaws today. Your lovability doesn’t hinge on
one isolated feature or fact, rather it’s the effect of
everything about you coming together to make an
impact that could only be made by you.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 28). Love flows and you
make healthy relationships the focus. You’re more
productive than last year even though you’ll work
less. You’ve a tremendous talent for setting the right
goals and picking people who will help you achieve
them. The sale of a property or service will allow you
to make one of your dreamy projects a reality. Leo
and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 44,
28, 2 and 9.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, MAY 29, 2021 Mercury Retrograde Message
Divides of language exist between regions and
countries, between generations and cultures and even
between intelligence centers of the body. Our brains
and hearts speak two different languages, which
ultimately increases our chances of understanding.
What cannot be processed in the brain this Mercury
transit will be translated by the heart.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The new way of doing
things is just the old way sliced and diced and stacked
in a different order. Don’t overthink it; just get in there
and start moving things around until something
pleases your aesthetic.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). As it goes in theater
and in life, the environment is not the story, but that
backdrop really does set a tone. You feel and act
differently when you’re inside certain “sets.”
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Once upon a time, you
tried the social technique of hanging around a place
until you felt like you belonged there – and it actually
worked pretty well! Should you employ it again, this
time around it won’t take nearly as long.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The easiest debt problem
to solve is financial. The math involved in emotional
and karmic debts takes a wizard to solve. Luckily, you
have some wizarding powers to wield today.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Maybe you can’t get
everything on your list right now, but ideas are more
valuable than dollars. Wanting will stimulate your
creativity and you’ll come up with more ways to bring
your wishes to hand.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Even though you’re
focused on the positive, you still see what needs
improvement. Record these insights and, for now,
keep them to yourself. You can circle back to fixing
things after you’ve played to the strengths.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When someone pops to
mind, you wonder if you have also floated into their
consciousness and if you are appearing there on a
regular basis. To make an impression is to be two
places at once.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are times when
too much repetition gets tedious, but right now it’s a
great help. People need to hear things a few times to
understand. Tell your story again.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). In the same way
that a person’s ideal weight isn’t necessarily their
real weight, standards held in theory are not really
standards unless they are met.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Doing things
together has an impact. It’s true that you’ll have to
compromise, but the progress you make after adding
a person or two to your project will be worth it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). To compensate for a
thing is to draw attention to it. This doesn’t have to
be an embarrassment. Face and embrace all that you
lack or perceive yourself as lacking. Be proud of the
work you do to make up for it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Pace yourself socially.
You don’t need everyone to know everything about
you upfront. It’s more exciting to give them just
enough so that they crave the next detail.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 29). Your cosmic birthday
gift comes in the form of new people who quickly rank
among your favorites. These influences will help you
to dream big enough but within practical limits. The art
of setting expectations is interlaced with happiness in
every realm, from budgeting to socializing, working
to adventuring. Leo and Sagittarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 9, 1, 11, 28 and 14.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS