PUZZLES
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Chow Down by Daniel Grinberg
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Ethane or
methane
4 Move like a
supermodel
9 Little League
gloves
14 Play a part, or
part of a play
15 Give an address
16 Allergy season
sound
17 Vote in favor
18 French city
known for its
mustard
19 Commit to
memory
20 Leftover bit
22 Part of an
Instagram feed
24 One may be
sprayed on
25 Easy-___ Oven
26 French wine
valley
28 Like an
uncleaned
barbecue
29 Standing upon
30 Grp. that
monitors pollution
31 Diva’s chance to
shine
33 Weightiness
34 Lion’s lair
35 ‘60s Supreme
Court justice Abe
38 Dreamed big
40 Flips one’s lid
41 Type that’s not
upstanding?
42 Texas Longhorn’s
sound
43 Clear on a snowy
day?
44 Vampire’s target
45 Use a plus sign
46 ___ known as
47 Secretly emails
49 Be part of reality
51 Toonie, e.g.
52 Crossword
solver’s cry
53 Organization that
seeks pledges?
54 Not subtle
56 Cyclist
58 “Jerry Maguire”
director Cameron
60 ___ sum
62 Alternative to
Advil
63 Doctrine
64 Peron who was
Argentina’s first
lady
65 Change back to
zero
66 They stink
67 Roulette color
DOWN
1 Like Alvin Ailey or
Lil Nas X
2 Gets 100% on an
exam
3 IHOP offering
4 Word after “club”
or “cream”
5 Sandwich
that shares
a name with
an apartment
building style
6 “The Big
Bang Theory”
astrophysicist
7 Like a perfect
world
8 George Michael,
vocally
9 Ingredient in the
candy Whoppers
10 Champagne
bucket filler
11 “Not sure it’s
possible,” or
an observation
about 3-, 5- or
23-Down
12 Bat mitzvah text
13 Young fella
21 Cold-blooded
critters
23 One may contain
crab legs
25 Faith founded in
Persia
27 Column with a
view
28 Where planes can
fly
32 Expensive eggs
36 Second most
common blood
type
37 Affix, as a patch
39 The Cars’ Ocasek
40 Jupiter and
Saturn
42 Headwaiter
47 Literary king of
the elephants
48 Santiago’s
country
50 Crafter’s knife
brand
53 Lose sleep (over)
55 Docs for
dachshunds
57 Day before the
big day
59 Anti-war activist
Yoko
61 Longtime satirical
magazine
LGBTQ Firsts by Dallas Fletcher
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Dad
5 Some have x, y
and z axes
11 Roast beef au ___
14 Middle of
Caesar’s boast
15 Marilyn who had
a signature mole
16 Choose
17 She played
Princess Aurora
in “Maleficent”
19 “How was ___
know?”
20 It forms the tip of
the Horn of Africa
21 Slob’s opposite
23 “Bye for now,” in
texts
24 Hosts, briefly
25 Mochi ingredient
26 Pickling
containers
28 “You really
shouldn’t have!”
30 Be in the red
31 Work with yarn
33 Friend, in France
34 Fixation
40 “___ It Go”
(“Frozen” song)
41 Some whiskeys
42 “Hostel” director
Roth
43 What psychics
read
47 Viral cat photo,
maybe
48 Part of a
predicate
49 Pitiful
50 Vinegar,
chemically
52 Medicine with a
PM variety
54 Anthem in
Manitoba
57 Eggs on blini
58 Start playing a
soundtrack
60 “Where ___ you?”
61 “Queer Eye” food
guru Porowski
62 Speed dial,
briefly?
63 Money in Tokyo
64 Expensive Super
Bowl purchase
65 Dueling sword
4 Comfy pants
5 App whose logo
is a colorful M
6 Name that
anagrams to
“Nora”
7 Raggedy Andy’s
sister
8 Handsome
character in many
Disney films
9 Lincoln nickname
10 Nintendo rival
11 Start singing
along, say
12 Slight increase
13 Adds fuel to, as a
fire
18 The old lady
swallowed one
22 Line of cars?
24 Like many urban
parking spots
26 Real piece of
work?
27 Amazement
28 Negroni liquor
29 Med. insurance
groups
31 An athlete may
DOWN
take one in
1 Slapstick
protest
desserts
32 “Shh!”
2 Capital of Norway 35 Cry of
3 Shade source at
amazement
an oasis
36 The “S” of
macOS: Abbr.
37 Urgently require
38 Shade source in
Central Park
39 Rare Final
Jeopardy
outcome
43 Couch potato’s
table
44 Pooh pal whose
tail often comes
off
45 Sorkin who
co-hosted
“America’s
Funniest People”
46 Parking lot?
47 Maximum length
of many TikToks
50 Nail a test
51 High-tech
doorbell part,
informally
53 Stanford
Cardinal’s org.
54 “We’re doomed!”
55 Cube, like onions
56 Throb painfully
59 Add sprinkles to,
say
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021 Seasonal Order
While most cultures observe four seasons, some split
the seasons into six categories, allowing for weather
trends such as “monsoon season” or the coldest part
of winter. Nearing the solstice, we’re inspired to find
the personal meaning of these changing times, and
to organize accompanying feelings, each in our own
way.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Bathing in the golden
light of the sun charges up your fire sign batteries
and fuels the day’s peak activities. Of course, there’s
a point of diminishing returns, which is when shade
and sunscreen are your best friends.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Oddly enough, in the
matter of other people’s perceptions, strategic
timing can get you there faster than strategic effort.
You’ll work smart to position yourself. You’ll go from
underestimated to the undisputed champion.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The older people want to
be younger, the younger people want to be older. How
unusual to be a person who sees what’s here to seize,
in this day, at this age. This is rare, and therefore also
beautiful.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). There is art in the
concept, but the concept is not the art until it is
constructed and able to be experienced with the
senses by someone in the world at large, not in the
world of the artist’s imagination. In short, bring it to
life.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Like a juggler, you will launch
your props into flight constantly and repeatedly. For
you and the juggler, things get impressive not after
you’ve successfully executed them once, but after
you’ve done so for a length of time.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The move to cover up
vulnerability with a distraction is valid enough, though
you become wiser by resisting such a dodge --
acknowledging your fear and respecting the potential
for pain.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When a dream becomes
reality, the experience of it is inevitably going to be
different. Otherwise, what would be the point of
working to make things real? Expect the difference
and get ready to welcome however that shows up.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As you resolve yourself to
a meaningful goal, your ego, nervous and threatened
by the newness of it all, will chatter away, harassing
your life. Just ignore. Neglected egos have a way of
settling down on their own.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). If you repeat an
attempt that didn’t work a dozen times, success
will depend only on luck, which is not helpful to you.
Analyze, hypothesize and experiment. Your scientific
approach will eventually get a favorable result.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There’s a carefree
feeling in the air, which you’ll breathe into your lungs
and let oxygenate the blood that energizes your mind
to generate the whimsy that your body will impulsively
dance to.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The tools of a masterful
practitioner eventually become extensions of the self;
body, mind and tool become one entity in the creation
process. You’re almost there.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll inhabit two
different worlds and an auspicious cross-pollination
will occur. The thoughts from one world will empower
the physicality of the other, or an idea will take a new
form in the other environment.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 18). Talent rises up in you,
finding ideal expression. A new openness will lead to
better living. You’ll meet people who inspire you. You’ll
refine former methods and run your life with fresh
efficiency. And you’ll connect with new sources of
sustenance. Your luck runs the gamut, touching down
in every segment of life. Libra and Scorpio adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 1, 8, 40, 20 and 11.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 Public Service Announcement from Grand Trine
There is no such a thing as a steppingstone. There are
only stones, more or less alike, though some may be
arranged at the bottom as an assist to those climbing
to the top. The integrity of a thing has little to do with
the use of a thing. This message was brought to you
by the grand trine in hopes it might help you solve an
ethical dilemma.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). To know someone is to
feel something about them. The experience of people
in the same room accesses feelings better than any
way of communicating that requires electricity.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). People want to be
convinced, though it will take surprisingly little to
push them into certainty. Do the same thing again,
but this time like you mean it, and you’ll get favorable
results.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You truly believe others
would be better off following your advice, but you also
realize people are different, and there’s no way to
definitively declare one correct answer to suit all. For
this reason, you’ll stay out of it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The hopeful future or
idyllic past should be but wee bookends on the main
feature of a fantastic present. If the bookends are
bigger than the books, it’s not a good sign.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You can afford to say no and
be selfish with your time. You normally don’t choose
that option, but it just may be the one that brings you
the most vitality in the long run.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The other person probably
shouldn’t get so reactive to your every move, but it
happens anyway. Allay their fear and they’ll feel better
in the moment, but you’ll have to do that every time.
Or, do nothing and, eventually, they’ll adapt.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Don’t worry about playing
small. Actually, there are no small plays, only small-
minded or low-energy approaches. You’ll bring your
big spirit to everything you do.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Pose a better question
and sweeten the day, especially if you are both the
querent and the answerer. Try these: What am I most
curious about here? How can I bring more levity or
clarity to the scene?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It doesn’t take
much to get you riled up about a certain relationship.
The challenge is to give and receive compassion
regardless of whether it’s what you feel like doing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Maybe someone
chose you, so you never got the sensation of pursuit.
Relationships are like tag. Changing roles and taking
turns is part of it. You may make someone run just so
you can feel what it’s like to give chase.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’d rather spend
time gaining a skill than trying to enjoy yourself in an
environment that doesn’t seem conducive to it. Loved
ones may argue that enjoying yourself is a skill!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If you choose to see it
this way, life can be your party; you make the invite
list and the playlist, you call the games, decide when
the dancing starts and when the cake is served.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 19). You feel a bit like
a rogue planet, wandering the galaxy, unbound by
parent stars. The liberation from your usual orbits will
be a thrill, and a heady courage drives you toward
unknown constellations. In the realm of work, you’ll be
a performer, which takes guts, then a top-performer,
which takes mastery, and nets a bag of money. Libra
and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7,
28, 15, 3 and 1.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS