PUZZLES
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Symbolism by David Steinberg
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Metrosexuals,
quaintly
5 Primary
10 Whistle-blowers?
14 Still a competitor
15 Main artery
16 “___ Enchanted”
(Anne Hathaway
film)
17 Warrior princess
played by Lucy
Lawless
18 Leeway
19 Before long
20 A
22 H
24 Lugged
25 Rita’s role in
“West Side Story”
26 Letter after zeta
27 Drew a ring
around, or what
each single-letter
clue in this puzzle
should be?
33 Zippo
34 Indian American,
perhaps
36 Bike with an
engine
37 Years and years
38 C
41 Revolts
44 Thinking face and
praying hands, for
two
48 Present itself, as
an opportunity
49 One gets stoked
about a big game
52 Prophetic signs
53 Animal such as
Yona in “My Little
Pony: Friendship
Is Magic”
54 Breads with
pockets
56 Raggedy doll
57 i
62 Fruitless
64 Doll up like an
action figure,
maybe
67 Assumed names
68 Backlogs in
inboxes
69 K
70 X
DOWN
1 Obsessed
2 Lacking variety
3 Party animals,
perhaps?
4 Gaze
5 Wallet filler
6 Word before
“water” or “spirit”
7 Public radio host
Glass
8 Use acid for art
9 Phony
10 Amber, for one
11 Running away to
marry
12 Inflatable pool toy
13 They may have
thongs
21 Palindromic
health agcy.
23 Boy
28 Babysitters’
nightmares
29 Rogers in old
Westerns
30 Lifesaving skill,
briefly
31 Garland
symbolizing
Hawaiian royalty
32 One of a cube’s
12
35 Treats, as a sore
knee
37 It has quarks
39 Adjective in the
American South,
or a cheer in
South America
40 Medical network
grp.
41 “A drop of golden
sun”
42 Stretch of time
43 Two-piece
swimsuits
45 Captain Picard or
director Godard
46 B&B relative
47 Nine-digit ID
49 They get stoked
at home
50 One may
dispense 100s
51 Civil rights org.
since 1909
54 Phony
55 Unlikely to show
emotion
58 Biblical ark
builder
59 Blow a ___ (flip
out)
60 “Survivor:
Panama” locale,
in Panama
61 Like an
unresolved
question
62 Barrel-making
wood
63 Seemingly
tireless insurance
spokes-woman
65 Gorilla, for one
66 Fashionable
monogram
Tough Exterior by Rachel Fabi
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 *Bottle top
4 *What might
make sparks fly?
9 *Sepulcher
13 Locker room
smell
15 Range above
baritone
16 At any point
17 “Why must you
___ dramatic?”
18 “___Vision”
(Disney+
miniseries)
19 Grp. with a
phonetic alphabet
20 Eight-bit units
22 Chevy Tahoe, for
one
23 Sketched
24 Directed
25 Fish in some
tattoos
28 Edge of a pants
leg
30 F-, for one
31 Groups such
as Dashboard
Confessional
34 Hair removal
option
36 Hosp. area
37 Fastens with
string
39 Many vinyls,
briefly
40 1969 LGTBQ+
uprising site ...
or any side of
this grid, based
on a word that
can follow each
starred answer?
43 Hit ___ jackpot
44 Transcript figs.
45 Mo. before May
48 Fiddled (with)
50 Film in which
Zachary Quinto
played Spock
53 “___ better to
have loved ...”
54 Unhappy
56 Sauna site
57 Ex-quarterback
Manning
58 Selects, with “for”
60 Irritate
62 Chopped into
cubes
64 Beehive State
65 “Waffles + Mochi”
host Michelle
68 Ghostly noise
69 Encryption
system
70 Mothers of colts
71 Show about NYC
ball culture
72 *Spot for a
sweatband
73 *Lead-in to “day”
or “place”
74 *Decryption tool
27 Carding,
informally
29 Shopping
complex
32 Like thick
eyebrows
DOWN
33 Oozes
1 *Throw (together) 35 Tomato impact
2 “Children of
sound
Blood and Bone”
38 Hits, like a fly
author Tomi
41 Concert
3 Position after a
souvenirs
Ph.D., for some
42
“Right
away!”
4 Internet cheer
43 Open-faced
hidden in
tortilla dish
“software”
46 Boil in advance,
5 Salonga who
say
voiced Jasmine
and Mulan
47 Set free
6 Establishments
48 Step carefully
such as
49 Wicked cool
40-Across
51 Wicked cool
7 “Obviously!”
52 *Nephrologist’s
8 Journey
focus
9 Mind, as a bar
53
*Tactile
sense
10 Egg cell
55 Home of the Burj
producers
Khalifa
11 Space object in a
59 Strip off, as
shower
clothing
12 *University in
Providence
61 Actress Teri
14 ___ v. Wade
63 Little demon
21 Jamaican genre
66 Came together
26 “I’m ___ your
67 Firepit remnant
tricks!”
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2021 Cosmic Course Correction
Aspiration is a long, steady haul, and rewards don’t
start showing until you’ve laid plenty of track. This is
why addiction, with its quick hits of pleasure (followed
by a long, steady declination), can so easily slot into
the place of aspiration – a dangerous switcheroo. The
Jupiter aspect and Mars opposition to Pluto favor a
course correction.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). At first glance, it would
seem you’re in a mood to take a chance, risk rejection,
go for the big spoils. Upon further assessment, this isn’t
a mood at all. It’s an orientation built to last.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The complexity of a
relationship will baffle you. Each nuance has meaning
split open and reflecting an opposite meaning, like light
refracted through crystals, dazzling and disorienting.
The conquest is the surrender.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What you seek is inside
yourself, but if you can’t see it and don’t know what it
is, so what if you happen to be carrying it around? To
recognize the internal quality, you need the external
pursuit. Vision requires light from the outside.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll construct your
plan like any master builder, one brick at a time until
it’s complete. It’s a comfort knowing tomorrow you’ll be
living in the fruit of today’s effort. Can you also enjoy
the labor?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The sort of work required
will be deep and concentrated. It won’t pair well with
shallow, vain pursuits. It will be impossible to do this
work in a place of distraction, which every place is now,
unless you silence your phone.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There is an
uncoordinated, improvised quality to the day’s
unfolding, to the point where you might even call it a
mess. Lovely things are born of messes, though, and in
fact, messiness is just a fact of birth.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Groups are tricky. Shop
around to find the right one. A good fit would be a
place in which the spirit with which the endeavor is
approached harmonizes with the endeavor itself.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You have patience with
those who seem to need to puff themselves up, posture
and jockey for position. Fame and power are what
people go for before they understand what they really
crave, which is a union with their own soul.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The difficulties
will clear up in stages. Get interested instead of
frustrated. The more curious you are about how things
work, the more they will reveal themselves to you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Constructive
daydreaming is a joy and the most productive way to
spend your creativity, as long as you keep track of where
you’ve traveled on this journey of imagination.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Roses have thorns.
Chocolate is a bitter bean. The classic love stories
involve the tragic longing of lovers who, for some
reason, can’t unite. Strip the thorns; add sugar; remove
the obstacle. Viva capability!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You want enough
order in your environment to allow for unobstructed
movement to achievable aims. But don’t expect or
even strive for things to be perfect. Too much order
is uninspiring and strangely demotivating. Strike a
balance.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 23). Your cosmic
birthday gift is a kind of magic pen: Any writing tool
you pick up will solidify your written wishes in your
mind and life. As you nurture existing relationships,
your social circle will grow to include, among others,
contacts who will help you thrive professionally and/or
financially. July investment pays in February 2022. Leo
and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 11,
2, 6 and 15.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021 Full Fire Moon
Mild interest isn’t enough to pull a person through the ups
and downs of an entire cycle of an endeavor. The full fiery
Sagittarius moon insists a thing is compelling from the
start. The right endeavors gather momentum, eventually
drawing us into a heroic monomania, inspiring levels of
passion unbeknownst to our prior selves.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Protect the activities you
love so you can keep on loving them. Helpful tactics: Be
selective in choosing your activity partners, and spend
only the amount of money you can afford.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It’s only human to
assume that others have a similar interior style to our
own, but of course, we vary widely in our thinking styles,
values and boundaries. You’ll find a kind way to tell
people they’ve crossed your invisible lines.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your sense of personal
responsibility is extensive. You feel it’s your job to take
care of those around you, uphold a standard of kindness
and set a bar for generosity. Just don’t forget to extend the
same to yourself, and probably first.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). To want something
you don’t think you can have and then to get it is a
somersault-worthy delight. And yet, the experience pales
in comparison to the resounding contentment of wanting
what you already have.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Today’s problem is like a lock.
If you know the combination, it’s easy to plug it in and
pull it open. But coming up with the numbers would be
hard and not worth your time. Find someone who already
knows the solution.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Relationships are wrought
with false starts, detours and missed connections ...
all part of the magic. Believe it or not, the anticipation
caused by these delays is what keeps the relationship on
the dance floor.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s strange to have a talent
people want and yet to feel largely unseen. You are not
alone in this longing for understanding. You’ll seek a
deeper knowledge of others and, in secret, hope it will
teach you how to reveal yourself better, too.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Newton’s first law said
it best. “A body at rest will remain at rest, and a body in
motion will remain in motion unless it is acted upon by
an external force.” Something gets you up and going, and
then you’re unstoppable.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There’s a task
you’ve been avoiding due to its dreariness as an idea,
but it will go the way of so many ideas -- morphed by
reality into something entirely unexpected -- in this case,
an interesting endeavor.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you don’t have
a system, don’t worry; the world will lend you one. And
if you don’t like what you’re lent, you’ll be in a better
position than you are now, a position of knowing what
to improve upon.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You respect time and
treat it as the valuable commodity it is, teaching others
through example. You’re prompt; you get to the point; and
most importantly, you recognize and avoid wasteful, low-
yield uses of your moments.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your unconscious
mind has an agenda it’s not sharing with your conscious
mind yet. It has its reasons, though you’ll challenge them
and win, the prize being interesting and empowering self-
knowledge.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 24). You embrace psychological
complexity and messiness, and therefore, people show you who
they really are. You connect in honest ways that open your year
to a wide range of experiences. You’ll be building something for
many to enjoy, a continual and immersive project you’ll need
breaks from. Love is your safe haven. Pisces and Aquarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 13, 25, 6 and 2.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS