PUZZLES
Thursday, June 24, 2021
K, Whatever by Becca Gorman & Hannah Pucker
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Butterfly pose,
e.g.
6 Tie holder
10 “So cute!”
13 Meals tossed
while they’re still
fresh
15 Bean type
discovered in
Peru
16 Chinese “path”
17 What won’t come
undone on the
job?
20 Word said with a
shrug
21 Rorschach test
component
22 Packs (down)
23 Removal of pencil
marks
26 That stallion’s
27 Met the
benchmark for
second-grade
math?
33 Halves of a
diameter
36 ___ de plume
37 One may be
jagged
38 “___ had it!”
39 “In allhonesty ...”
43 Tax org.
44 Drink such as
Pepsi
46 Nail polish brand
47 Summons, as a
doctor
49 Training for King
Arthur’s men?
53 Regret
54 Beat in a staring
contest, maybe
58 What goes “wee
woo wee woo
wee woo”
61 Oven for a
71-Across
63 “I’d rather not”
64 Physically
demanded a fresh
diaper from?
68 For what ___
worth
69 Sow’s sound
70 ___ said than
done
71 Orchid holder
72 School fundraiser
grps.
73 Not those
5 Video
interruptions
6 Multilingual
Egyptian queen,
for short
7 Raise, like a
dumbbell
8 “I think,” in
textspeak
9 Post-intermission
segment
10 Tiny particle
11 Wood distortion
12 Stir-fry vessels
14 Buffalo hockey
player
18 Piloted
19 Landfill contents
24 Word before “run”
or “jump”
25 Subgroup of
troops
26 Connecting cable
letters
28 Shenanigan
29 Homer Simpson’s
cry
DOWN
30 “Got it,” ‘60s-style
1 “Ooh, I know the
31 Shrek or Fiona
answer!”
32 Sad ending?
2 More rational
33 Morty’s grandpa
3 Hawaiian
34 Stratford-
welcome
upon-___
4 Turner who led an
1831 revolt
35 Where to buy lox
40 Repetitive
learning
41 Increases, as the
ante
42 Fitting name for a
Dalmatian
45 Match
grammatically
48 Entirely
50 Without a doubt,
slangily
51 Greeting in
Guernica
52 Fluid ___ (liquid
measure)
55 Murphy of
“Schitt’s Creek”
56 Wise people
57 Half a comforting
comment
58 Uno card with a
slashed circle
59 Infatuated with
60 Musical pause
61 Big Island coffee
district
62 Bugs
65 In good shape
66 Coverup for a bad
haircut
67 Volcanic powder
Highs and Lows by Jasper Davidoff
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 “60 Minutes”
network
4 Peas’ place
7 Supporter
10 Golfer’s standard
13 Like Los Angeles
in July
14 Hockey legend
Bobby
15 Sense that might
be inflated
16 DuVernay who
directed “13th”
17 Musical aptitude
18 Moroccan mint
___
19 Consume
20 Fruity jarful
21 Greek territory?
23 Read a text to
Siri, say
25 “___ days are
over”
26 Lacking
compassion
27 “Einstein on the
Beach,” e.g.
29 Skedaddled
31 Gold ingot
32 Back-to-school
month for some
34 RBI, e.g.
37 Way of scanning
this grid that
elucidates the
starred answers’
missing words?
43 Like the candies
Warheads and
Toxic Waste
44 Commuter train
stop, perhaps
45 UV protection
rating
48 High throw
50 Line dance
51 Afraid
54 Ridiculous
56 How 20-Across is
spread
57 Target of formal
gratitude
60 Target of religious
gratitude
61 Seydoux of “No
Time to Die”
62 Drive-___
(outdoor theaters)
63 Artist Yoko
64 Dog’s warning
65 Meatball
sandwich
66 Teachers’ grp.
67 Tar Heels’ sch.
68 “Woo-hoo!”
69 Short albums, for
short
70 Suffix for “class”
or “cynic”
71 Scolding sound
DOWN
1 *Popular cooking
show
2 Wild pig
3 War-themed
board game
4 Slow-cooked
meat dishes
5 Cookies with
a Lady Gaga
variety
6 *Where pens or
socks might be
kept
7 Connect with, as
a waterway
8 One more time
9 *First-rate
10 Type of pants for
bedtime
11 2009 sci-fi movie
set on Pandora
12 *Brand of instant
noodles
22 Boat engine
sound
24 Spot for a soak
27 Bumbling person
28 Water filtration
brand
30 Houston MLB
player
33 ___ close to call
35 Core muscles
36 Froot Loops
mascot
38 Lottery tickets
with perforated
strips
39 Govt.-issued
investment
40 Ignores
41 End of
Wikipedia’s URL
42 Exec’s degree,
often
45 Madam, in
Mexico
46 Gently towel off
47 To and ___
49 *Location of a
pineapple under
the sea
51 *State
Department’s
neighborhood
52 *Deceptive panel
53 Exhaust, as a
resource
55 Digits in many
prices
58 Places to stop for
a night
59 *The lowest one
can go
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021 Rainbow Filters of the Neptune Retrograde
And now Neptune, on a retrograde rampage, changes
the filter on our fantasy world so the sparkles, hearts,
sunsets and rainbows are readily available at the tap of
our imagination. The seductive distraction of an inner
world so perfectly matched to our preferences can be
a hard thing to turn away from, but our reality depends
on just that.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everyone is entitled
to their preferences. Your preference will be to tend
exclusively to your own business, purposely ignoring
those who try to impose their personal opinions on the
world.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The whole story has
yet to be revealed. Ask too many or the wrong kinds of
questions and you may never know. But wait and watch.
Then watch and wait. Suddenly, you’ll find yourself in
the know.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). In this building phase,
it is only natural to prefer each move improve upon
the last. But you will get stuck if you expect constant
improvement. The ups, downs, hits and misses are all
essential to ultimate success.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You love a particular
activity so much that it wouldn’t matter if you were to fail
at it or even if you would be embarrassed by that failure.
Nor would success matter too much. The payoff is the
work itself.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Trust that everything you’ve
learned is worth learning. What felt like a detour (and a
costly one at that) still has plenty of applications, though
you’ll strain yourself if you force it. Resolve to have no
regrets and move forward in faith.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Today’s conversations
have the potential to get chaotic. Your deft steering away
from the minefields will help matters. When in doubt,
stick to the main roads and rely on tone to trump content
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What can you eliminate?
This is what will make your life better today, and it will
beat any reorganization or new rule you institute. The
best part is how quick and elegant the move can be. Sell
it, give it, toss it, drop it -- it’s done.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re clicking together,
the world and you. The world is listening. The world gets
you. All you have to do is open your eyes wide, and the
world will take this as a cue to educate you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Maybe all these
signs don’t mean you’re on the wrong path. Consider
that the answer is out there; you just haven’t tried
enough things to find it yet. Widen the search. Turn over
more rocks. Ask more people.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Though you really
prefer change to have a ramp-up and adaptation period,
life doesn’t often accommodate such a preference. The
good thing about an unexpected shock is that it forces
you to seek out something better.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). What are you
looking forward to? What are you dreading? To do more
of the former and avoid the latter would be a mistake.
Nothing disempowers dread like diving right in and
doing the thing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Question why you need
things to be a certain way. Sometimes particularness
comes out of a desire to be treated as important or
special, and other times the details must be correct to
serve the greater good. Which is it?
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 25). You have so much
social intelligence at your disposal that you don’t
even realize the advantage in it. Your solar year brings
numerous opportunities to play these cards, parlaying
yourself into a higher position or a sweeter one, scooping
up the resources to help your loved ones and the ideas to
rock your world. Scorpio and Aquarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 30, 38, 1, 16 and 54.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2021 Venus the Catwoman
Venus slips on a catsuit and walks as cats do, which is
to say up on the toes in the “digitigrade posture,” which
allows for quick, quiet agility and a pouncing advantage
in play and over prey. In the weeks to come, love goes
wild. It will show up soft and irresistible like a kitten and
fearsome as a lion, with a passionate heartbeat always
at the core.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). It is often the case when
an artist creates a masterpiece that the inertia takes over
and subsequently carries the action for a long stretch. A
beautiful rut is still a rut. You are the artist. Stay active in
the design of your life.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Here come the
unexpected stimuli and restraints. You roll with this
sort of thing, having learned lessons in control long
ago. Managing every little thing is a waste of time. Let it
inspire you instead.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s almost nothing
you can successfully accomplish using just your mind
today. Unless your body and spirit are involved, the
thing will fall flat and prove unworthy of further attention.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Collaborate with
everybody. Outsiders, insiders, customers, critics --
they all help to illuminate the task at hand. Brilliance is
an emergent quality of diverse groups.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The thing that looks easy
may have taken a person hours or years to create.
This is something to keep in mind before you start the
discussion, compliment, criticize or follow in kind.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). “The future is here,”
said science-fiction writer William Gibson. “It’s just not
widely distributed yet.” You’ll aid in that distribution
today with your forward-thinking contribution.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What people expect of
you could have the effect of cheering you on. However,
you probably feel more like those expectations are
looming over you, nagging and negging you. This is a
sure sign that you need a break.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Those moments, like a
zephyr of mental chaos through your brain, can serve to
energize you if you relax and let it blow through. It leaves
little behind, but what does remain will be treasure -- a
gift from the ether.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Why waste
your time being disappointed at people who will never
change when there’s a whole world of go-getters out
there waiting to help you with your next idea?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What’s happening
in an interaction is nuanced. The terms of the agreement
aren’t the real exchange; that goes unstated, involving a
subconscious tender too raw for one or more parties to
recognize or admit to.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Gaming sharpens
skills that will have real-world consequences. The game
you thought was pointless is actually the entire point,
only in metaphoric form and much plays out just as the
game did.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ve so many
options that it would be easy to spread yourself too thin.
To avoid that shortcut to burnout, decide what you need
upfront and make sure those requirements are a top
priority before you say yes to anything else.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 26). Your cosmic
boon will be a rain of disruptive creativity that spills
into relationships and projects, imbuing them with an
epic quest-like feeling. Your tremendous powers of
originality can be applied in so many ways, and, notably,
you’ll arrange your schedule and environment to honor
your most interesting pursuits. Aquarius and Virgo
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 4, 44, 38 and 41.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS