PUZZLES
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Going Both Ways by Ori Brian and David Gold
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Black-and-white
print
6 A few
10 La familia’s home
14 Chinese, perhaps
15 Chaka, the
“Queen of Funk”
16 Microbrewery
offerings
17 *Kitchen pot
products?
(Theme hint: See
letters 6 to 7 and
11 to 12 in this
answer)
20 O, in a lover’s text
21 Brazilian carnival
city, informally
22 Like many job
interviews
23 Regularly
26 “Woof” relative
27 Sam Smith’s “I’m
___ the Only
One”
28 *”Out of the Blue”
singer
32 To no ___ (useless)
33 Originally named
34 Suffix for “senior”
38 Grain grinder
39 They’re always
true
41 It may be
dominant
42 Spanish for “she”
43 Letters before a
pseudonym
44 Letter before iota
45 *Home of the
Krusty Krab
49 “Gross!”
52 Fox’s hideout
53 Smell or taste
54 Zigzag through
snow
56 Car-towing org.
57 Baseball stat
60 *Moving
collections of
literature?
64 Keen
65 White House
staffer
66 Like the
Vietnamese
language
67 Champ and
Major, for the
Bidens
68 Hue darker than
cyan
69 Dance partly
inspired by a
fashion magazine
DOWN
1 Braff of “Scrubs”
2 Biblical birthright
seller
3 It shows a
number to call
4 Went for a jog
5 De Armas of
“Knives Out”
6 Racing down a
snowy hill, say
7 Quite, quaintly
8 Astronaut
Jemison
9 Backs publicly
10 Airport vehicles
11 Bold poker bet
12 Deal with
13 Liability’s
opposite
18 Activist and
filmmaker
Newsome
19 Deets
24 Research area at
Quantico
25 Up to, briefly
26 Drive the getaway
car for, e.g.
28 Notre ___
29 Sinister
30 Cuzco native
31 Times when
hamsters are
most active
35 Balancing
unsteadily
36 Crushing on
37 Sewing line
39 Vegan bacon, for
instance
40 Related (to)
44 Freight weight
unit
46 “Survivor”
immunity item
47 Author Allende
48 Queer subculture
with a pawprint
on its flag
49 Election season
graphic
50 What’s kept
on hand at the
hospital?
51 Behavioral
pattern
55 Cup covers
56 Musical with a
pharaoh
58 Boyfriend
59 Minor key?
61 Violate a court
oath
62 Off-road wheels,
briefly
63 Aussie marsupial
Pride Month Themeless V by Kate Hawkins
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Split the bill
11 Wet dog
emanation
15 “Is everything all
right?”
16 Granny
17 “Close enough”
18 Difficult journey
19 Game with +2
cards
20 “Salt, Fat, Acid,
___” (Samin
Nosrat book)
21 “If ___ Walls
Could Talk 2”
22 Boatload
23 Possesses
24 Yelled out
26 Pose for a portrait
27 Pairs of rhyming
rap lyrics
30 Metronomes’
outputs
33 Withdraw, as from
bottle-feeding
34 Piece of course
feedback,
informally
35 Organization that
really delivers?
38 Tandoori bread
39 Sword handle
5 Where to go in
England?
6 Russian
headwear
7 Foot parts that
may touch hot
sand
8 SNIGLAR crib
seller
9 Home to Cape
Cod and Cape
Hatteras
10 ___ admin
11 Aboveboard
12 Speed demon, for
instance (aptly!)
13 Too big for ___
britches
14 Roulette table
scraper
21 Word following
“hot” or “wing”
23 Snake sound
25 Magical letter
26 Classic rock
monument?
DOWN
27 Building blocks of
life
1 Run the ___
(cover everything) 28 Food with a shell
2 University of
29 Boatload
Maine’s town
30 “___ of Steel”
3 “Great blue” bird
(1987 workout
4 “Yes, captain!”
video)
40 Underneath
41 You can’t lose
with them
43 Be laid up
44 Burglar
45 Subway
alternative
46 “All the Things
___ Said” (t.A.T.u.
song)
49 Space object with
a tail
51 Doing a task
53 Golden Bears’
univ.
54 Sign of the future
55 Substance on
which it’s hard to
lie?
58 “Rats!”
59 “Is the party
over?”
60 Chip in chips
61 Pickled pepper
picker
31 Hairy son of
Isaac
32 Rental in a
complex
33 “Hold on, I’ll be
right there!”
36 Rapper Megan
___ Stallion
37 Softball stats
42 Smidgen
43 Sarah Waters
or Patricia
Highsmith
45 “Danke” response
46 Leftover piece of
fabric
47 Lead-in to
“couture”
48 Bovine glue
mascot
49 Musical ending
50 Muscat’s
sultanate
52 When the stars
come out in
Cannes
55 Touch, as a
phone screen
56 Soak (up)
57 Name within
“Celia”
East Oregonian
A17
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 Sun, Moon, Triangle
Just being human takes a lot of work, much of it done
beneath consciousness. Trust the work that the you
inside the you is doing. Don’t wait until you’re worn out
to replenish. The solar/lunar water sign trine opens a
wave of feeling to soothe and rock the weary soul. Relax
into it and a sense of calm will extend to the rest of this
moon cycle.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you think you can
improve things, or keep them at a sweet status quo, you
lead the way. But if you believe someone else has the
right vision, you’ll be the first to follow. It’s not about
power; it’s about the group good.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The difference between
collecting and hoarding is in the rules that guide the
acquisition. Hoarding is indiscriminate. What will you
require of the things you add to your life? How do you
know when a thing is worth having?
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your mission is to
thrive as a contributor to the planet. As for those bent
exclusively on promoting their own welfare, you don’t
get it. The good news is that you don’t have to convince
anyone. Your life is convincing enough.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Life delivers poetic
truths to you, brief and contrasting. Because much is
left out, you’re able to fill in the blanks and reconcile
contradictions. If you can’t make sense, make art.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Some of your best teachers
will be people who died years ago. Their lives are
your lesson plans, and they may currently seem
more accessible to your apprenticeship than anyone
breathing. You’ll receive answers from beyond.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Avoid being like the
tourist who packs too heavily or makes too many
reservations, becoming beholden to self-created
obligations. All will be taken care of when you go with
less and trust the whims of the moment.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You don’t have to do
things perfectly to belong to the group. In fact, since
everyone in the group is imperfect, your flaws are part of
your dues, so no need to hide them away.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Easy games don’t make
champions. It’s as though this day is sensitive to what
you need: nothing too startling, just a gentle unfolding
of enough challenge to make things interesting.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your education
continues, and is going much stronger outside of formal
schooling than it is or ever was inside of it. With a
hunger to learn as your driver, you devour whole feasts
of knowledge.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll harmonize
your work with the needs of the people around you.
You’ll be reminded how each of them has their own circle
of influence and these resonances extend indefinitely.
Every small gesture matters.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are a country
with your own language and laws, your own icons and
culture, your own food and aesthetic. Who is taking the
time to learn the country of you? Who is “living” there
without fully adapting to the place?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). “Many words lead to
exhaustion,” says Lao-Tzu, and you’ve felt this while
falling asleep with a book or in a lecture or just wishing
you were asleep when someone overshares the minutia.
You deserve peace. Go to the quiet.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 30). You have remarkable
talents you don’t know about; not because they are
hidden, but because they are so much a part of you that
you can’t see them, much like you can’t see your own
face. The cosmic gift of the year is an excellent mirror
in the form of adoring people and prime opportunities
to bring out your brilliance. Virgo and Sagittarius adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 20, 4, 44 and 15.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2021 Cosmic Opposition
To know awe is to experience something beyond what
we initially comprehend. As Mars and Saturn move into
an opposition, we have a sense of being stretched. We
feel we must expand to accommodate the understanding
of something bigger, and in that expansion comes an
awareness of the interconnection of life.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll get so much
more done because you’re doing it for the right reasons.
Curiosity and wonder are motivators with seemingly
endless fuel. They give and give.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your own self-interest
is certainly part of what motivates you to act today, but
it’s only one small consideration of the many concerns
vying for your attention. You’ll carefully weigh out
options to determine your next move.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). A smack to the ego
can be more devastating than a physical hit, and ego
wounds can be as debilitating as bodily injuries. The
difference is that destruction to the ego makes a person
much stronger.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll say the thing you
wanted to hear. You’ll give the help you wish someone
would have given to you. You’ll provide the very thing
you most needed. It’s good to be you. Capable!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A signal is coming from far
off, barely audible, but annoying... like a drippy faucet in
a downstairs bathroom. The question on repeat: “Can I?
Can I? Can I?” Yes, you can. You can, and you will. Go
down and shut off this doubt.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s OK not to understand
everything right away. In fact, it’s better this way. The
information assimilates in its own time, when it has
relevance to you and when you’re ready to do something
about it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You don’t have to know
what the conflict is to know that one exists. It’s not
always worth getting into. One way to erase tension from
your life is to use your feet to walk away.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Loosen your grip on
the controls and give yourself a wide berth, too, because
the most interesting things are going to happen quite on
their own and in the margins.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You think you’re
performing well despite your mixed feeling about the
venues and institutions, and the few bad habits helping
you cope. Then again, maybe you owe your good
performance to this mixed back of influences.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Everyone is the
star of their own show, though with some, you wouldn’t
know it. They seem to turn their story into an ensemble
piece, and then take a seat in the audience to watch it
play out. Not a bad tactic to try out today.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Get some distance
between you and the problem. When you return, the
solution will follow you back. Also, “home” is not a
problem, but creating a temporary distance from home
will also bring a favorable outcome. It’s just time.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Today’s outcome
is a small bird, precariously perched, listening to the
wind for answers. It could fall one way or the other. It
could start building a nest where it is. It could fly to the
heavens. You are the wind. Start whispering.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 1). The big change of the
year will be astounding, though not sudden or dramatic;
it will happen by degrees. First, you’re the car, and
then you’re the driver. Before you know what you want,
you do what you’re told. Then you learn of a glittering
destination and a vision comes together in your mind
to fuel this journey. Aquarius and Aries adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 14, 5, 30, 7 and 18.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS