PUZZLES
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Change the Covers by Ross Trudeau & Chandi Deitmer
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 “Swanky” Spice
Girl
5 Green stuff on a
log
9 Hockey disks
14 What lets you mix
and match?
16 Atmospheric gas
17 Rights, as a
wrong
18 Printer need
19 Cat or ferret
20 “Lights out” bugle
call
22 Thoroughly
evaluate
23 Savings options,
briefly
24 Seek favor from
26 Conductor
___-Pekka
Salonen
27 Big ___,
California
28 Poke
29 Way, way out
31 Overly
32 “My bad!”
34 “Understood”
37 Deadlock
39 Environmental
devastation at
human hands
41 Tribute involving
insults
42 Like some rail
fare pricing
44 Rubbish
receptacle
45 One may be
dropped in
conversation
47 Illness often
treated with
exposure therapy:
Abbr.
48 Fate, quaintly
49 Degree higher
than an M.A.
51 Dogs that clean
themselves like
cats
53 Partner of “haw”
54 Cochlea’s organ
55 Camera’s “eye”
56 ___ cat (rich
donor)
57 Speed for
many cinematic
showdowns
59 Sterling example?
64 Falcon claw
65 Exercises using
the crisscross
technique, say
66 Skateboarding
leap
67 Celebrity
68 “This ___ over!”
DOWN
1 Hand-holding,
e.g.
2 ___ milk (vegan
drink)
3 *Fire safety
phrase
4 Jazz pianist Earl
5 Dosage amts.
6 Ungraceful
person
7 *#LikeAGirl
commercials, e.g.
8 Skunk’s defense
9 *Leprechauns’
troves
10 Actress Aduba
11 Sporty vehicles’
roofs, and a hint
to the starred
answers’ first
words
12 Brought to one’s
___ (trounced)
13 “Always
Comfortable”
mattress maker
15 After taxes
21 School grp.
23 CNN’s Chris
24 Experts
25 Jennifer who had
a No. 1 album
and movie in
2001
27 Mix with a spoon
28 *”Circles” singer
30 Green New Deal
rep.
33 One might kibitz
about a klutz
35 “Break a leg,” for
one
36 Circus structure
38 Simile center
40 Mama of ‘60s
music
43 *Declines to
participate
46 Scrape (by)
49 Green pasta
sauce
50 Kosher, in Islam
52 Dressed for
cuddling
53 Asian capital on
the Red River
56 New Deal prez
58 “Who, me?”
60 Thurman of “Kill
Bill”
61 “Code Switch”
station
62 High score for a
gymnast
63 “C’___ la vie!”
Highs and Lows by Jasper Davidoff
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 What you need to
solve a crossword
on your phone
4 Turning points in
ballet?
8 Not imaginary
14 Damage
15 Easter egg event
16 Woman whose
help is requested
in a Beach Boys
hit
17 When to wish
a tennis player
luck?
19 C in chemistry
class?
20 Big bags
21 Informal assent
23 Pius VIII or Urban
VIII
24 Assert
26 When you
actually had to
call people?
28 Closes the door
on
30 Gunk
31 Unclothed
32 San Francisco’s
___ Hill
34 Certain IRAs
38 Had for lunch,
say
39 When not to
interrupt a jazz
soloist?
42 Kanga’s child
43 Multiple fish, in
Italian
45 Everything
46 Round of
applause
47 European peaks
50 Instinctual drives
52 When to decide
on a lover’s
suitability?
56 Egg-cooking aid
57 Wicked force
58 Phys. ed. sites
60 Roman clothes
62 Eye part with
rods and cones
64 When to read
Luke and John?
66 Legendary Norse
sea monster
67 Kite-flying
obstacle
68 Dessert for the
kittens who found
their mittens
69 Throws around
70 MMXXI, e.g.
71 Perceived visually 35 International
economic
disparities
DOWN
1 Roadies’ burdens 36 Speakers’ fees
2 Skydiving need
37 Covers with rolls
of grass
3 Makes impossible
4 One of 95 for
39 Not very spicy
Martin Luther
40 Feeling crummy
5 Your and my
41 Move like a
6 “I wish I had that!”
butterfly
feeling
44 Feline
7 Difficult to climb
46 Fan’s words to
8 One may wear a
a TV camera,
quiver
perhaps
9 Half a Latin
48
Ancient
Greeks,
dance
e.g., religiously
10 Destroyer
49 Pig’s home
destroyer
11 Remove from a
51 Holding a grudge
package
52 Private jets,
12 Take in, as a dog
corner offices,
13 Freeway drivers’
and others
options
53 In plain view
18 Piece of footwear 54 Plucked Indian
with a blade
instrument
22 Rainbow shape
55 Ready for a refill
25 Far from full-size
59 Achy
27 Grassy layer
28 Sound made with 61 Bias
63 Word before
two fingers
“money” or
29 Head gesture
“moon”
33 Upper
65 Sailor’s place
undergarment
East Oregonian
A9
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2021 A Word From Pluto
Words are symbols of things, not the things themselves.
Before a thing is named, an understanding of it may be
vast yet incommunicable. As a word comes to the aid of
communication, the width and breadth of understanding
is squashed into a word-shaped box. The lunar square
to Pluto points out: Definitions are limits, but necessary
ones.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You can’t always get
away when you want to. Anyone can accept a pleasant
moment they wanted, planned and expected. It’s how
people behave in the unexpected moments that really
tells a fuller story.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If only you had
unlimited time and attention. Alas, you’ll give all you
have, and it will be more than enough. Your first priority
is to invest in the ones who need it most. Then give to
the replenishers who give back.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The lines that delineate
responsibility are like map boundaries. While many
can agree where they are in theory, it’s different on the
ground, and much depends on whom you ask. Good
communication saves the day.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The day presents you
with a fascinating balance of opposites and, being a
sensitive and astute observer of life, you’ll thrill to the
“accidental” grace of happenstance.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Between the archives of past
capers and the plans and models for future endeavors is
a tense line of thought, vibrating like a violin string as the
bow of your imagination pulls across the possibilities.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Though you think
planning is often half the fun of doing a thing, some
of your favorite plans are loose -- more like a list of
options. You’ll investigate new ones now. This list is
becoming a work of art!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ve noticed a
particular pattern of yours -- not exactly a bad habit, but
it’s not doing you any good either! And now you’ll find
a juicy reason to knock it off -- quick and painless --
because the rewards of doing so are rich.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The subject might be
narrow, but the way you think about it is broad indeed.
Lately, you may even feel that you’re so focused on a
subject that it dominates your thoughts, but don’t worry;
a breakthrough is coming.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s common in
the animal world, but when a human baby walks before
crawling, it’s a developmental rarity. You’ll soon echo
the metaphor with an extraordinary move.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Like children at
a party who go wild when the parents leave the room,
your thoughts have all kinds of feral fun once the uptight
prefrontal cortex gets out of the way. Today brings vivid
fantasies and dreams.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It doesn’t matter
how old you are in body. In your head, you are young,
resilient, creative and filled with wonder. From this fresh
place, you will solve a very adult problem.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Unprepared? Great.
Clueless? That’s even better. After all, knowing a lot
about what you’re about to embark on could hinder
your progress. The best state for learning will be one of
hopeful naivete.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 2). The attitude you
cultivate contributes to hundreds of thrilling wins. You
play your advantages and, in doing so, minimize your
disadvantages. Because you’re so adept at making the
most of things, life gives you the premium version just
to see what heights you can soar to. You’ll enjoy special
sharing with like-minds and hearts. Scorpio and Pisces
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 10, 4, 44 and 16.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2021 Cosmic Credit Toss
Who would you credit for making the sand so soft?
Would you award the faithful and tireless waves who are
only going with the tide or the tide who is only obeying
the magnet moon or the moon who is only obeying her
mother orbit? Mars square Uranus suggests both blame
and credit will be passed along, never quite landing
correctly.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). As far as you’re
concerned, power, money and fame are not the goal.
There’s nothing wrong with those things, but they are
only worth obtaining insofar as they can be utilized to
create a better community.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Dreaming big used to
entail thinking of a blown-up version of your wish. Now
your consciousness has changed. Dreaming big entails
expanding your vision to include the best interest of the
highest number of people.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Loved ones will
grow and change right along with you. This is not a
coincidence. You’re helping one another grow. You are
especially good at celebrating the many passages and
incarnations inside of this life together.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The sculptor chips
away at everything that’s not the sculpture. The detective
discovers the truth by finding the lies and cover-ups.
And you’ll figure out what you want to do by trying
things that turn out to be definitely not that.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You believe in giving more
than you get, and yet it’s going to be a really difficult
thing to accomplish because your generosity keeps
repaying you exponentially.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Embrace those
inevitabilities you cannot get away from. There is no
living in the light without the contrast to help you see
things. There is no retreat from one’s own shadow, but
at least you always have company!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is nothing selfish
about figuring out what you like. You actually do the
world a huge favor by learning yourself very well. The
struggle against one’s own baser instincts can be as
ferocious as any external conflict.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Delight yourself. Don’t
wait for someone else to do it; you’re the one best suited
to the job. Anyone who’d memorized your preferences
would still be clueless as to nuances of quantity and
variation that might please you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The difference
between a step forward and a step back is the destination.
You think you know where you’re headed, but life has
other ideas. Right now, it’s safe to assume that if you’re
moving, you’re making progress.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your receptiveness
earns you an insider’s position. You’ll learn so much by
listening well that you just may save your own agenda
and stories for another time.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll learn through
cautionary examples and aspirational models alike.
Let everything absorb a while. The lessons are like a
marinade; you have to soak in it to get the flavor, and
there’s no way to shorten the process.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It is said that you can
never have too many friends, and your current stars
suggest you could use a more diverse array. Skills and
orientations different from your own will teach you and
afford you rare advantages.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 3). You find yourself
through discovering the world. As you become an expert
on what interests you, doubts dissolve -- not just about
your subject but about other areas of life. Boldness and
breakthroughs are the theme. The more you love your
choices, the less you need other people to love them
-- and yet, love them they do. Leo and Libra adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 30, 5, 27, 10 and 44.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS