B4
PUZZLES
East Oregonian
Cut Out the Middleman by Paul Coulter
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Home, in
Honduras
5 Longoria of
“Desperate
Housewives”
8 Guy “cut out of”
24-Across?
11 Cavalry sword
12 Practice for a fight
13 Catch a glimpse
of
14 “Moving along
from the eighth
part of my box set
...”?
16 Burn balm
17 Stereotypical
programmer
18 Apiece
19 Actors’
accessories
20 “Hey, can I run
this by you?”
22 Friendliness
24 Schmoozes in
Hollywood?
28 Discard at the
junkyard
31 Number of letters
in QWERTYUIOP
32 Guy “cut out of”
14-Across?
33 What Miss Muffet
had with curds
34 Lifting machine
36 “Now,” to a doctor
37 Guy “cut out of”
56-Across?
38 “___ the land of
the free ...”
39 Call up
40 Piece of gossip
about someone
forgetting to clean
the coffee maker?
45 Fluster
46 Country east of
Ethiopia
50 It eats shoots and
leaves
52 Noted Nile queen,
casually
54 Influence
55 Danish shoe
brand
56 Broadway backer
who also works in
security?
58 God with a war
chariot
59 Elbows’ places
60 Itsy-bitsy
61 Guy “cut out of”
40-Across?
62 Dash forward and
backward?
63 Alternatively
DOWN
1 Small part in
“Downsizing,”
perhaps
2 Scrub, as a rocket
launch
3 Dismiss
4 Shape of a bow
5 Grand-scale story
6 Eddie of rock
7 Exist
8 Supports
steadfastly
9 Psy’s genre
10 Body parts that
may be blue
11 Perform in an
opera
12 Nosh
13 Everyone’s
mother?
15 Antlered animal
19 Photo
21 Absorb, with “up”
23 Challenge for a
barber
25 Apt-sounding
surname for an
astronomer
26 Multicolored
horse
27 “Volume off”
button
28 Gulp of whiskey
29 Blacken
30 Gives up, as a
claim
34 The “C” in UPC
35 Treatment that
relieves stress
36 Dangerous bits of
metal
39 Yappy toy dog, for
short
41 Beehives and
buns
42 Cipher-cracking
org.
43 Computer
operators
44 Atmosphere
47 Olympics sleds
48 “Mr. Belvedere”
actress Graff
49 One on your side
50 Thunderclap
51 Cropland
measure
53 Light source
56 Space between
teeth
57 Downed a sub,
say?
Icebreakers by Will Nediger
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Run like heck
5 Female horse
9 Express
hesitation
14 Seized car, for
short
15 Composer
Menken
16 Wipe away
17 Measure
something
visually
19 ___ up
(assessed)
20 What you should
give a lover
who prefers
quality time over
diamonds?
22 “Minecraft” block
23 Dance style for
Sarah Reich
24 More, in Spanish
25 TV screen option
28 Pull to pieces
30 Weapon in a silo:
Abbr.
32 “You can’t be
leaving already!”
33 Remarkable
period
36 Request for
another piece?
38 Announcement
at a disappointing
open bar?
42 Ready to mate,
like a cat
43 Drink with
steamed milk
44 “Untrue!”
45 Somber news
item, briefly
47 ___ speed (pace
in sci-fi)
51 Inc. cousin
52 Hoppy brew letters
53 Troublemaking tot
56 Literally, “born”
57 What figure
skating partners
with a lot of
chemistry might
have?
61 Still getting the
hang of
63 Kinda pricey
64 Joplin’s
“Treemonisha,”
e.g.
65 Loaf around
66 Earned
67 Many a long-
legged bird
68 Caustic solutions
69 Transport in the
last “Calvin and
Hobbes” strip
DOWN
1 Earth-shaking
event
2 Gloomy donkey
in kid lit
3 Missing links,
maybe
4 Garment like an
abaya
5 Valletta’s island
country
6 Seasoning that
tastes like a blend
of seasonings
7 Common forecast
in Vancouver
8 Put in a crypt
9 Members of a
South Asian
diaspora
10 Comedian
Wareheim
11 Bat mitzvah
congrats
12 Take advantage
of
13 Fire engine’s
color
18 Hill insect
21 Least racy
26 ___ package
27 Like bottle-blond
hair
29 Discourage
31 Spicy dish at a
cookoff
32 It has a head and
a thread
34 Actress Zadora
35 Intelligent
cephalopods
37 Trawler’s tool
38 First lady Biden
39 Gram or meter
40 Observed at work
41 Lampoon
46 Lauren of “To
Have and Have
Not”
48 Toughen, in
metallurgy
49 Move back
50 Sounded like a
chick
52 Meal that breaks
the Ramadan fast
54 Specks
55 Heads of
Canada, for short
58 Subway cost
59 Site with a Daily
Deals page
60 Money
dispensers
61 Right this minute
62 Org. concerned
with oil spills
Saturday, July 3, 2021
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2021 Aftermath of a Cosmic Square
As a tussle between Mars and Uranus breaks up,
productivity can turn unproductive in an instant.
Entertainment can turn into a source of boredom, safe
spaces can turn unsafe, confidence can turn to mush.
It’s how we handle those moments that determines our
character, style and overall success. The chance to
practice is a gift.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Jealousy is among
the most effective teachers, as there’s always valuable
information to be gleaned from our reaction to others
doing enviable things. Jealousy reveals what we really
want.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You don’t always have
to know what to say. It’s better to admit when you’re lost
in the conversation -- to laugh and check in with your
feelings. Perhaps speaking them can get the dialogue
back on track.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The position you hold
will be challenged. This doesn’t have to be a call to
arms; rather, it’s a signal to tune into your environment
to understand the desires of those around you so you
can stay several steps ahead of the game.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Appreciation is often
expressed to the people who get most of the credit
anyway. This is lazy diplomacy: tending to the powerful
to stay in their good graces. You’ll engage in the nobility
of acknowledging the work of the less powerful.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The difference between work
that depletes you and work that builds you up is... no
difference. Ask any bodybuilder who keeps lifting until
the muscle fails: It’s not a style befitting every workout,
but it works.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Achievement is
overrated. It’s a prize but not the top prize. Too much
emphasis on achievement makes bad things happen.
For a joyful outcome, set your mind on learning instead,
and then stay open and flexible.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Maybe it’s the meaningful
compliments, or how a person seems to pick up what
you’re throwing down even when no one else does, but
you’re now getting a sense of your destinies becoming
intertwined.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are a receiver for
the beauty of the world today, and your attention is the
bridge over which the good out there can cross into the
good inside you and vice versa.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t know
why you had to do it? Don’t worry too much about it.
Your impulses are filled with genius, though it may
take a while for the deeper reasoning to become clear.
Eventually, a grand logic will emerge.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Reading the star
pictures as the ancient Greeks did is but one way to do
it. Your creative vision is so exceptional now, perhaps
you should go rogue and connect the brilliant dots (and
your dazzling future) to suit your whims.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You worry that
socializing will steal time from your work. Actually, it will
give your work a kick in the pants. You’ll find yourself
going about things differently as friends inspire, inform
and challenge you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Communication is
risk. If the conversation gets out of control and turns
heated and messy, then, well, that happened. Maybe
emotional intensity isn’t optimal, but it’s better than not
communicating.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 4). A renewal unfolds
this solar return. You’ll untie your self-worth from your
productivity and take long breaks doing whatever you
want. These will, oddly enough, turn out to be your
most “productive” stints, showing results of increased
vitality and happiness, not to mention decision-making
to reflect your priorities and values. Aries and Cancer
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 13, 33, 2 and 11.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, JULY 5, 2021 The Ache of Growth
Growth and discomfort go together. Expect it. Lean
into it. Eventually, it may be possible to embrace the
sensation as a familiar friend. At this point in the solar
journey, many will look forward to their reunion with
the ache of growth, receiving it as a badge of honor, a
warrior’s prize and tangible proof of awesomeness.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You want the goodness
you felt before. But for some reason, you can’t get there
in the same way. Don’t worry. Just try something else.
There are hundreds of routes to the same feeling.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Consult others before
you initiate action. Even when you have enough
information to respond, it will benefit you to hold back
until the right moment -- the moment you can take
control of the situation.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Because you know
someone very well, you don’t have to try hard to
understand. You hear it all when they say everything,
and when they say nothing, several simultaneous
meanings are deliberately implied. You get every one.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). In these early days of
a project, the endeavor is wholly unproven. Either give
yourself margins of error that are so wide, they may
as well be the page itself or put up the equivalent of
bumpers in a bowling lane.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You express yourself hoping
that others will unanimously support and embrace your
truth. But the good effects of your honesty happen
regardless of their reaction due to the powerful, gravity-
defying effects of truth-telling.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Beware of those who
give their opinion like it’s gold, like it’s enriching to all on
whom it is bestowed, like it’s essential to the economy.
The ones to watch are too busy living the principle to
stop and hand out all the “gold.”
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What makes humble
work so satisfying is its obvious completion. It’s easy
to tell when the floor is swept or the window is spotless.
You’ll deal in complex and difficult work. Make luck for
yourself by emptying the trash.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Having preferences
can be costly. Needing things to be a certain way can
cage you into a position of having to fight for what you
want -- or just having to wait, save, trade, negotiate,
work for it. What if you wanted less?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Life feels like
a maze, but at least it’s a maze you get to set up for
yourself. Arrange it so it’s easy to move through. What
you can you do to make your environment conducive to
moving forward?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll be tapped
by the challenge. Does it seem like a bad time? There is
never a comfortable time to stretch because stretching
is, by definition, a discomfort, though one that you
could learn to crave.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A golf club could
have multiple purposes. It could be used as a weapon, a
hammer, meat tenderizer, rhythm instrument, etc. But of
course, it is best suited to playing golf. Apt applications
give tools their highest value.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Just because you can’t
do a thing perfectly, or even well, doesn’t mean you
can’t do it at all. Being willing to get a little messy in the
process will be the key to your overall success.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 5). To be rung like a bell
by the strike of desire -- this is no small gift. Such clarity
of purpose only comes along a handful of times in a
lifetime. This solar return sees you driven by inner fire,
committed at a level that few will know and the rest won’t
understand. You’ll embrace your destiny with certainty
and do whatever it takes. Aries and Sagittarius adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 30, 11, 39 and 2.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS