PUZZLES
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Give This Puzzle a Shot! by Ross Trudeau & Malaika Handa
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
43 Lead-in to
“intellectual”
1 “So close!”
45 When to test an
7 Promotion on a
app
podcast, say
49 Exchange of
11 Rx from Dr. Mom
cross words
14 One may devour 50 Common
“Chocolat”
autobiography
15 Flight-related
subtitle
prefix
51 Arrange, as a
16 Snicker syllable
shawl
17 When to sample
54 Like proofed
wedding desserts
dough
19 Night before a
55 Mask or cloak
holiday
56 Softball stat
20 Pronoun for
59 “___ get over it”
Rihanna
60 Taxing periods,
21 Sitter’shandfuls
and a hint to
22 Bert’s foil on
17-, 30- and
“Sesame Street”
45-Across
24 Know by intuition 64 “Boyz n the Hood”
26 Exams scored
actress Long
from 1-5
65 Tablet some take
28 ___ gobi (Indian
to bed
dish)
66 Gloria Estefan’s
30 When to present
Cuban birthplace
a case
67 What an electric
32 Like a trampoline
car doesn’t use
35 They’re capped
68 They may be
above two feet
stroked or inflated
36 Snip
69 In, now
37 Tracking device
DOWN
39 Fir fluid
1 Story trajectories
42 Suspicious
2 Rachel’s biblical
sister
3 Gets to first base
4 Reverent poem
5 Take effect
6 Streetcars
7 Rewards for
“good boys”
8 Floral garland
9 Decorative vase
10 Very enterprising
people
11 Cryptography org.
12 Actor Joseph
Gordon-___
13 Nacho topping
18 Design detail, for
short
23 Some lipstick
shades
25 For-ev-er
26 Julia Roberts, to
Emma Roberts
27 Before surgery,
informally
28 Jackson 5 hit with
an alphabetical
title
29 “Skip to My ___”
31 Gives the green
light
33 Grade school
semiformal
accessory
34 Nintendo
dinosaur
38 Blacken
39 Powerful DC
figure?
40 Computing
pioneer Lovelace
41 Drum for a
toddler, maybe
42 Renown
44 Clairvoyance,
e.g., briefly
45 Revealing, as
one’s soul
46 Clarke who
played Mother of
Dragons
47 Certain electric
cars
48 Perfect garden
52 This way: --->
53 Place to
exchange rings
55 TikTok content,
casually
57 Stretch, as the
truth
58 “My word!”
61 D&D, e.g.
62 NBA legend Ming
63 “___ been drinkin’
...” (Beyonce lyric)
Sports Center by Julian Lim
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Artistic inspiration
5 Penne ___ vodka
9 Albacore and
bluefin
14 Banded gem
15 Weaving device
16 Japanese port city
17 Dinosaur experts
(Hint: Read this
answer’s last 3
letters first)
20 Head of state?
21 One who takes a
vow, or a pledge
22 One-dollar chips
at a high rollers’
table, say (... last
4 letters first)
25 Roll of cash
28 Golden or brown
brew
29 Trivia champion
Jennings
30 Two-piece
swimsuit
32 Piece of work
34 Oboe necessity
37 Burn slightly
38 Into many things?
(... last 4 letters first)
41 Gadget
42 Garment such as
an obi
43 Stock option?
45 “___ Eleven”
(2001 heist
comedy)
47 Compostable
straws?
49 Fish eggs
50 Word after
“flower” or “oyster”
51 Low-cost lodging
(... last 3 letters
first)
55 Like many
restaurants
56 What skaters
“catch” after
jumping
57 Those who stick
together forever,
or a theme hint
63 Rihanna wore
one for a British
Vogue cover
64 Draw in
65 Duct ___
66 Enjoys a
newspaper
67 Church recess
68 Southern fried
vegetable
DOWN
1 “The Simpsons”
bartender
2 Game with
Reverse cards
3 Produced
electronically, as
music
4 Bonus
5 “___ is well”
6 Rigidity’s
opposite
7 Deductive skill
8 Sect wary of
technology
9 Belief with spirit
animals
10 Russia, once:
Abbr.
11 Siesta
12 Wanted poster
letters
13 Nickname within
“Absalom”
18 Piglet’s sound
19 Ticket tear-off
22 Touch on the
back
23 “The Silence
of the Lambs”
protagonist
24 Spice Girl
Halliwell
25 When a beach
trip is especially
nice
26 Poet Maya
27 Game cube
31 Rios and
Sorentos
33 ___ Sutra
35 Texter’s “When
will you be here?”
36 Brings shame to
39 Yens
40 Casual talk
41 Slimy lump
44 Oversaw
46 Button often
clicked moments
before noticing a
typo
48 “Uh-huh”
52 One of its
Roadsters is in
space
53 Reach out to,
colloquially
54 Be untruthful with
55 Out of battery
power
57 New Deal prez
58 Regret
59 Songwriter
Gershwin
60 Shirt shot from a
cannon
61 “Car Talk”
network
62 Substance
control org.
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 Uranus Poses a Question
Given the way the world works, it would be absurd to
feel entitled to a life without adversity. To have all of what
you need and most of what you want, though ideal, is
certainly not the norm. The precarious Uranus position
asks, “Could we at least have a chance to work hard for
the option?” Advocate for opportunities and freedoms for
all.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There is no shortcut to
becoming. The stages are often extremely awkward. It will
feel scary and false to pretend to be something you’re
not, which is precisely why transformation is only for the
brave (which you are!)
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are more resolute
and implacable than any opposition you could encounter.
If they are stronger, wait until a moment of weakness. If
they are faster, let them tire themselves out.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). People are serving their
own interests as they cast you in a role, decide how to see
you and predict who you are. Their opinions will be only
very slightly useful in your crafting of who you want to be.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). If all the world is a stage,
today you’re the lighting director. You set a mood, direct
attention by spotlighting important things and convey
your expectations by bringing it brightly up or quietly
down.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have cultivated an
ability to see yourself from a distance. This opens you
to a wider range of possibilities than most others around
you will ever know about. Objectivity is a cornerstone of
sophistication and maturity.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Humor will accelerate
relationships. Connection, trust and communication
happen inside of a smiling breath. Everyone who laughs
together is standing on common ground.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When things start to go awry
and the questions pour into your mind, let them. Don’t bother
answering, either -- there’s no time. Get to work clearing the
obstacles, and let the questions answer themselves.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s no shortage
of disagreeable ideas, though insulting their endorsers
with an opposing opinion holds no appeal. If you have
nothing to prove, you’ll forgo 100 arguments to save your
energy for what matters.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You make people
a little uncomfortable, and that’s a good thing. Don’t rush
to ease the tension or you’ll spoil the opportunity here for
all to try harder, raise the level and be the best version of
themselves.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The current obstacle
between you and what you want is basically immaterial.
Charge ahead. You’ll be surprised how little force it takes
to push through. Like a proper bully, this thing has no
power beyond your fear of it.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Between you and
the next thing, there’s a gap -- an invitation to a leap of
faith. If you don’t have faith, that’s fine, too. Consider
engineering, aeronautics, wire-walking... there’s more
than one way to bridge this.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You thought you’d
learned from a mistake, but now you’re back at a place
that looks suspiciously similar, and with the urge to
repeat the unfruitful actions of the past! It’s a matter of the
lesson being a little deeper than it looks.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 4). Life is good, not
because it’s problem-free but because it brings you
your favorite types of problems -- the kind that pay
you, introduce you to exciting people and places, and
sharpen your talents. Your beautiful attitude bonds you
with complementary companions. An investment ripens,
allowing a dream purchase. Aries and Virgo adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 4, 44, 2, 27 and 10.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 Leo Sun Checkpooint
It’s like we’re taking one step at a time down an enormous
and eternal Archimedes’ screw. No matter how familiar
the scene, or how convinced you are you’ve done it
before, you haven’t. Each step is new. Stop thinking
in terms of a destination, and warm yourself in this
perfectly enjoyable moment of the Leo sun.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). One way to conquer
fear is to learn all you can about what you are afraid of.
Look at it; get involved with it; figure out its mechanics
and preferences, what it needs and, most importantly,
what it’s afraid of.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). How you feel around
people will make a huge difference. Ideally, you have
people around you who help you stay loose, creative
and solution-oriented.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Don’t leave yourself
an out. Go for the hike, not the treadmill, which can be
abandoned on a whim at any moment. Once you commit
to the hike, however far in you get, that’s the distance
you’ll have to go to get back.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Praise is like food. A
certain amount is required. The more nutrient-dense,
the better. But praise too sweet, empty or overabundant
may be gratifyingly useless or even treacherous. Be
disciplined in your give and take.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). One simple principle will
organize the rest. Decide what and who is important,
and spend all your yeses there. Everything else is a no
that you don’t even have to say. Everyone will see you’re
busy!
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll see examples of
ugly entitlement, an effective deterrent. How will you
keep yourself from being spoiled? Humility, gratitude,
charity, duty... no need to choose one. Take a teaspoon
of each virtue, and mix it into your day.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you start comparing
yourself to others, where will you stop? There are well
over 7 billion people in the world, many of them with
social media accounts. Minding your own business will
pay off in healthy and productive ways.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There is no way to
learn less. You can forget the lesson, rebel against it
or even adopt its opposite belief, but the learning still
happened, and you’re still changed by it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll be
challenged to difficult tasks, instructionless or
unpopular, cryptically laid out, requiring of your
courage and ingenuity. In other words, it’s just another
day at the office.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Steer away from
the overglorification of the intangible magic you wield.
Stick with the nuts and bolts of the job. All charmed
outcomes will come together through the proficient
execution of tasks.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your big heart
cannot be contained. It will pump joy into everything
you do, beat faster for someone special and stay in
perfect rhythm with your highly choreographed world.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Everyone is great in
a different way. With each person you meet, you make
a habit of finding out just what kind of greatness you’re
dealing with so you can feature and enjoy it.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 5). You’re needed! Not
so much that you feel pressure, but enough to where
you understand the difference you make. Helping others
will be your pleasure and happiness. You become self-
sufficient in new ways, too, which gives you freedoms
you’ve been craving. A financial gain will allow you to
explore a new interest. Cancer and Scorpio adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 8, 30, 33, 21 and 18.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS