PUZZLES
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Shuffling Papers by Drew Schmenner
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Prepares, as a
table
5 Popular corn chip
10 Bench press
muscles, for short
14 Complain
15 Ancient fabulist
16 ___ year (2024,
for one)
17 Solo at the Met
18 Grannies
19 Actress Hathaway
20 Movement that
empowered
African American
creators (Hint:
Unscramble this
answer’s last
word and think
“Toronto”)
22 Vacuum brand
23 Piglet’s milk source
24 Like many
hippies’ shirts
26 Degree within “in
the end”
28 Jeopardy
31 In the style of
32 Fa follower
33 Tasks assigned
at a meeting (...
“New York”)
38
40
41
42
Kermit, famously
Annoy
Physical, for one
One doesn’t
work in a calm
environment (...
“Chicago”)
47 Virtuoso
48 ___ Jordan
sneakers
49 “That hurts!”
50 Relay race
section
51 They come with a
kids’ menu
55 “War and Peace,”
e.g.
57 Damages
58 Interstate oasis
(... “Washington”)
63 ___ mater
64 Ragu competitor
65 Certain pop star
66 Casino machine
67 Yo-Yo Ma’s
instrument
68 Head ___ heels
69 Bronte heroine
Jane
70 Shower with too
many gifts, say
71 FedExed
DOWN
1 Scrape covering
2 Apt name for a
sandwich lover?
3 Event requiring
goggles, a helmet
and running
shoes
4 “The final frontier”
5 Zealous
supporter
6 Raise, as children
7 “___ She Lovely”
(Stevie Wonder
classic)
8 Maid of honor’s
duty
9 Photo ___ (media
events)
10 Toddlers’ get-
together
11 So, so tiny
12 White water boat
13 Go on a shopping
spree
21 Tech journalist
Swisher
22 Place to buy a
hero
25 Novelist McEwan
26 (Don’t watch this
in the office)
27 Singer Amos
29 Mix around
30 Vanessa of “The
Crown”
34 “___ dokie!”
35 “$#@!,” e.g.
36 Colt’s mom
37 Skyline obscurer
39 Greeting Down
Under
43 Uncles, in
Oaxaca
44 Large coffee
vessel
45 “That crossed the
line”
46 “Return of the
Jedi” furball
51 Pursue
52 Campaign event
53 Knight’s
protection
54 ___ throat
56 Precursor to
Windows
59 Move, in real
estate parlance
60 Wrinkly tangelo
61 Word before
“timer” or
“thermometer”
62 Dividing line?
64 IBM products that
ran 56-Down
Dig Deeper by Erica Hsiung Wojcik
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Angry
4 “___ the word!”
8 Cover up, as a gift
12 Like the coolest
coffee?
14 Devoured, literally
or figuratively
16 A bad argument
might have one
17 Indian garment
worn with a choli
18 Fit for a queen
19 Legendary
20 Pompous tyrant
22 Michigan, e.g., in
Chicago: Abbr.
23 “Fancy” country
singer
24 “Checkmate,”
essentially
26 Entered gradually
28 Swarmed
32 German for “the”
33 Bottom-heavy
fruit
34 First South
American city to
host the Olympics
35 “Time to kick my
shoes off!”
39 Environmental
activist
Brockovich
40 ___ for the ride
42 Good bills for a
vending machine
43 Scholarship
funders
45 Got onto the
ballot
46 “Yeah, I’ll pass”
47 Place for a pint
48 Perfectly clean
50 They make
records
54 Desertlike
55 Start of many
a French bistro
name
56 Popular chat
room platform,
once
58 Parentheticals in
a play
62 Cracker brand
used for some
casseroles
63 Get
overwhelmed, so
to speak
65 Nerve
66 Shawkat of
“Arrested
Development”
67 Person who never
complains
68 “Ish”
69 Desserts eaten
on 3/14
70 Dough for a deal? 27 Frodo’s
companion
71 Fresh
28 “Mummified,” like
a house
DOWN
29 Savior
1 Light spray
30 Prince’s “Purple
2 Dark berry
___”
3 Laura of
“Marriage Story” 31 Metaphorical
opportunities
4 Notable New
Orleans necklace 36 “This round’s ___”
37 Gendered fashion
5 Intermountain
label?
West tribe
38 Those, in Toledo
6 Big: Prefix
41 Cabbage type
7 Smooth and
often used in
charming
kimchi
8 Question a
44 Word after “back”
college-bound
... or before
senior might ask
“elbows”
9 Dragged (into)
49 “___ the Damn
10 “I was solving a
Season” (Taylor
crossword when it
Swift song)
happened,” e.g.
50 Extra piece
11 Nut found in
51 Stew often topped
turtles
with sour cream
52 Fix, as laces
13 Certain frozen
foods with crusts 53 “Ish”
15 Claim you had no 57 Bird on a
Canadian coin
idea
59 “Oh, shoot!”
21 “Queen Sugar”
60 If not
channel
25 Actor ___ Patrick 61 Poky
Harris
64 Cleverness
East Oregonian
A13
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2021 Cosmic Caution Tape
As the sun squares Uranus, we encounter the wire
fence, the caution tape, the wall with a sign, “Turn back
now.” But this blockage represents a contest of wills.
Someone before you claimed the territory. Pause to
consider the purpose and correctness of the claim; also
the consequences of pushing through, if indeed there are
any at all.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The reason you want to
know about someone is more than sheer curiosity. You
wonder about the potential. Do you share commonalities?
Is there an opening? Can you make a connection? The
right questions will be key.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have an urge to
open all the windows and doors so fresh, life-giving
air can circulate. This is the same urge that sends you
adventuring into the wide, busy world.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). In much of life, the first
step is a point of no return. This is why arenas allowing
for experimentation are so popular. They embody the
nature of play, which is to try things without serious
consequence or commitment.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). As compassionate as you
are, listening to talk that goes on and on meaninglessly
feels like an assault. With a healthy appreciation for
pleasant, articulate brevity, you’ll craft your side of the
conversation accordingly.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). To some degree you can
choose your teachers and your students, though life will
surprise you in this regard. You’ll get the equivalent of
a weird substitute or rambunctious pupil and make the
most of it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The work feels like a grind
because it is. But at least it’s a grind that matters, as it
feeds and fortifies you and others. This gets harder before
it gets easier, but heavenly forces will eventually come to
your aid.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). That which disturbs
you also interests you. Do you dare look into it? A tiny
peek will be an interesting exercise in your sensory and
emotional responses. One small dose can start your
process of immunity.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Humility must be
cultivated. Without it, we are prone to mistakes of
arrogance. The things we are so certain of become
dangerous. A humble heart purifies your personal
atmosphere and all you do there.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Just because you
have the right of way doesn’t mean you should proceed.
It’s best to proceed, head on a swivel, ready to yield,
speed up and do whatever assists the flow.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you’re not
strong enough to knock down the wall that closes you in,
inspect it for weakness; one crack is all you need to start
chipping away. Don’t see it? Look closer. There always
is one.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). On a spinning planet,
even the most stable and concrete relationships are
changing all of the time. Don’t let that throw you off-
balance. You’re at your best when you expect the road
to wind.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Belonging is a feeling
happening in a person, a poetic sense or a spiritual
resonance. It’s not a fact. Belonging is subjective truth.
The only person who can tell you where, if and how you
belong is you.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 6). You are good at
what you do and excellent at describing it, making you
a marketing genius who earns top dollar for positioning
yourself so well. You’ll get deep satisfaction from a key
relationship with many rich layers. There’s a test in
October and prize in November. You’ll celebrate love and
then be swept up in it. Libra and Aquarius adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 8, 30, 2, 22 and 14.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021 Lion Vibes at a High
The sun, moon and Mercury all ride on the back of the
lion now, their sway felt in our regal attitudes toward
even the most mundane aspects of life. Approach
getting dressed or eating lunch or having a short walk
or conversation with the grace and nobility of one
executing a royal duty, and then ready yourself for
results most fortunate.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). When you don’t have
the patience to sit through the lecture or read the book,
dive in and learn by doing. Mistakes make the best
teachers anyway! Their lessons are relevant by nature,
brief, thorough and acute.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There is certainly a
mystical aspect to what you are taking on, but it’s not
worth thinking about now, let alone trying to describe it
to others, as it’s unexplainable. Live it and love it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Because you believe that
everyone is great in a different way, you wouldn’t value
your own efforts while devaluing the efforts of another.
You’ll have to search for the value that isn’t readily
apparent.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Don’t take the chaos
as a bad sign. You’re early to the party, that’s all. Things
are still swirling around, deciding where and how to
settle in. Early to the party means you get to establish
the rules. You get to be a founder.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This scene is far from perfect,
but as you aim to keep stress low and spirits high, you
succeed in creating the sort of day you’ll enjoy even as
you build your sunnier future upon it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Perhaps when Narcissus
contemplated his reflection and got stuck there, it
wasn’t his fault. Rather, the contemplation of one’s own
reflection is an all-around bad luck move, especially for
anyone who has real things to accomplish.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There was a time for
blending in and adding your subtle colorations, and that
time is over now. As you paint yourself onto the canvas
of this backdrop called your community, use broad
strokes and bold colors.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s a hard thing for
children to understand, but you’ll model this concept
so well today: Just because we put others first doesn’t
mean we make ourselves less important. You’ll embody
social organization with compassionate maturty.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ve been
known to get swept into the slipstream of beauty and
gladly, helplessly glide wherever it takes you. In today’s
case, you’ll wind up where the wild things quench their
thirst.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It is only natural
for people who are good at one thing to think they
would also be good at an adjacent thing. The wise take
overlapping strengths in stride while tending to the
unique study each discipline requires.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). This new venture
needs definition. Go powerfully into the realm of naming
and renaming. What you call a thing will strongly
influence what it becomes.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Timing sends a
message. Arguably, the spaces are more informative
than the information that interrupts them. You want to
be in control of this.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 7). The ocean, the Grand
Canyon, a wall of sound from a magnificent band... to
feel at once enveloped and miniaturized by something
vast pulls your spiritual self to the helm. From there,
you make excellent decisions and find your way to the
people who sing your soul. You embody awe. Sagittarius
and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 25,
41, 27 and 12.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS