PUZZLES
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Looking Sharp by Catherine Setta
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Goofs
5 Teen’s unsettling
feeling
10 Not right at all?
14 “No ice”
15 Kind of, informally
16 Actress Falco
17 Food that
bookends
“Tabasco”
18 Signs of sadness
19 Burst of wind
20 Thin line of facial
hair
23 She/___
24 Tea brand
25 Sign of summer?
27 Dinghy propellers
31 Parking space, or
a parking space’s
place
32 PC gamer’s
controls
35 Fish related to a
walleye
39 Blu-ray storage
device
40 Antidotes
42 Prefix with
“dynamic”
43 Mocking
expression
45 What you’ll need
at the ATM,
redundantly
47 William Tell’s forte
49 Bunches and
bunches
50 Kylo ___ (“Star
Wars” villain)
51 Small Chinese
dumpling
54 CSI team’s find
56 “That’s fair to say,”
and a clue to the
starts of 20-, 32-
and 45-Across
61 Prefix with
“potent”
62 Wed
63 Menu with a Copy
command
65 “Arsenic and Old
___”
66 Lime relative
67 Relinquish
68 “Who ___?” (“Isn’t
that surprising?”)
69 Flower holders?
70 Where the
forbidden fruit
grew
DOWN
1 Tonsillitis doc
2 Gather in
3 Speedy animal
such as Man o’
War
4 What David slung
at Goliath
5 Italian sparkling
wine region
6 Playwright
Coward
7 Mom’s mom, e.g.
8 Walk with
swagger
9 Fez or loafer
feature
10 Group of
attorneys
11 Elicit
12 Like a red herring
13 Head, in France
21 Brag
22 ‘Vette roof option
25 Some Scottish
children
26 Name contained
in “tangerine”
28 Dog show org.
29 Sign on again
30 Home to
Damascus
33 Beach house
asset
34 Email folder
36 Adopted a new
logo, say
37 Canadian First
Nations tribe
38 Brass instrument,
perhaps
41 ___-Caps
44 Bat or bar
mitzvah
46 “Reverse that”
command
48 Skiers’ challenges
51 Spelman or Smith
student
52 “There isn’t an
___ of truth to
that”
53 Octet plus one
55 Medea, to Circe
56 Egg part
57 What keeps
everything from
happening at
once, some say
58 Particle that may
be smashed
59 Writes
60 It ebbs and flows
64 Olympic
gymnastics score
first achieved by
Nadia Comaneci
Finding That Niche Job by Pam Klawitter
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Fill beyond full
5 Women’s
basketball great
Mulkey
8 Not quite right,
perhaps?
13 Give the job to
14 Name that
sounds like a tiny
particle
16 “Olympia” painter
17 *French novelist
involved in the
Dreyfus affair
19 Solos for
Leontyne Price
20 Psychic “gift,” for
short
21 *Currency in
Warsaw
23 Place to make
tracks?
25 Secure, as an obi
26 Navajo’s neighbor
27 Catch some rays
29 Cinco menos dos
32 Flannel pattern
35 Bee or beetle
37 Arborist’s cutting
device
40 **Where to do a
touchdown dance
42 Genre for Ariana
Grande
43 “Go on to the
next one!”
45 Enthusiastic
47 Wendy Darling’s
dog
48 Halloween
costume part
50 Fundamentals
54 Acquired relative
56 Maker of pianos
and snowmobiles
58 **Places to play
with alpacas
62 Disapproving vote
63 Toothbrush brand
64 Simple, or a hint
to the initials
of each pair of
starred clues’
answers
66 Edmonton hockey
pro
67 Return call?
68 Reflex test joint
69 Hagar the
Horrible’s wife
70 Consists of
71 Units of corn
DOWN
1 “Puh-leeze!”
2 Hopes one will
3 Throw off
4 Slippery swimmer
5 Instrument
with a vibrating
membrane
6 Adored celebrity
7 Niger neighbor
8 Leave speechless
9 Dealership
regions
10 Collective
bargainer, briefly
11 Milker’s handful
12 Online craft
market
15 Sail supports
18 Lead-in for
“glottis”
22 Appalachian Trail
activity
24 Small downturn
27 Two hearts, e.g.,
in bridge
28 Barrel-making
tools
30 Earth-friendly
prefix
31 Indy 500 initials
33 Island chain?
34 “___ and the
Wasp”
36 Hillary Clinton,
___ Rodham
37 ID on a W-2
38 Otherwise called,
for short
39 Take home
everything
41 Tree sacred to
Druids
44 What a toddler
might tug on
46 Smash into
49 “Well, golly!”
51 Fruit that
develops spots
52 Drink after a shot
53 Answer in the
affirmative
55 Cosmic balance?
56 Toys with strings
57 Small Egyptian
snake
58 Bear who’s
friends with Piglet
59 Cleveland’s lake
60 Emmy winner
Galifianakis
61 Govt. labor
watchdog
65 Squeeze (by)
East Oregonian
A9
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021 Solar Detail
“Don’t sweat the small stuff” was an adage of the Leo
sun, but the new season calls for a different approach.
As solar beams reach into Virgo -- the sign of minute
detail -- the small stuff makes the biggest impact. You
might even go so far as to devote yourself to the small
stuff, which will be both a pleasure and a payoff.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The financial aspect
of your day is important to tend to. But with so many
more meaningful matters at hand, the issue of money
will settle into a position far down your list, which is
where it belongs.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you didn’t think
of yourself as powerful and wonderful, these new
responsibilities you are gearing up for would seem
overwhelming indeed. Allow yourself a moment of ego
building. It helps!
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll reach a level of
objectivity that previously eluded you. The ability to
remove yourself from your attachments and see the
scene from a new position will quite literally be money
in the bank.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Life comes at you in
the manner of a snake oil salesman -- promising beauty
and vitality in a bottle for $100. Research will reveal an
equally effective $3 version.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Apply logic, abstract thought,
creative hypothesis or deductive reasoning; the result
will be the same no matter how you approach it. Nothing
will happen unless you act.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll do what you’re
so good at and keep going with it until you’re the last
one standing -- and then you’ll take it even further. Why
stop? You may even set a record.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You connect with other
people’s needs and become important to the attainment
of their goals. It’s a busy position, but hopefully not too
busy to take a beat to revel in your relevance.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It may not feel like
you’re doing anything of note. But because you’re
engrossed in life, you’re learning more than you’re
aware of. Later, you’ll combine your talent with what you
absorbed today and you’ll give a top performance.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re locked,
loaded, suited, booted and ready to go. But until the
others on your team are on board, this ship will stay
grounded. Figure out what the holdup is.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Tell a story; give
a performance; or teach. Your cosmic gift for the day
will be a receptive audience. Evening brings the perfect
conditions to forge a lasting bond.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There will be a
temptation to anticipate interest, jump on opportunity
and provide the answers before the questions are even
asked. The lucky way will be to play it cool. Lay it back,
and wait to see what others come up with.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have what they
need, but if you offer it too freely or reliably, you will be
taken advantage of in time. Be easy but not effortless.
Make it subtly known that you understand the high value
you add.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 22). Here comes a
thrilling sense of progress. Innovation is a strength.
You’ll solve problems and modernize where it makes
sense. Friends, supporters and customers will be
attracted to what you’re putting into the world at the
end of the year. December brings a purchase to write
home about. Gemini and Pisces adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 30, 22, 1, 19 and 48.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021 Venus and Saturn Welcome Wagon
Venus and Saturn roll up in a welcome wagon to offer
a lucky trine to the Virgo sun on her first full day on
the job. There’s an intellectual air sign energy zinging
between the love planet and the lessons planet which is
swirling up all kinds of speculation for the earthy solar
transit -- though the message can really be distilled to
three syllables: “Get to work.”
ARIES (March 21-April 19). In-person meetings are
the best way to go if you can swing it. What happens
face to face will be completely different from anything
that could transpire otherwise.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The truth about any
moment or state is that it is impermanent. Any sense
you have of yourself inside that moment is equally
ephemeral, so ruminating is essentially useless.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). While it’s true the world
wouldn’t run right without give and take, the onus to
compromise shouldn’t always have to fall on you. What
would really happen if you more often dared to do what
you wanted?
CANCER (June 22-July 22). There’s safety and
security in feeling you belong and are more or less
like the others in the group. However, the ways you are
different will not set you apart; they will instead be cause
for fascination.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your talent for persuasion
and negotiation gets stronger every time you use it.
You’re still learning what buttons to push. Though this
changes with every deal, your intuition on the matter
gets keener with practice.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The word “yes” -- being
just what you wanted to hear -- will make you smile. This
affirmation is cause for relief, relaxation and celebration.
It’s also a signal. The real work begins.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Don’t tell all you know or
show all you have. A glimpse is more interesting than a
reveal, which should be saved until the very last moment
for the audience who has earned it. And for the rest --
never.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). As the sign of
transformation, you welcome the fascinating evolution
of your own nature, which often occurs without your
control or interference. However, the change is solely
your invention today.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Expectation has
a way of blinding people to the possibilities outside
of what they anticipate. Don’t let this happen to you.
Drop your preconceived notions and open up to more
mysterious realities.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You are used to
obeying the driving force of your ambition. It benefits
you to change it up. Give that ambition a rest and it will
still be there when you come back to it. Settle into a
process. Let that be enough.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Because you don’t
expect people to behave like you would, you’ll see their
unique gifts and earn the reciprocal attention ignited by
the tender power of your quiet observation.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It feels like you’re
giving absolutely everything to love. But if you stop to
consider the real-life limits and practicalities, the feeling
changes. So don’t stop. If you can’t romanticize love,
what can you romanticize?
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 23). Relationships
take unexpected turns -- especially ones tied to your
livelihood. You’re in for a ride. What you receive will
be different and more than what you ever thought you
would take away from a situation. Tweaks to your routine
lift your vitality. Someone new helps you get unstuck
from what held you back before. Leo and Taurus adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 4, 22, 28 and 13.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS