PUZZLES
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Going Through the Emotions by David P. Williams
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Possesses
4 Baby bird?
9 “Hey you!”
13 Start to drip, as
ice cream
14 Prepare for a
selfie, perhaps
15 Irritate
16 ___ Emhoff,
fashionable
Second Family
member
17 Movie’s sound
portion
18 A party to
19 “Think different”
and “Just Do It”
21 Fails during a
crucial moment
23 ___ lane
24 ‘90s Poet
Laureate Dove
26 “The Americans”
star Russell
27 Biosphere
component
30 Zero, in soccer
33 Flail
35 Like a sorry sight
36 Taj Mahal’s city
37 Grilling spot?
39 Cheer on
41 1975 Wimbledon
winner Arthur
42 Cosmo, e.g.
44 Enemy of an
enemy, maybe
45 Peg for a golf ball
46 Play with fire
48 Substandard
50 Silverstein who
wrote “The Giving
Tree”
51 Site for
experimentation,
briefly
54 Cured sausage
56 Congresswoman
Tlaib
58 Spans sometimes
named for
presidents
59 Apple product
62 Burnt ___
(barbecue
morsels)
63 They scurry ... or
scroll
64 Fontdesigned in
1982
65 Matures
66 Pi Day follower
67 Very mean
68 Acid Tests drug
DOWN
1 Greeting from
Lionel Richie or
Adele?
2 Scattered
everywhere
(In this clue’s
answer, notice
letters 3 to 6)
3 Deer with a rack
4 Like the Rough
Riders’ war (... 6
to 10)
5 Reliable
6 Ref. to which
“adorkable” was
introduced in
2020
7 Camping gear
co-op
8 Punched out at
lunch, maybe (...
10 to 13)
9 Earlier
10 Bad premonitions
... or a hint to 2-,
4- and 8-Down
11 ___ gin fizz
12 X X X
13 Holey material
20 Surfaced
22 Fashion line?
25 One of a mule’s
parents
28 Gumshoe’s
undertaking
29 ___ Heel State
(North Carolina)
31 Golfer’s
alternative to a
wood
32 Pig fat
33 Not this
34 Kinky item in a
yard
36 Quarreling
38 Scottish cap
40 Apt exams to take
in dental school?
43 Navigation
device, briefly
46 Male turkey or cat
47 Danger
49 Camels’ watering
holes
52 Used an abacus
53 “Upright”
instrument
54 Big rig
55 Like much of New
Mexico’s climate
57 Get better
60 Lyricist Gershwin
61 Prefix for “union”
Noodle Around by Bruce Venzke
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Off drugs
6 Old movie
channel
9 Popular tablet
13 Fibber McGee’s
broadcast
medium, once
14 Warsaw native
15 Equine 23-Across
16 Etching agents
17 Truckloads
18 “No contest” or
“not guilty”
19 Derby transaction
20 Hang on to first
place
23 One has a day in
May
24 “___ thy father ...”
25 Employer’s
posting
30 Where Arches
National Park is
31 ___-to book
32 Homophone for
“sense”
36 Dallas NBA
player, briefly
37 Most cautious
40 Lubricating
medium
41 Reduce
drastically
43 Bit of cote chatter
44 Where a pig
might be found?
45 “Don’t let it
happen!”
49 Take care of, as
duties
50 Common words
of commitment
51 Big ego, or what
encompasses
20-, 25- and
45-Across?
55 Serve that gets
you a quick point
58 Like a certain tale
or order
59 Similar
60 Full of holiday
spirit
62 Tiptop
63 What gets into
a beachgoer’s
shoes
64 Noticeable navel
65 Where a fork
might be
encountered
66 Guess: Abbr.
67 Bunch of baby
birds
DOWN
1 Grouch
2 Queen Anne’s
___ (white plant)
3 Tweak the
wording of
4 Subsidies and
such
5 Person who never
arrives
6 Informed
7 Get into gear?
8 Netflix’s “The
Kominsky ___”
9 Burst inward
10 Not as ruddy
11 Surface
calculation
12 In need of a
recharge
14 Friend
21 Steak city of
Nebraska
22 Pass, as a bill
23 Abbr. on a
citation, perhaps
25 Sounds of well-
tuned engines
26 Abbr. in a citation
27 What flows from
Mount Etna
28 Neither this ___
that
29
33
34
35
37
38
39
42
44
46
47
48
49
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
61
Once again?
Neophyte gamer
Polynesian image
Toy such as
Rosebud
Roulette
necessity
Geological span
Bulgaria’s most
populous city
Freed, like peas
Debate position
Feeling relaxed
Grey Goose
liquors
Occasional bit of
work
Alabama city in
civil rights history
Red carpet figure
Dr Pepper
Museum’s Texas
home
Clue
Word after “deep”
or “defensive”
Voice above tenor
Award talked
about on “Mad
Men”
Gave the once-
over
Hemingway’s “In
___ Time”
East Oregonian
A13
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 The Challenge of Fun
Action hero Mars is moving into an opposition with
Neptune in Pisces, challenging our ability to let loose. It
would seem like fun should be innate -- a natural default
for relaxation. Alas, it’s not always the case. Sometimes
you have to find fun. Today, it’s a matter of identifying
what’s (SET ITAL)not(END ITAL) fun and then figuring out
how to avoid or work around it.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). A good meal, interesting
conversation, a peaceful walk... such simple pleasures
will be savored when you stick to the original plan.
Sidenote: What if you adopted a zero tolerance policy for
flakey people?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Care, love, tenderness,
ambition, obsession... all are forms of attention that
manifest in action. Where there is no evidence of
attention, there is no evidence of love.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll spend time with
people who make you want to work with them. Good
people will learn who you are and will work with your
strengths to create something unique with you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Before things get
interesting (and they will), cherish eventless times.
There’s beauty in an uninterrupted routine and loveliness
in the unfolding of a predictable day.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s easy to think of yourself as
the wave -- riding ups and downs, feeling at times like the
crest and then like the trough. But those are just states.
You are not the wave. You are the water.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Who cares the most
about the situation? It’s the one who has to live with it day
to day; not the temporary agent. You’ll make sure the right
people get their say -- the ones affected.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll have a
communication breakthrough. It’s satisfying because of
the times before when you struggled to chase down the
point and missed. Now you know what you’re trying to
say, and you say it well.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s a difference
between teamwork and the operations of a dictatorship.
Tune into the subtle ways people try to control one
another. Avoid anyone focused on making others do their
bidding.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You will be often
making plans, remembering something or observing
a reality that is representational of another moment.
Each time that you bring yourself fully to “now” is an
enrichment.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Reality and
imagination will blend together for you. You will live
what you imagine, and you will imagine based on what
you live. Your creativity is shaping your experience, and
others want to be a part of what you make.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You crave adventure,
but your idea of it is not the same as another person’s.
So before you share in the quest, get clear on your
preferences. The best mark to hit will feel safe, but not
too comfortable.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). What you bring to
relationships is unique; you make sure of it. A winning
strategy for creating memories: Make big moments
small, and make small moments big.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 1). You will succeed
because you love the essence of an endeavor. Put that
at the center of your practice, and make it the focus of
every plan. You will not only be happy in the quest, but
you will also attract bounty beyond your wildest dreams.
Relationships thrive as you find new ways to express
your heart. Cancer and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 5, 44, 36, 10 and 14
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2021 Cosmic Call to BYO Happiness
Some think that their disdain for the less-than-optimum
is proof of having elevated taste, though often it’s just
a bad attitude. There is really nothing attractive about
constant dissatisfaction. As the Martian opposition to
Neptune challenges our sense of fun, those who bring
their own happiness with them wherever they go are
cosmically favored.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Structure gives you a
sense of grounding. In a sense, it is because of this deep
security that you are able to ultimately make some of your
more exciting and spontaneous moves.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Stick with the one
you who brought you to the dance. Your loyalty will be
rewarded. Working with a partner, you’ll accomplish what
you couldn’t do alone.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There was a time when
you had to ask permission or go through someone else
to get what you needed and wanted. Now you’ll celebrate
your sweet autonomy.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). People around you come
together or go their separate ways; you’ll be open-minded
about these new configurations of a shifting social
landscape, which tends to favor you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be drawn to the bright
lights and noise of the crowd. This doesn’t have to be
expensive. Resist the social pressure to spend money
as a form of showing off. You won’t regret spending just
enough to participate.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). In a highly reactive
environment, all it takes is one impulsive move to set off
an entire string of events. You have more power than you
realize, so go slow and calm, eyes wide open.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll be dealing in an
area you could easily overthink. Instead of analyzing it to
death, give it the old duck test. If it looks like a duck and
quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Only a writer or director
gets angry when people go off script. You shouldn’t feel
like you’re playing a bit part in someone else’s movie.
Ideally, interactions are more like an improvisation team
building the scene together.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Pay attention to
how relaxed you feel around people, as it’s very telling.
An unconscious part of you opens up with certain people
and closes off with others. Becoming conscious of this
leads to greater self-knowledge.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Avoid getting stuck
in a story that isn’t helping you. Give it a rewrite. This isn’t
about falsifying what happened; rather, it’s a challenge to
find different, more empowering and useful aspects to
focus on.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Everyone needs
attention and validation, but the question is, how much?
You’re careful not to wear anyone out with this or to let
your energy be commandeered by the excessively needy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Today will highlight the
difference between getting love from others and sharing
love with others. It takes work to nudge relationships
toward health and interdependence.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 2). Good relationships
are worth fighting for, and you will go a few valiant rounds
for your loved ones and make a brave difference for all.
A competition ignites your passion and brings out the
best in you. Plenty of attention comes your way, some
of which you can parlay into financial and practical
resources. Pisces and Cancer adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 17, 8, 31, 37 and 50.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS