A10
PUZZLES
East Oregonian
Ding, Ding, Ding! by Paul Coulter
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Director Craven
4 Untrustworthy
people
9 Our “mother”
14 Night before
15 Golfer Palmer’s
nickname
16 Hilo hello
17 Literally “half
world”
19 Begin
20 Agitated state
21 “You ___ bother!”
23 Dog’s head?
24 Language spoken
in northeast
Thailand
26 Makes ecstatic
28 Possible result of
a scandal
34 “Yo te ___”
35 Incentive for
finding a lost pet
36 Bat wood
38 Sitcom named for
an H.S. class
40 John, to Ringo
41 Marriage and
others
43 ID that can’t end
with 0000
44 Examine closely
46 “Dig in!”
47 Phrase of
understatement
50 Spectacles
that look
embarrassing?
52 Uproar
53 Be incorrect
54 It may remove leg
hair
58 Some summer
babies
62 Word after
“Home” or “Office”
64 Phone
notification, or
how you must
be to find the
abbreviations
hidden in 17-, 28-
and 47-Across?
66 Crystal-lined rock
67 Become narrower
68 “Little Women” co-
star Thompson
69 Aromatic
compound
70 Without a
companion
71 Prince, to a
queen
DOWN
1 Gets married
2 20-20, perhaps
3 18-wheeler
4 On the ___
(fleeing)
5 Magnetite, e.g.
6 “Ocean’s Eight”
co-star Hathaway
7 Carnival
attraction
8 Sunflower, once
9 SoCal
neighborhood
seeking municipal
independence
10 Key equivalent to
Option
11 Took for a spin
12 Midafternoon
hour
13 Can’t stand
18 “___ be a cold
day ...”
22 Stereotypical
bookworm
25 Simone Williams’
record-setting
hairdo
27 Berry from a
palm
28 JFK overseer
29 Intensifies, with
“up”
30 Certain
crustacean
catcher
31 Young bird that
hoots
32 Native New
Zealander
33 Tiler’s need
37 Get better
39 Knowing, as a
secret
41 Tim of “WKRP in
Cincinnati”
42 Messy pen?
44 Try to move
forward?
45 Spruce (up)
48 Annoy
49 Hang loose
50 Marsh plant
51 Some native
Canadians
55 “___ boy!”
56 Bockwurst meat
57 World’s fair, e.g.
59 Fish such as
congers
60 After-lunch
“sandwich”
61 “South Park” boy
63 Tribute poem
65 Word between
“rules” and “rules”
Geographical Surroundings by Paul Coulter
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Record book?
4 Fictional French
elephant
9 Health org. based
in Atlanta
12 Over again
14 X Games jump
15 Agitate
16 *Filmmaker’s
organization tool
18 Mystical radiance
19 Hawkins for
whom a dance
was named
20 Nickname that
omits “dore”
21 “Fifty Shades of
___”
22 For all to see
24 Sound of
contempt
26 Secluded valleys
29 Shakes skillfully?
32 Tightest pals,
briefly
35 Stolen stuff
37 Gem with bands
38 “The Voice”
coach Grande,
informally
39 *”Frasier” or
“Fuller House”
41 Whole lot
42 Peanut butter cup
surname
44 Capital of Latvia
45 Road turn
46 Vendor
48 Seabees’
optimistic motto
50 Fooled
52 Lady of Spain
56 Cowardly Lion
portrayer Bert
58 Distinct times
61 Red Delicious
parts that aren’t
delicious
62 Rush job
acronym
63 Like a double-
header ... or each
starred clue’s
answer, based on
what can precede
both its parts?
65 Religious
offenses
66 Possessed
67 Central Plains
native
68 Possessed
69 Divers may hold
them
70 Put the kibosh on
DOWN
1 Roundup rope
2 Ready for pouring
3 Rock that’s often
cut in half
4 Short, even
hairdo
5 Zillions
6 Uninteresting
7 Buenos ___
8 Not in its original
form
9 *When a trial
occurs
10 Grave, as
circumstances
11 Pot ingredient?
13 Squeezes dry
15 Homemade floor
covering
17 Whoop
23 Restaurant review
app
25 “Frozen”
snowman
27 “Nightmare Alley”
genre
28 Like a loud boom
30 English school
since 1440
31 Transmit
32 Chewy breakfast
choices
33 Unleash
34 *Farm laborer
36 Frat party attire
39 Ooze
40 They clap and
cheer
Saturday, October 16, 2021
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2021 Lucky Jupiter Flies Straight
When you feel lucky, you are lucky. Good fortune is all
in the interpretation. Most events are neutral. If someone
wanted it to happen and it did, that person interprets the
event as lucky, while another person on the same scene
could have an entirely different take. Jupiter goes direct,
the sun squares Pluto and the Pisces moon feels it all.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). It’s early in the game,
but the little wins and losses along the way will still
make a difference to your end result. What matters more
than any single move is your determination to see this
through.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). To get things done
your way at the price you’d prefer would be wonderful,
but it’s not in the offering. The good news is that the
compromise that is in the offering will be better in the
end anyway.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Today plays out a lot like
your usual day, only happier. There’s no single reason for
this uptick in mood. The best part about it is that feeling
this way will lead to more of the same. Lucky you!
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The good thing about
restlessness is its indiscriminate impetus to move. It
comes with a feeling that anywhere is better than here;
this makes the decision easier. Just go.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be a safe place for
someone to land, a confidante, a defender, a reliable
agent of justice and more. You’ll embody the noble
characteristics that will come to define you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The difference between
a loan and a gift is one should be repaid literally and
the other should be repaid indirectly. In this light, you’d
rather deal in loans. The expectations, being clear-cut,
are more easily fulfilled.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As an exciting person,
you realized long ago that if you’re bored with your work,
the product of that work will be boring. Spicing it up for
you brings excitement to the world!
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Enjoy the lightness
of being that comes with the day. You approach your
work with a smile, and your responsibilities seem like
a privilege. You are freed from the need to win love or
gain approval.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Everyone likes to
be right. However, you prefer to do it quietly today so
as not to attract challengers, competition, controversy,
jealousy or anything else that comes with being in the
power position.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The magician’s
secret is to control the focus of others and do hidden
work while people are focused elsewhere. You’ll follow
the principle today, working behind the scenes to make
something wonderful happen.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If, at the end of
the day, you can say that you helped someone make
progress, lessened their load or lightened their mood,
you will count this as a great day. Doing those things
forwards every goal you have.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll go forward in
another mode that’s not better or worse, just different.
You’re like James Bond at the mountain’s edge, ditching
the snowmobile to grab onto the rope ladder of a
helicopter.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 17). A birthday boon
comes in the form of an exciting offer. Whether you take
it or not, you will be changed for the better by it. The
weeks to come feature free-flowing communication and
bonding with your favorite people. You protect and care
for your loved ones who, in turn, include you among
their favorite and most trusted. Leo and Aquarius adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 44, 32, 29 and 15.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2021 Jostling of Jupiter
What’s harder to see than distant objects or teeny-tiny
ones are the objects of everyday life. The hallway you’ve
walked a thousand times, the tool you hold every day,
the switch, the corner, the door... The mundane holds
remarkable views. To witness them, we must first
awaken. A Mercury and Jupiter direction change jostles
us awake.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You lost something
irreplaceable back there; knowing this is a sign that
you’re living right. To recognize and celebrate the
specialness of things while you have them, knowing that
someday you will mourn, is to live fully.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be pitching and
persuading. The best presentations you’ll ever make
are the ones no one asked you to make. Ideas drop in
from on high, and the impulse to follow through comes
straight from your heart.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You know when you’re
onto a good idea and you don’t need anyone else to
affirm it. In fact, any opposition you hear will only serve
to steel your resolve.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re working for
smiles today. When the smiles happen, you’re among
them. There is one person in particular whose happiness
will have you sweating. All hard work pays off.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re a part of this -- the
only part of this you have complete responsibility for.
Taking care of yourself is taking care of those around
you. Self-love is one of the most essential things you can
do to put love into the world.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re supportive,
but you don’t allow yourself to be taken advantage
of. You keep them alert to your gifts. Otherwise, they
will get spoiled and be robbed of the pleasure of fully
experiencing what you do.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As you serve the needs
of others, keep in mind that there are people who have
no sensor to tell them when they’ve crossed a line or
are being greedy. Draw and enforce the boundaries they
cannot intuit.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). People tell you their life
stories. Neither of you know why it happens. It has to do
with something happening on the subconscious level.
You naturally orientate yourself toward others, and they
open up to you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You practice and
you get better, though it doesn’t always feel that way.
Every mistake, obstacle and problem improves you.
Eventually, you’ll reach a point of diminishing returns,
but you haven’t reached it yet.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Love makes you
happier and better behaved. You find deep wells of
patience and compassion for the world because you have
found them first for the one you adore.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People who want
your contributions may not be able to repay you.
Consider all aspects of the deal before you get into it;
you can save yourself from future regret or resentment.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The spiritual aspects of
love reign supreme. What happens on the spiritual level
will guide all other aspects. The logic of scientists or the
reason of scholars cannot predict the heart’s path.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 18). No matter what you
have been led to believe about your talent, you can be
sure that it’s much bigger. You are a knight on behalf
of your kingdom. You’ll feel ill-equipped, but the right
tools fall right into your hands when you most need
them. You’ll pick up your sword and shield, vanquish the
dragon and be celebrated. Aquarius and Virgo adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 5, 32, 40, 1 and 7.
Universal SUDOKU
43 Drinks noisily
45 Notably altruistic
ape
47 Nike rival
49 Art ___ (Chrysler
Building’s style)
51 Like butter, at
times
53 Speak grandly
54 Info-gathering
mission
55 Invited
56 Lid attachment?
57 Continent with
many steppes
59 It often clears up
with age
60 ___-Ball (arcade
game)
64 NFL game
highlights
SOLUTIONS