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Tuesday, October 26, 2021
ALaddin by Keith Johnston
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Bound to
experience
6 Condition
symptomized
by distractibility,
briefly
10 Italian home of a
famous tower
14 French river by a
famous tower
15 Word before
“admiral” or “axle”
16 Pros
17 What
downtrodden
troops could use?
19 Earl Grey and
orange pekoe
20 Sex drive
21 Contrive evidence
against
22 One on the run
25 “Just Do It,” for
example
26 Soon, to Juliet
27 Members of a
circus, say?
29 Dressed to the
___
31 French fashion
house
32 Like an operating
room, ideally
35 Amazing
40 Lass
42 The original sin
city?
43 Goat group
announcer?
49 Helvetica or
Times New
Roman
50 Prevents from
happening
51 Great conductors
53 Sister of Serena
Williams
54 Do over, as a test
55 Not in favor of
56 Excellent ending?
60 Something
essential
61 Plays a part, or a
play’s parts
62 Team race
63 Puts two and two
together, perhaps
64 Relaxation’s
partner
65 Banal
DOWN
1 Suffix for “social”
or “capital”
2 Keanu’s “Matrix”
character
3 Christmas conifer
4 Succinct joke
5 Send payment
6 Show up
7 Cul-de-sac
8 Ring up?
9 Nickname that
rhymes with
“Trey”
10 Keep regular
watch over
11 Period when
glaciers advance
12 Certain sailor
13 Agree
18 Death notice,
briefly
21 Blazing signals
22 Some are
groupies
23 Part of a
curriculum
24 Vanished
25 Store under the
seat, say
28 Spanish aunt
30 Tourist attractions
33 “Big Little ___”
(2017-19 TV
show)
34 Make a mistake
36 Laundry additive
that coats a
fabric’s fibers
37 Reason to say
“P-U!”
38 Pre-stereo
39 They train less
than paramedics:
Abbr.
41 Mourns
43 Cuban capital
44 Tied up, as the
score
45 Leased
46 Ancient Celtic
priests
47 Up-to-the-minute
48 Like Beethoven,
in his later years
52 Alternative to
pants
54 Domestic Policy
Council director
Susan
56 Not near
57 Wong of stand-up
58 Back muscle, in
gym slang
59 ___ shadow
Above It All by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Goals
5 Sound of disgust
8 Worshipper of
Jah
13 Seemingly
emotionless sort
15 Born as
16 Shining
17 Paul, in Italy
18 Get busy, as a
bee
20 Pointless
22 Rich
23 Moral trajectory
that bends toward
justice, per Martin
Luther King Jr.
25 “The end is ___!”
27 Conan’s network
until 2021
28 Henhouse
perches
30 As high as
32 Tito Puente’s “___
Como Va”
35 Have a cow?
36 (May I have some
milk?)
37 Infuriate
38 French for “love”
39 Make up one’s
mind
40 Wedding
attendee
42 Comfy room
43 Voiced
45 Way to serve
pastrami
46 Dreyer’s partner
in ice cream
47 Civil rights activist
Baker
48 Masthead title
49 Prefix with “angle”
or “cycle”
50 Dog’s space to
exercise
52 Fifth-century
nomad
53 Dealt with bumps
in the road?
57 Oreo filling
59 “Almost ready!”
61 Skewered meat
dish
64 Negative person
65 “C’mon, be a
___!”
66 Bicycle wheel
part
67 Score that beats
a birdie
68 Period of note
69 Lovers’ quarrel
DOWN
1 Snake that bit
Cleopatra
2 “Let’s call ___
day”
3 *Fictional lunar
settlement
4 Farm storage
spot
5 Remove, as a
wooden pin
6 Start to cache?
7 Leader’s
metaphorical spot
8 *Iris, in Greek
myth
9 French New
Wave director
Varda
10 Kill it, in drag
lingo
11 Bag at a
bookstore
12 Truly impressed
14 *Fast-casual
restaurants offer
it
19 Ball game?
21 Palindromic sib
23 Place to play
“Street Fighter”
24 Meandered
26 *Work week’s
midpoint
29 Crime show
starring Ice-T, for
short
31 Dog or guinea pig
32 Wildly
33
34
39
41
44
48
49
51
53
54
55
56
58
60
62
63
exaggerated, or a
hint to two words
that can precede
each starred
answer’s start
Response to
“Who, me?”
Medical student
at a hospital, e.g.
“Black gold”
Sea urchin in
sushi
Being from
another planet
Go astray
Language spoken
in Sri Lanka
High-speed
Amtrak train
Arborio or
basmati
“Orinoco Flow”
singer
Sudden feeling of
guilt
Scam artist’s
victim
Atlas contents
Roofing material
T’Challa, ___
Black Panther
As of today
East Oregonian
A17
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021 Lunar Square to Mars
Art has a unique power to elevate the spirit and put us
in touch with the ineffable. It is also a time-traveling
machine. Witnessing art, we participate in a dialogue of
the ages. The Cancer moon and Scorpio sun swish into
a swirl of appreciation for mediums that touch the soul
and lift intentions.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s pressure to show
your work before you know if it’s ready. The urgency here
is manufactured. Honor your feelings on the matter. Know
why you’re doing a thing before you do it.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It’s said that nothing is
inherently boring except the mind that would deem it so.
However, you have abundant inner resources and still,
if you’re being honest, the scene fails to stimulate their
usage. An exit will remedy all.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your quick reflexes and
talent for catching and handling problems in their infancy
state will make people dependent on you. To avoid the
constant pressure of adapting to life’s exigencies, don’t
be so readily available.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Others might mistake
your humble reserve for shyness, but in fact you do not
lack confidence at all. It takes you time to warm up to
new situations because you have the proper amount of
respect for them.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). No need to minimize or deny
experiences. You’re entitled to your version of the story
and you get to frame it however you want. The place to be
honest is in the safety of a private journal.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s a traffic jam-like
situation. Inching along feels hopeless, but movement,
even if it’s only a few inches at a time, is still movement.
Relax and listen to life’s music. You’ll get there eventually.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You use your time
differently from the way people around you do. You’re
on different paths, neither of which is inherently better
in any way other than fit. Do what suits you and you will
be successful.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You appreciate
the historic building, the old bridge and the ancient
treasure -- proof that mortal hands can create immortal
achievements, or at least very lasting ones. You’ll work
toward goals beyond you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your mind works
in images. You may find yourself doing the opposite of
what you tell yourself to do. Take it as a cue to stop telling
yourself and instead picture the desired behavior.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The complaint
is covering something up. Griping can be a way of
bragging, getting attention, showing dominance,
indicating intelligence or an array of other motives
beyond expressing dissatisfaction.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can avoid getting
lost in the maze of other people’s needs by avoiding other
people. That sounds drastic, but it’s temporary. Guarding
blocks of solo time is crucial to your productivity.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Strangers, foreigners
and fresh faces of all kinds will be interesting to you.
But the most fascinating potential already exists in
your realm. There’s a secret and fascinating truth inside
someone who has been there all along.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 27). An unusual
occurrence will stir up your scene, and you will no longer
be able to continue in the old way. The new system will
bring results with half the effort. You’ll spend your time on
things that matter more to you. At the year’s turn, a deal or
trial goes in your favor. Family celebrates a breakthrough
or expansion. Libra and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 9, 30, 1, 11 and 28.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021 Theatrical Moon
The lunar influence changes into a theatrical black cat on
these days leading up to the scariest holiday of the year.
The potential for dramatic fun is at a high, and it will be as
thrilling (if not more so) to plan tricks and treats as it is to
experience them. Bonding over costumes and decorations
brings a joyful melding of creative energy and amusement.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Backward logic is still logic.
Your mind is working on multiple levels at once, and your
ideas may not braid together into conventional or immediate
sense, and yet there’s something to it. Trust yourself.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Sometimes, the inventor is
the last one to know exactly what’s been created. Being too
close to the work causes a loss of perspective. You’ll be in
such a position. It’s too early to comment on what you’ve
made.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll classify and label an
experience in hopes of managing the full intensity of feeling
it came with. Not everything will fit into a neat definition. At
some point, it will be easier, and weirdly wonderful, to accept
the mess.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’re afraid to take a
chance, and your fear is part of what makes it a risk worth
taking. This is the cost of a thrilling, full life. So have faith.
Whatever happens, you can work with it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The activity you love will
transport you to a zone of freedom. You will return to the
placeless place in your mind where the past and the future
are gathered and the dance is happening now in complete
stillness.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your limitations are both
external and internal, created by others and self-created.
Regardless of the origin of your roadblock, help is available.
You need only to call out for it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There is something (or more
likely someone) preventing you from the long, uninterrupted
block of concentration necessary to accomplish your goal.
Remedy the situation so you can have what you want.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s not your style to make
extravagant demands, and the requests you do make will be
quickly honored. Maybe it’s because you’re not just thinking
about you; you’re thinking of the others, the big picture and
the future.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Spending time doing
what matters to you will be an eye-opening experience. You
do not have to take part in the mass trivia occupying your
contemporaries. The more you focus, the easier it is to see
what is worth focusing on.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). One person can talk,
but it takes two to communicate. If you’re not connecting with
someone, check yourself to make sure you’re being receptive
and open... but don’t assume the lack of rapport is your fault.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are versatile though
quite aware of how much easier it is for you to shine in certain
circumstances. Knowing your prime time, best practices and
ideal team members allows for your top performance.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You will not have to work
too hard or do unpleasant things to be successful. You will
find the ordinary action that creates extraordinary results.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 28). You like creating
surprises and watching them play out. At times, you will be
purposely mysterious. You’ll often delight in the moments of
discovery you contribute to. Because people consider you
a unique talent, you’ll be offered interesting opportunities.
There’s a substantial payout in March. Virgo and Aquarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 11, 24 and 18.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS