PUZZLES
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Boardwalk by Adam Simpson
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 One may have
more than 10
items
5 Trace of flavor
9 “Enough!” in
Ecuador
14 Norway’s most
populous city
15 Grapelike berry
16 Put in the paper
17 Groundhog
19 Bob Marley,
religiously
20 Longtime Chevy
named for an
antelope
21 Brooklyn ___,
N.Y.
23 Coop female
24 “I’m outta here!”
25 Mix that might
include polyester
28 Time card nos.
29 “Paper Planes”
rapper
31 Seoul proprietors,
say?
32 Mare or stallion,
to a child
34 Where the Taj
Mahal is
35 Recites the
Quran, for
example
38 “Go away!”
39 Exploding stars
40 Spinning ride at
Disneyland
43 Tiny pencil
44 Word often added
to the five W’s
47 Resisted
49 Yemeni’s
neighbor
51 Suffix for
“winning”
52 “Brokeback
Mountain” director
Lee
53 Signals to enter
54 Type face?
57 Beach debris,
or a clue to the
word that moves
through 17-,
25-, 35- and
47-Across
59 Beachy title of
Fiona Apple’s
debut album
60 Nevada city near
California
61 Debussy’s “Clair
de ___”
62 Make a face
63 Uses one of the
five W’s
32 Illegal booze
33 Yang’s
counterpart
35 Question posed
DOWN
while pondering a
1 Not great, as an
dilemma
offer
36 Koi habitat
2 Chemical relative
37 “Law & Order”
3 Hit the ___ (go
spin-off, for short
skiing)
38 Caused by an
4 The present
earthquake
5 “LOL”
40 Posts that may
6 Hosp. area
contain “@”
7 Chip at a Super
Bowl party
41 School bake sale
8 Trendy video-
org.
sharing app
42 Name that
9 “Tiny Desk
anagrams to
Concerts” station
“adorns”
10 British pop star
44
Is
borrowing, as a
Rita
library book
11 Interpreted “All
of you” as “I love 45 Like a pungent
dip
you,” perhaps
12 “Rabbit ears” on
46 Surface cleaner
an old TV
brand
13 Places to sit,
48 Shrek and Fiona
ironically
50 Whimpers
18 Noisy
53 Corp. cash
22 ___-mo
controllers
25 Even outcome
55
Molar
holder
26 Gloat over
27 Bricks that purists 56 ___-tempered
58 Printer cartridge
don’t pluralize
filler
30 Tax refund org.
64 River that didn’t
touch Achilles’
heel
Going Separate Ways by Chase Dittrich and Jeff Chen
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Pop bubbles?
5 Places to build
muscle
9 People from
Copenhagen
14 Rice-shaped
pasta
15 “Not guilty,” e.g.
16 Wordless part of
a text, perhaps
17 Bit of coffee
18 Serena ___
(tennis feat)
19 Los Angeles
athlete
20 Nickname that
drops “ediah”
22 Some eco-
friendly trains
24 So-so
26 Nonbinary
person, for short
28 Bothered a lot
29 Antipollution org.
30 Gen ___
31 Weed
32 ID on a W-2
33 Debt notes
35 Like a
270-degree angle
39 Sister city of
Gomorrah
41 Automated web
scraper
43 Windshield
device
44 Not outdoors
3 *Before: Dance
46 Lead-in to
move involving
“colada”
the fingers / After:
48 “Without further
Enliven + Without
___ ...”
question
49 Feeling down
4 Sector
50 Reassuring touch
5 Rte. finder
51 Stark father
6 *Before: Treat
in “Game of
for a dog / After:
Thrones”
Bankrupt + Post-
52 Market price
workout massage
54 Tennis legend
Arthur
7 Like some bad
55 Nickname that
apples
anagrams to
8 “Likewise”
58-Across
9 *Before: Fiji
56 Party person?
product / After:
58 “Color” of anger
Held in + Dilute
60 Shaq’s surname
10
Italian almond
61 Russian form of
cookies
John
11 Finnish telecom
63 Heart, on
giant
Facebook
66 Slowly sip
12 DVD player
67 Thumbs-up, on
button
Facebook
13 Knights’ titles
68 Influence
21 *Before: Tennis
69 ___ Park,
format that isn’t
Colorado
single-sex / After:
70 Killed, as a
Confused +
dragon
Commits more
71 Poker stake
23 Guitar attachment
DOWN
24 Soccer star
Lionel
1 Key ring item
2 Fury
25 Printer brand
27 Prefix for “natal”
34 Sponge (up)
36 Fluctuating,
or two words
needed to
understand the
starred clues’
“After” parts
37 Passover feast
38 Chip away at
40 Drilling
agreement
42 *Before:
Beverage
drinker’s comic
reaction / After:
Regurgitate,
baby-style +
Dismantle
45 Pitcher hidden in
“brewery”
47 “I’ll pass”
52 Earth neighbor
53 Vigilant
54 Blacksmith’s
block
56 Rod’s counterpart
57 Afflicts
59 “Frozen II” queen
62 Unused
64 Brewery
container
65 Blinker?
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2021 Last Days of Mars in Libra
The equilibrium of relationships will shift on this last
day of Mars in Libra, the sign of partnership, balance
and justice. Stay loose and flexible, ready to adapt to
the wobble. Also consider getting closer to the ground,
whatever that means to the situation. Lowering your
center of gravity lowers your falling risk. No one ever fell
lying down.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Spending more than you
earn creates problems, even if it’s just a little more. This
will be a theme that echoes financially and more so in
subtle systems of exchange between people. You’ll keep
the balance in check.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Act on your moneymaking
ideas, especially if they involve the general public. You’ve
special luck in matters of publicity and your reputation.
People want what you have to offer.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It appears someone has
skipped ahead in the line of life. But there is no reason
to be envious of a person who received early awards. At
some point, every lesson must be learned and every prize
must be earned.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). With total self-love and
acceptance, the validation from the outside becomes
unnecessary. It’s relaxing to interact with the need to
prove your worthiness, and a lot more fun, too.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The quest is well underway,
but you’re still trying to find the best method to make it to
the promised land. Today’s research and experimentation
will be most enlightening.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While maintaining a
degree of control is comfortable, always being the master
is an exhausting way to go. Give up on taking yourself
seriously. Submit to spontaneity, and let success fall into
your casually outstretched hand.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). While success is the best
revenge, there are other forms on your mind. Perhaps it’s
not revenge you need but justice. Seek an outside opinion
to decide once and for all if this is worth pursuing.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). With your hardworking
style, you will go far. And if you find yourself getting lazy,
you will go even farther. Your intelligence gives you the
edge, helps you maximize efforts and see your way to
shortcuts.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You have faith
in humanity and believe the better angels will prevail. It
doesn’t always turn out to be true, but you’d rather be an
optimistic fool than a correct cynic.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you get the
feeling someone needs help, you offer it before you’re
asked, an act of graciousness which is one reason people
identify you straightaway as a gem.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It won’t be easy
to bring ideas into reality, though it’s among the most
worthy uses of your time. Expect roller coaster highs and
lows and long, tedious stretches of concentration. Dream
realization is for the tenacious.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The one who is
noncommittal has good reasons for being that way. Take
their lead. There are situations that are like quicksand,
appearing quite stable on the surface, though one step
and you’re already trapped.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 29). You’ll be amazed at
what you accomplish using technology. You’ll feel you
were born in a beautiful era, despite its problems, and
you’ll resolve to make things better for those who come
after you. Your personal life requires little in the way of
plots and reasons -- brilliant results from doing just
as you feel. Taurus and Gemini adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 3, 21, 41, 26 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2021 Sun and Saturn Melodrama
No one really needs to be reminded that stealing is bad
and truth-telling is good, but the planets do it anyway
today in the form of a cosmic melodrama, complete with
a predictable moral lesson. This hammy conflict is the
opening act to the Mars entrance to Scorpio, which will
provide a higher grade of intrigue and artistry in the days
to come.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Emotions coming from
a primitive brain space are every bit as valid as anything
reasonable your intellect poses. Today’s best decision is
rooted in a raw feeling.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Everyone has to do their
own exercising, growing or learning. You’ll have a full
plate in that regard today, so why not let someone pitch
in on one of the many other things they can help you with.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The playing that is
literally supposed to be fun and games can, in reality, be
quite difficult. It takes practice to play well. The ones who
do it a lot tend to be better at it. Those are the people to
surround yourself with now.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll benefit from
knowing the motives of others and you’ll easily figure
them out now, too, especially if that someone is a child or
has the emotional maturity of one.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Why struggle for success in
a realm you don’t enjoy? Go where your talent lies, and
thrive. You’ve valuable skills that others would be hard-
pressed to replicate. Focus there, and collect your prize.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Being a creative person,
you’ll risk playing the fool and being wrong if it gets you
closer to making something with the potential to inspire
or entertain. Much goes down in the name of getting a
laugh.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A difficult circumstance
won’t last. Don’t try to remedy it. Without your
involvement, it will recede with the tides -- be swept
into another realm of responsibility, proving it was never
really yours to solve.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). When your mind and
heart are fully expanded, there is no such thing as “better
than” or “less than.” Everyone is equal and different. It’s
all a matter of finding the best fit for you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Avoidance won’t
work, and resistance will prove futile, but you might be
able to outsmart the problem. Try treating the trouble as
if it were an advantage and suddenly you will actually see
the advantage that is truly there.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You could go to
all the same places, read the same literature and eat
the same food -- you would still be different from your
friend/sibling/partner. Make an effort to be with those
who celebrate your uniqueness.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You are passionate
about human rights, which include the right for others to
believe differently from the way you do. If you still want
to exercise powers of persuasion, you need nothing other
than to live as a shining example.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ve heard
assessments and opinions, and now it’s time to forget all
that. If you can approach without preconceived opinions
and prejudice, you’ll be the one to see the brilliant answer
that everyone else is missing.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 30). You’ll enjoy defying
expectation and playing with perception to create a sense
of wonder around you. Your magic will draw fans in both
your professional and personal realm. You’ll obtain new
tools to make life easier. You’ll also be training others,
one of the many ways you’ll build your legacy. Sagittarius
and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 4, 1, 38
and 16.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS