PUZZLES
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Inside Job by Paul Coulter
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Succotash
ingredient
5 Small mattress
size
9 Touch with a
stylus
12 Codeine source
14 Pie cuts,
essentially
16 Add years to
one’s life
17 Where to find
a snake in the
glass (In this
clue’s answer,
see letters 4-8)
19 Oui’s opposite
20 Exist
21 Word before
“cucumber” or
“salt”
22 One has a
maturity date
24 Desperate
attempt (... letters
8-11)
30 Eyelid concern
31 “___-hoo!”
32 Bottom of the
ocean
33 E or G, e.g.
35 Jean-___ Picard
of “Star Trek”
37 Mr. Rogers
38 Choice when
paying with a
card (... letters
3-8)
43 ___ Paulo
44 Criticize harshly
45 Wintry, in product
names
46 Sarcastic
commentary
49 Name that’s
a cozy room
backward
51 London streetcar
54 They help you get
the big picture (...
letters 3-6)
58 Food sticker?
59 “Wheels”
60 Season opener?
61 John in court
cases
63 Fragrant grain (...
letters 4-8)
67 Wikipedia is free
of them
68 Made angry
69 Didn’t chicken out
70 “$20 on red,” say,
in roulette
71 Fill completely
72 Pronoun on a
certain towel
DOWN
1 Reef material
2 Divas’
productions
3 Most ready to
pick
4 Crunchy source
of protein
5 Pact
6 Card game for
two
7 Vow at the altar
8 Weeper of myth
9 Indian cooking
style named for
an oven
10 Earlier
11 Notetaker’s
choice
13 Something wrong
15 “See ya!”
18 Necklace that
wraps around
“Leah Remini”
23 Super Bowl org.
25 Small child
26 Silver eagle
wearer, in the
military
27 Two to three, for
one
28 Turnip or beet
29 “Don’t give up!”
34 Sharp bark
36 Songs can be
burned onto them
38 Kid’s plea
39 Exam that often
includes parallel
parking
40 Sharp flavor
41 Typed in
42 Delivered from
the womb
43 Opposite NNE
47 Big name in
hiking gear
48 Japanese writing
system
50 Choose
52 Aim ambitiously
53 “Moon River”
lyricist Johnny
55 Approaches
56 PC linkup
57 Tournament’s top
competitors, often
61 Apply gently
62 Homage in verse
64 Genre for The
Wailers
65 Bumped into
66 “Go team!”
What Are the Odds? by Alex Eaton-Salners
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Ilhan in the
House
5 Lacking
9 Prada products
13 Zippo
14 Nail the midterm
16 Alphabetically
last four-letter
state
17 Friendly talk
18 L, on a shirt tag
19 Foal’s father
20 Linearity, literally?
23 Traffic control
grp.?
24 Muscat’s country
25 Family that
Goldilocks
annoyed, literally?
33 Off-road
transport, briefly
34 Nighttime bugle
call
35 Dispatched, as a
giant
36 Decorative pillow
cover
38 Mature like a
plum
41 Filleted flatfish
42 ___ and shine
4 Like “It” but not
“Big”
5 Where to go for a
dip?
6 Brazilian berry
7 Emperor who
watched Rome
burn
8 Mister, in Italian
9 Word with “funny”
or “monkey”
10 Working hard
11 Coleman of
“Diff’rent Strokes”
12 Pronoun for Maya
Angelou
15 San Jose Sharks
and New York
Jets
21 Baby sparrow’s
home
22 Titration setting
25 City whose name
aptly anagrams to
“Arabs”
26 Work ___
(employee’s
principle)
DOWN
27 Pirate’s “Stop!”
1 How some
28 ___Pen
software is stored 29 Wobbly dish
2 When repeated, a 30 Hello, in Honolulu
Hawaiian fish
31 Archaeological
3 He lived in Eden
find
43 Doesn’t get badly
injured
45 Pocket place
46 Like every
Shakespeare
play, literally?
51 Cosmologist
Sagan
52 “Silly me!”
53 Soda with a
lemon-lime flavor,
literally?
60 Spoken
61 Paint-and-sip
class fixture
62 Stereo alternative
63 Slender stinger
64 Pine, e.g., for air
freshener
65 Be an omen of
66 “Let It Go” singer
in “Frozen”
67 Partner of “crafts”
68 Mail opening
32 Maneuvered a
curling broom
37 “My bad,” formally
39 Dec. hours in
Boston
40 Words on a
treehouse door,
perhaps
44 Single-serving
coffee pod
47 Place to stick a
feather
48 Aligns
49 Llama’s relative
50 Digits to wrestle
53 Russian range or
river
54 “Hard ___!”
(“That’s a big
no!”)
55 App downloader
56 Cooped (up)
57 Where to go for a
dip
58 Cancel, as a
command
59 One may write an
ode
60 Middle of IOU
East Oregonian
A17
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2021 Neptune Goes Direct
Most regrets have at their root a bad decision. To minimize
our regrets, we can maximize our good decisions. Of
course, if we knew the right choice in the moment, we
would make it every time. The key is to give ourselves the
best shot at knowing, to do what it takes to have a clear
head. The turn of Neptune blows the fog away.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your mastery of a skill
depends on accurate feedback. Which opinion is correct?
Gather them all, but don’t act on any yet. Time will shake
things out and sort them for you. By the end of the week,
only the truth will remain.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are brave, persistent
and focused on the right thing for you and yours. The
courage of your convictions is a powerfully attractive
force, and by the end of the week, you’ll find you have
allies.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You have your hand on
the dial of your own intensity. You can take any emotion
you feel and turn it up or down as needed. Combine
this talent with your ability to read the room and you’re
unstoppable.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Yes, something has
slipped out of your grip and now you long to have and
hold it. The good news is this is lost but not gone. It will,
however, take work to get it back. Extend your reach.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Don’t wait until you need
something badly or are frustrated, angry or anxious to
move yourself into a better state of mind. However you
feel, raise it. Why shouldn’t you live in an optimum,
powerful state of mind?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). On your mind will be
matters of citizenship, fairness and leadership. You’ve
a gut instinct for what’s right, but it’s still important to
process the facts with an open mind because the lesson
is in an integration of gut and intellect.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Obtain what’s necessary
to move forward. This is probably a skill or tool. Success
depends on a belief. Try this one on for size: It was always
meant to be yours; you just have to claim it.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The Chinese proverb
says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single
step.” But it’s not until step 233 that you begin to feel like
you’re really going somewhere.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). All of the things
that money can’t buy -- love, respect, profound glamour,
real connection -- require complex kinds of work. To
imagine, plot and execute your plans will feel like play.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Two objects cannot
occupy the same space at the same time, but oh, how the
objects will keep trying! The spirit of competition and the
inevitability of collision keeps it interesting in a highly
charged atmosphere.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There’s a certain part
of your life that’s not a pretty picture. Consider that it may
not be the picture’s fault. Maybe it’s the frame. Framing it
differently will change your view entirely.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Get clear about what
you want. Ranking your options in order of desirability,
from your top-tier arrangement to your bottom-line
necessities, will bring good fortune to your realm.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 1). What you do you will
do with style. Instead of requiring more money, time and
effort, you’ll use less. The specific decisions that are so
you are bolder than they are expensive. You have a full
heart, and love in many forms flows through 2022. It will
be impossible to be too generous in this regard as giving
amplifies your resources. Cancer and Gemini adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 8, 2, 22, 19 and 40.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2021 Seduction Moon
There’s a reason for the magnetism of seductive characters.
They speak to the voids in us. If we weren’t lacking in some
way, they would have nothing to hook onto. So, there is
something for you in the seduction. The question becomes
whether the seducer will really deliver it. This message was
brought to you by the moon in seductive Scorpio.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Breathe easy, take frequent
breaks from your work and get plenty of sleep and exercise.
Make your own pleasure and well-being a higher priority.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Competition for a certain spot
will be stiff. Just because you have what it takes doesn’t
mean it’s worth the trouble. Think more about what you want
and how well the current offerings really fit the bill.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It seems like everyone needs
you at once, and maybe that’s part of the deal when you’re
good at what you do. Keep in mind that you have the choice
of when to respond. Other people’s urgency doesn’t have to
be yours.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your memory will be strong
and undiscerning, recalling important and useless facts
alike. But the thing is, you won’t know which is which, so
revel in it all. Sometimes the slightest detail is the key to
everything.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If you need another reason to get
out and socialize, consider that you’ll see yourself objectively
as someone else experiences you for the first time. Valuable
insights will be gained from your interactions.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are those who
think they are good at something regardless of how good
they actually are. Don’t let yourself be bamboozled by
overconfidence. Ask for proof of skill. Getting the right
person for the job is a game changer.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You have the freedom to
believe as you wish and openly express it. This is a freedom
people have fought and died for and you don’t take it for
granted, even as you exercise the opposite right to keep
things to yourself.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your attempts to rearrange
your world seem futile because they are. These moves and
inquiries won’t eliminate suffering, only transmute it. The
way to eliminate the problem is to greet the moment and
accept it exactly how it is.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Stories can be like
hot meals that cool off as soon as they’re served. Timing is
everything. Knowing what to trim is key. It’s worth working
out before you tell it because your stories reflect you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). One theory is that
money buys you the freedom to arrange life to your
preferences. In practice it will not be so. The more you
can do with creativity and strategy the better, as money will
complicate things beyond belief.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can handle any
nonemotional truth on its face. You can work with any fact
and deal with stark realities. It’s when feelings get involved
that the difficulties arise.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). In determinate games,
the starting player can always win with the right strategy.
In indeterminate games, two perfect players could play on
forever. You will play with elegance in an indeterminate
game, for instance, love.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 2). When you’re not so sure
what’s in your mind and heart, your feet will know. They’ll take
you out the door and straight to the hidden goals of your soul.
Trust yourself! The new year brings clarity, peace, adventure,
success and love. A lucky streak starts with the exchange of
property or a significant sale. Aquarius and Taurus adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 4, 2, 22, 29 and 48.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS