PUZZLES
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Say Cheese! by Carly Schuna
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Good or bad sign
5 Remnant at a
tree farm
10 Amt. of sugar for
coffee, maybe
13 It wasn’t built in a
day
14 Stately homes
16 Guess on an
ORD board
17 Promotional
image?
19 Mess up
20 Medium-sized
sofa
21 Dry red wine
23 Bambi, for one
24 Part of the lake
acronym HOMES
25 Award such as
Best Female
Athlete
26 Spicy image?
29 Icy mass
32 Tool with teeth
33 Put up, as a
building
36 Purpose
37 It’s sometimes
called a napkin
38 Devoured
40 Number that
birthday candles
represent
41 Earth’s
environment?
43 Goal
44 The body’s
biggest organ
45 Blown-up image?
49 Fancy German
autos
51 Mont Blanc’s
range
52 Verbal exam
55 “Check out this
trick I can do!”
57 “Pong” consoles
59 What a listener
“lends”
60 Close race’s
ending, or a hint
to 17-, 26- and
45-Across
62 “Black Jeopardy!”
show, for short
63 More unsettling
64 Entryway with a
latch
65 Glum
66 Old-style yet cool
67 Idina voices her
in “Frozen”
DOWN
1 Spheres
2 Communicated
like a cow
3 Ham it up
4 Rainy-day fund
5 “Peter Pan”
boatswain
6 Paving substance
7 Remove, as a
lightbulb
8 Angora goat’s
coat
9 Delves (into)
10 Certain Gen-Z
jargon
11 Throat ailment,
informally
12 Luau or rave
15 Sault ___ Marie
18 Hatcher of
“Desperate
Housewives”
22 Trunk’s position,
on many cars
24 Old-fashioned
“Oh, my!”
27 Org. that
provides signals
intelligence
28 Previously known as
29 Clear tables
30 “Sixth sense”:
Abbr.
31 Longtime MTV
show about
young adults in
a new city, with
“The”
34 Movie FX
35 Hang ___ (do a
surfing stunt)
37 For each
38 Broadcasts
39 Texter’s “I really
didn’t need to
know that”
42 Wine barrel
43 “Bon ___!” (“Dig
in!”)
44 Weird
46 Congregate
47 Crime novelist
Leonard
48 “It isn’t me!”
49 Sanctify
50 Disney film
starring The Rock
53 Plain font
54 Submissions to
Santa
56 Gorilla or gibbon
57 Natural hairdo
58 Kind of butter in
lotions
61 Across, in a
“Jingle Bells” lyric
Putting on a Front by Jon Pennington
Universal Crossword edited by Amanda Rafkin
ACROSS
1 Pear part
5 Chiding syllable
8 Matted clumps of
hair
13 ___ nuts (pesto
ingredient)
14 Exclude
16 The ___
(customer’s
typical order)
17 Merit
18 Drag queen in
“Kinky Boots”
19 Mary Poppins,
e.g.
20 Near Batman’s
sidekick?
23 Took off
24 What do the pros
say?
25 Made a cozy little
home
30 Stockpile some
yogurt starter?
33 “Count” who
composed “One
O’Clock Jump”
36 “Affirmative!”
37 People with
an annual Sun
Dance
38 Cheese that’s
made backward?
39 Actress
Dandridge
41 Quick kiss
42 Some body art,
informally
43 “Midsommar”
director Aster
44 Maya Angelou
and Mary Oliver,
e.g.
45 Person playing
marbles, often?
49 Madame, in
Spain
50 Jump like a hare
51 School
fundraising grp.
54 Anticipate the
latest charts?
58 Bulldozes
62 “Enough stalling!”
63 Isn’t another
way?
64 JPEG or PNG
file, e.g.
65 Part of YOLO
66 Taunt
67 “Good heavens!”
68 Genre related to
reggae
69 Concerning
DOWN
1 Pickle piece
2 Pageant
headwear
3 2001 scandal
company
4 Restaurant list
that might be
accessed with a
QR code
5 “I knew I was
right!”
6 Campfire treats
7 Unit of weight, for
short
8 Escape route
in “The Great
Escape”
9 Allyson Felix’s
Olympic team
10 “Sounds like a
great time!”
11 Pale brown color
12 Cunning
15 Soda can feature
21 Word on a
“Hello!” tag
22 Occupied
26 Daze
27 Private student
28 Construct
29 You can stand
at some while
working
30 Has the goal of
31 Its capital is
Damascus
32 Still at Disney?
33 Test versions of
software
34 “Better late than
never,” e.g.
35 The Prince of
Darkness
39 Type of parrot in
Blue Sky’s “Rio”
40 Make a mistake
44 Salt-N-___
46 Wiped clean
47 Comedian’s
“thing”
48 Beverage often
sweetened with
honey
51 Ballet bends
52 Palindromic belief
53 Lead-in to
“physics” or “turf”
55 Big ruckus
56 They’re not free
of charge
57 Mexico’s ___
California
58 Word aptly found
in “perimeter”
59 “Back to Black”
singer Winehouse
60 Change
directions
suddenly
61 Nwodim of “SNL”
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2022 Countdown to Mercury Retrograde
The need to impress people is typically not a pleasant
feeling but it’s a good sign. The angst comes when we’re
on the precipice of something. In these days before
Mercury goes retrograde, try to put yourself in the
company of people you can learn from (i.e., the ones who
make you feel a little nervous and inadequate).
ARIES (March 21-April 19). No matter how great
you are at what you do, you can always improve. Some
are discouraged by this idea, but not you. You’ll jump at
the chance to develop your talents, even when it means
humbling yourself to follow instructions.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll meet people who
share your values yet do things differently. This meeting
will have you considering new alternatives, especially
having to do with lifestyle.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The job you do and how
good you are at it definitely matters. It should be noted,
however, that the perceptions around this will matter just
as much, if not more. Make believers out of people and
they’ll keep coming back.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). There will be a
temptation to say too much or relate with too much
familiarity. Professionalism is the required quality for
success in today’s deal. Greater social awareness will set
you apart from the amateurs.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Before you begin the hustle,
run your plans through the projector of your mind and
see yourself handling the day like a boss. Envisioning
successful outcomes helps you see what you need to do
to set them up.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll have something
in common with game show contestants today as you
experience a situation in which everything seems to ride
on a moment. You’ll shine in that moment.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You get a funny feeling
around certain people. You sense there is more to them
than they want you to know, which makes you both
curious and cautious.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Lie detectors are
designed on the premise that dishonesty causes bodily
stress. In some ways, honesty is easier. In other ways, it’s
harder. There’s a rule in place that’s keeping people from
telling the truth.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). When you don’t
concern yourself with matters over which you have no
influence, something interesting happens. The simplicity
conserves your energy. Your power grows, and so does
your circle of influence.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When you get
serious, they go for the laugh. When you kid around, they
get stern. It would seem you’re on different pages, but
you’re really balancing each other from two columns of
the same page.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You feel obligated but
it’s not clear whether you really are. Find out what other
people are doing. Do you feel it’s necessary to do more
than others do? And if so, why?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll learn faster when
you’re not worried about having to get things right the
first time. Don’t force it. Just show up with an open mind
and keep coming back. You’ll absorb when you need.
Believe it.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 12). You take on
interesting challenges, get stronger and become more
skilled, too. As a result, your financial and social status
will climb. Even so, this is not what makes you happiest
this year. The source of your good feelings will be what
you can give others. The more you give, the more you’ll
have to give. Libra and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 6, 33, 37, 50 and 2.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2022 Success Formula for a Gemini Moon
There’s a season for striving and one for accepting. There
are times to flex and nap times, ideal moments for sharing
and for shutting up. Under this sociable Gemini moon,
understanding the season you’re in isn’t about deciding
who you want to be or choosing the right action. Success
formula: show up, read the room, respond from there.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You don’t know how
interesting you are, and that is a hefty part of your appeal.
You’ll like the kind of attention you draw today from a smart,
subtle admirer.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Someone would appreciate
if your likes and dislikes were the same as theirs, but you’re
no conformist. Instead of expressing differences, steer clear
of certain subjects altogether as you head toward common
ground.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Shopping isn’t necessarily
buying. Perhaps the only way to accomplish the former
without the latter today is to leave your wallet at home while
you go deeper in the investigation of your options.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Take your work to a new
environment. Being able to focus without distraction will
make you twice as productive as you would be in the hubbub
of familiar surroundings.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s one of those high-energy
days when you know what you want and you go for it in a
big way. Your object of desire has a glittery appeal, yet it will
quickly wash out against the brightness of the journey itself.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Stand back, take a breath
and see your situation anew. Are you handing your power
over to someone else? Self-respect is a renewable resource,
but if you don’t give it away, you’ll still have it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Don’t forget that over your
lifetime, you’ve changed in all kinds of ways. The song says
to “pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over
again.” Today it’s as easy to sing as it is to accomplish.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Remember when these
rules you abide by were brand-new to you? Now it’s second
nature to drive inside the lines. Enjoy your current mastery.
You’ll soon be in a different situation where you’ll learn anew.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You may feel that you
know all there is to know about a certain situation. Is it true?
Put yourself to the test. Teach others. If you have holes in
your knowledge, they’ll show you where they are so you can
patch them.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If you could only do
one thing to make your life more enjoyable, less stressful
and better all around, the top contender is this: sleep. What
would you have to do to get excellent and plentiful z’s?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). An idea is forming. It’s
not quite in the frame yet, but thoughts and feelings are
coming together. By Monday you’ll have a clear picture of
what you want to do next.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Temptation abounds.
Deprivation makes things worse. Buy the small portion. Treat
yourself to a little. A treat, by definition, is something you
don’t get very often.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 13). Youth is a non-
renewable resource, but vitality can and will be cultivated
through this solar journey. A special relationship will be
constant motivation to do the things that make you feel most
alive. There’s a change-up of property and possessions that
will reflect your evolving values. Aries and Taurus adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 2, 33, 25, 4 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS