PUZZLES
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Hidden Treasures by David Alan Van Houten
Universal Crossword edited by Amanda Rafkin
ACROSS
1 Word after “Red”
or “Dead”
4 Rollaway beds
8 Poet ___ Allan Poe
13 “Immediately!”
14 Hundred ___
Wood (Pooh’s
home)
15 Scoundrel
16 Mexican coin
17 Start to do-well?
18 Freeze over
19 *MLB team based
in Phoenix
22 Itty-bitty
23 Swanson who
said “Birthdays
were invented by
Hallmark to sell
cards”
24 “Glad I’m back?”
27 “Next to ___”
(2008 musical)
29 ___ your appetite
31 Opposing vote
32 *Actress who
played Cher in
“Clueless”
35 “Monday Night
Countdown”
channel
38 Under the
weather
39 Colorado Natives
40 *Annual film and
television awards
show
45 Road repair
substance
46 Untidy situation
47 Snacks for
ladybugs
51 Single-celled
organism
53 Housed some
fish?
54 Coy question
from Miss Piggy
55 Treasure map
phrase, or a hint
to making sense
of the starred
clues’ answers
59 Mobile homes?
61 In good health
62 NYC attraction
63 Covers up
64 Quite a distance
65 Person with a
password
66 ___ board (nail
file)
67 Loch ___
monster
68 H.S. diploma
equivalent
DOWN
1 Not mono, maybe
2 Less difficult
3 Three-word
phrase illustrated
by the arrow in
the Amazon logo
4 Ricotta-filled
Italian pastry
5 “The Blue Planet”
habitat
6 Dino that’s a
Monopoly token
7 Belgrade citizen
8 Brings out
9 Boats’ landing
places
10 “Never mind then
...”
11 Tempe sch.
12 Single situp
13 Reproduce, like
salmon
20 Like a spoken
exam
21 Visa competitor,
for short
25 A horse’s might
be braided
26 Looks at closely
28 Breed of tailless
cat
29 Estate lawyers’
documents
30 Xbox space war
franchise
33 Tobacco
products, for
short
34 Heinie
35 “A Sunday Kind
of Love” singer
James
36 That’s bogus!
37 Lightening in a
bottle?
41 Place to renew a
passport
42 In the vicinity of
43 People in a tub
44 Heaviest fencing
blade
48 Ask too much
49 Done for
50 Hindustani
classical music
instrument
52 Still-glowing coal
53 Book of maps
56 Singer Chaka
57 Out of harm’s
way
58 More than
confident
59 Revolutionary
Guevara
60 Lip of a chalice
Seeing Double by Taylor Johnson
Universal Crossword edited by Amanda Rafkin
ACROSS
1 Give kudos at a
poetry slam
5 German sausage,
informally
9 Outfit that
clashes?
14 Prefix for “pilot”
15 Sole
16 Ross of the
Supremes
17 Web address
starter
18 *Like swords with
two sharp sides
20 “Who ___
kidding?”
21 Be in debt
22 Play before the
headlining band
23 Any “Golden
Girls” episode,
now
25 “Care for a bite?”
29 *Spy on the
inside
32 Texter’s chuckle
33 Paddled down a
river
34 There are two in
a double pike
36 Dating site
named after the
Roman god of
love
39 Drop, like an
album
41 Less than 90
degrees
42 Earhart known as
“Lady Lindy”
44 Dry ___
(barbecue
seasoning)
45 *Betray
49 Comedic bit
involving a
sprayed beverage
52 No secret
53 Conversation in
Slack
54 “___ Miserables”
56 Craps cube
57 *DNA shape
61 Skiing area near
Salt Lake City
62 “Me, Myself &
___” (Jim Carrey
film)
63 It might unfold
into a bed
64 “What the ___!”
65 Duties
66 “The Hill We
Climb,” e.g.
67 Like a used firepit
DOWN
1 Largest hot
desert in the
world
2 Spice in many fall
beverages
3 Apparel
4 “___ Goes the
Weasel”
5 Played a
harmonica
6 Took the subway
7 Director Lee
8 Shirt that might
be fired from a
cannon
9 Highly capable
10 Amusement park
attractions
11 Mississippi state
flower
12 Washington’s bill
13 “Totally tubular!”
19 “___ worry about
it!”
21 Recorded
24 Not abridged
25 Tiny
26 Guitarist Segovia
27 Shaggy hairdos
28 “Did anyone ___
hear that?”
30 Singer
DiFranco
31 Close temporarily,
like a theater
34 Movies
35 Gain knowledge
36 Gondoliers’ needs
37 Single-serving
coffee product
38 Partitioned-off
work spaces
40 People in
Chicago look up
to them
43 “The Simpsons”
bartender
45 Pope’s religion:
Abbr.
46 Lots and lots
47 Word after “light”
or “Nintendo”
48 Sly
50 Use your noggin
51 Payments that
might be e-filed
54 Term length for a
Supreme Court
justice
55 Big test
57 No. 1 song
58 Obama ___
59 Clairvoyant’s skill
60 British throne?
61 “It just clicked!”
East Oregonian
A17
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2022 Aquarius Season Commences
Welcome to Aquarius season, and to the fresh glass of
philanthropy and humanitarianism that comes with the
sun in the sign of the water bearer. The gift of water is the
gift of life itself. Enjoy the push to do something grand for
the world -- to be loving, generous, cheerful, optimistic,
friendly and ethical to all.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Some of the best
arrangements you’ll make are with people who could just
as easily be your competition or opposition. Look for
common ground with people whose goals at first seem
at odds with your own.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You look at your own
behavior and determine how it is contributing to a less-
than-optimal circumstance. You can change whatever
part of you needs changing.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You cannot be
simultaneously caught up in the past and also in tune
to what is going on around you. Love the relationship
you have, not the one you think should be. There is no
“should be”; there is only what is.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Traveling isn’t about
getting somewhere; it’s about the act of going. The
feeling you get from hurling yourself into the unknown
is an exhilaration that persists no matter the destination.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your praises will be sung.
Is it uncomfortable? They’re only saying the truth. Don’t
argue, just allow yourself to be celebrated, then move the
subject along to all the people who helped you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). To become more
acceptable to yourself and more attractive to others,
you’ll rid yourself of a bad habit or addiction. These days,
restraint is one of the most essential elements of your
self-care.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Agendas of those around
you will clash with your own. Nip it in the bud. If it’s not
going to work out, it’s better to know early on. Assert
yourself with quiet confidence, and all will be quickly
sorted.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The hurdles between
where you are and where you want to be only matter to
the degree you allow them to matter. If you keep your eyes
on your lofty goal, you won’t even see them.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Stars shine on
sales, purchases or trading. Many problems are solved
on the way to pleasing the customer. Keep your ear to the
ground; there’s some truth to the rumbling rumors.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The one who is
dragging their feet and taking forever to get a job finished
will not deliver what’s needed in the time frame you
agreed upon. This is just a glitch. Put your back-up plan
in place.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re an explorer.
You’ll travel to interesting places that happen to be in
close proximity and can only be accessed through a
bright and curious state of mind.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll get the sneaking
suspicion that someone wants something from you but
isn’t saying what. Your feeling is right. Kindly and gently
call people out. Make it safe for them to be direct with
you.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 19). When Plan A doesn’t
work, the alphabet has 25 more letters to try. You’ll get
great at switching to the next plan without skipping a
beat. Your adaptability will see you rising in status. They
might not tell you enough, but you’re an inspiration.
You’ll be copied -- the ultimate compliment. You’ll have
your choice of company. Libra and Aries adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 4, 21, 5, 17 and 32.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022 Aquarius Season Mindset
Right after the solar shift from Capricorn to Aquarius comes
the lunar shift from Leo to Virgo. It’s a day to roll up the
sleeves and start in on the work that matters to more than
you, your family and your people. We’re all thinking bigger
today. If it’s good for the world at large, it’s good for the
individual.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Chilly people gravitate to
your fiery spirit and warm right up. Like the sun, you have
plenty of energy and will lose nothing by letting others soak
you in.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You need to keep your
guard up around certain people. It doesn’t mean the
individuals in question are bad people; they are just bad for
you. For optimum well-being, maintain a defensive buffer
zone.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). To give your heart to another
when you feel the impulse is the right choice. That doesn’t
mean it will work out. Reciprocity is not guaranteed, and joy
is fickle. But regardless of what happens next, you’ll be better
for it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The featured delights are
like a carnival, just passing through. Play the games, ride the
rides, lose some money, gain some memories, and enjoy it
while it lasts.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You so freely give your love to
those who need it. What about you? You need it too, possibly
more urgently than anyone else around you today. Give
yourself attention and affection.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Some paths can be cleared,
but then there are those obstacles that are best accepted
as part of life’s landscape. Go around them. Any attempt to
control the uncontrollable is a waste of time.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The bleak eventually gives way
to sparkling interests -- or does it create them? Enthusiasms
born of restlessness will give color to your world.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A situation that once
erupted in passion and chaos is now calm and will remain
that way for good. It’s not going to blow again. You can
consider this volcano extinct.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The damage we do
over the course of a relationship can’t always be put back
how it was at the start, but often this is a blessing in disguise.
The new build will be better.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Most problems with
others are caused inside the relationship with the self -- a
relationship that will be healed, nurtured and well-tended in
the weeks to come. Turn your care inward.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). “Love is 20/20 vision,”
said no one ever. Love will continue to uphold its illusory
reputation, making people look at each other with heavy, half-
drawn eyelids, sure to block out essential visual information.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Delicious distractions
abound. Maybe it’s hard to stay on track because all the
opportunities are off track. Stay open. Unexpected fun
happens when you refuse to prejudge anyone.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 20). You’ll prioritize, focus
and dedicate yourself to the task until it’s finished. You have
the same work ethic as your heroes. In your personal life, a
source of pain from the past heals up and a new source of
joy opens. You’ll be the glue that keeps a tight team together.
You’ll all earn a top honor before the year is up. Sagittarius
and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 49, 1, 8
and 30.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS