PUZZLES
Thursday, January 27, 2022
RR Xing by Michael Schlossberg
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Ali ___
5 Nudge
9 “Forever Your
Girl” singer Paula
14 Beyond dry
15 Chicago mayor
Lightfoot
16 Like myths about
Asgard
17 *What a British
chef says after
botching a pasta
topping?
19 Fluctuates wildly
20 ___-Wan Kenobi
21 Blast producer
22 Perfect basketball
shot
24 Ancient Japanese
assassins
26 *Earworm?
29 Stories that
can be read
backward?
30 Complete, as this
puzzle
31 WOW upside
down
32 Seat
34 Go to a diner, say
36 Letters before a
texter’s POV
39 Time off, briefly
... or two letters
dropped from
each starred
clue’s answer
41 Coffee dispensers
42 Lipton packet
44 Painter’s support
46 “... and the list
goes on”: Abbr.
47 Stale-smelling
49 Sprays near
waterfalls
53 *Build farm
enclosures?
55 Mr. Peanut’s
headwear
56 Zesty dip ... or
dance
57 Corn serving
58 Tipper’s
banknote, often
59 “Time is money,”
e.g.
61 *Young cat’s
Elizabethan
collar?
64 Coyotes’ cries
65 Sandy shade
66 Nourish
67 Liability’s
counterpart
68 Appear
69 10:9 or 8:7
DOWN
1 Conductors wave
them
2 Saudi ___
3 Sharp, like a cold
wind
4 Name hidden in
“lead actress”
5 Strategies
6 Beat decisively
7 Tolkien beast
8 What keeps a
trucker going?
9 “Do you have a
guess?”
10 Uplift
11 Deadpan comedy
12 G.I. entertainers
13 “___ Miz”
18 Squirrel away
23 Is indecisive
25 Twin of Esau
26 Charlotte
hoopsters
27 Any thing
28 CPR pros
30 “Cheap Thrills”
singer
33 Bickers
35 Flower in a 17th-
century Dutch
economic bubble
36 Tabloid twosome
37 Prefix with
“physical”
38 Fine-toothed
hand tools
40 February 29,
2020, but not
February 29,
2022
43 Most abundant
45 University near
Georgia Tech
48 Mambas and
boas
50 Chased away
51 Sun-kissed
52 Mounts of yore
54 Two under par
55 Channing of
“Magic Mike”
57 Raison d’___
59 “Caught ya!”
60 Hairstyles,
informally
62 Diamonds,
slangily
63 Money exec
Sounds Complicated by Adrian Johnson
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Make into a
paper crane, say
5 22, for this
constructor
8 Practices sawm
during Ramadan
13 Cleveland’s lake
14 Hello, in
Montevideo
16 Cottonwood
relative
17 *Bits steeped in
a bag (Theme
hint: Say the
first words of the
starred clues’
answers in order)
19 Country where
a 4,000-year-old
bowl of noodles
was found
20 Largest artery
21 Silent entertainer
23 Brewery barrel
24 *”Everyone good
to go?”
28 Celebrity gossip
site
31 Apt word within
“GMC Savana”
32 Sisters, aunts,
etc.
33 *Where to see a
big E
36 Language in Iran
40 Overworks
41 Birthplace of
Motown
43 Beachwear
choice
44 *Marine
gastropods with
no shell
45 FedEx rival
47 Eats
48 Biblical
possessive
49 *Necklace chain?
54 Word before “dog”
or “banana”
55 Altar exchanges
56 “Another card,
please”
60 Baseball’s
“Hammerin’
Hank”
62 *”What’s the
point?”
65 Lose a staring
contest
66 Reader of the
future
67 10.04 square
miles, for Tuvalu
68 Small Business
Saturday events
69 Genetic stuff
70 Wheel tracks
DOWN
1 Greek cheese
2 Treat in 2012’s
Daily Twist
campaign
3 Polygraph target
4 The Nile’s
includes
Alexandria
5 “I see it now!”
6 www.
medicare.___
7 Tin or hydrogen
8 Procedures that
reduce jowls
9 Volcanic emission
10 Sharp increase
11 Principle
12 Small holdup
15 Home to about
60% of people
18 Organ with a
drum
22 Big initials in civil
rights
25 “Dear ___
Hansen”
26 “Storage ___”
(show in which
bidders compete)
27 Boxer’s warning
28 Part of a
“Jeopardy!”
audition
29 Legend
30 20 - 20
34 Swedish Fish,
e.g.
35 Boisterous fun
37 Shellacking
38 (It wasn’t meant
to be)
39 Tiny, informally
41 Distribute cards
42 Worry-free feeling
44 Relative of a man
cave
46 Headed, as a
conga line
49 Down Under
marsupial
50 Month of showers
51 Really impresses
52 Letter after pi
53 Raga instrument
54 Surfer’s
accumulation?
57 By way of, on
some signs
58 Swimmer’s event
59 Paleozoic and
others
61 Number also
written as “I”
63 Strong desire
64 Supportive
garment
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2022 Mercury’s Makeover Secret
Improvement is a precarious aim. Once you start moving
things around, you run the risk of ruining what was right
about the situation. That’s why it’s safer to try to improve
a complete disaster. This Mercury and Pluto conjunction
lends luck for honing your makeover skills by attempting
upgrades on situations that can’t get much worse.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You are not just one
person. You are many people at once. You identify with
several groups and even see yourself in these groups’
opposing groups. There’s freedom in accepting your
complexity.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). “If you can’t be a good
example, you’ll just have to be a horrible warning,” said
novelist Catherine Aird. Today’s ambition will be served
by such warnings. Research to get a better understanding
of what could go wrong.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The veil of time
conceals many facts. This will be an entry point for your
imagination. Be careful not to fill in someone’s backstory
in such a way that it glorifies and elevates them. Pedestals
have a way of eventually toppling.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Someone who’s easy to
be around will instantly relax you. All worry, resistance
and thought will dissolve as you become absorbed into a
natural shared rhythm.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll do for others what you
wish someone had done for you. You’ll be generous
when you don’t have to be and tend to those who have
nothing to give you back. If you ever need evidence of
your goodness, that last bit will do.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The words you long to
hear represent a truth you wish was so. Perhaps it already
is so. In that case, it will be just as true whether you hear
the words or not.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll get encouraging
signs that your investment is paying off. Chances are this
isn’t a financial investment; rather, it deals in something
much more precious, like your energy and time.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There’s something
you’ve enjoyed numerous times, never losing your
enthusiasm, only to show it to another person and see,
for the first time, its flaws. There’s no teacher like sharing.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Commitment is
not merely an agreement, it’s a mindset. Cost-benefit
analysis, speculation and negotiation have no place in
the attitude of commitment, which is based in one idea:
The thing will be done, whatever it takes.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). While you’d love to
come off smart, appropriate and attractive, any attempt
to do this indicates your disbelief that you actually are
these things. No need to sweat, stumble, cry or try. You’re
fine as-is.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are benefits to
analyzing a past relationship as objectively as possible.
Understanding why you made the choices that led you
here will remind you of who you are and why you’re
deserving of your own respect and compassion.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Just like all the
imaginary things in the world, the monsters under the
bed are only as real as you make them. Use the principle
to your advantage today by mentally constructing the
friends and environments you wish for.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 28). You’ll raise your
energy with ease as you tend to your body like an animal,
listening to what makes it happy and responding quickly
when it’s not. Though you will have luck with a program
or other new things you try, the best care isn’t rational,
but intuitive. A professional breakthrough introduces you
to a fun social circle. Aries and Gemini adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 7, 10, 3, 33 and 38.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2022 Venus Power Moves
Lady Venus makes her power move from the skyrise
headquarters of Capricorn, reinstating the authority of
love. This isn’t a hostile takeover -- more like a mass
memo reminding us that love is in charge. There are
benefits, perks and other rewards for following the heart
and negative consequences for violating its rules.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). “When it comes to
giving, some people stop at nothing,” said the comedian
Georgie Jessel. You’ll joyfully and generously make up
for the stinginess of those who can’t bring themselves
to contribute.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re so well thought
of, you’ll worry whether you can rise to the expectation,
let alone return the same level of admiration. The truth is,
you don’t have to do either right now; just enjoy!
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll be pitched for
this and that, mostly with uninspiring proposals. You
can save yourself a lot of time with the simple phrase,
“Thanks, but that doesn’t work for me.”
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You can be as logical as
a mathematician, but today’s solution can’t be found with
equations of rationality. Instead, push your feelings into
the situation and sense whether it will be good for you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Life gets unpredictable, just
how you like it. This is partly true because you’ve become
braver and more adventurous. You no longer need to be
in familiar settings to feel safe.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The smartest people aren’t
the surest. Intelligence flies on the wings of questions.
An event will cause you to review what you thought you
knew. On closer inspection, not all of it will hold up.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Mothers everywhere
suggest, “There is no ‘bored,’ only ‘boring.’” You’ll let
today’s restlessness stir your creativity toward one of the
most exciting and promising pursuits you can think of:
an escape.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). One new influence on
the scene is all it takes to shake everything up. Suddenly
your interests are broadened, slightly at first, then
exponentially.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). One person’s
attention and support makes life easier. It also brings
attention to the ones who (SET ITAL) aren’t (END ITAL)
supporting you and should be. What would it take to
surround yourself with more supporters?
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You receive special
privileges because of a relationship or association.
Regardless of whether you feel you deserve these
benefits, just enjoy them now. It’s your turn.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have an extra
dose of daring at your disposal. Use it to approach new
people, attempt a difficult task, perform publicly or knock
on the door that was once closed to you.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Tense situations settle
into neutrality. Egos deflate. The unreasonable are now
willing to negotiate. Anxieties will be allayed. All is
working toward resolution.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 29). Your excitement
grows through the first 10 weeks of the year as you realize
that your vision of life is being fleshed out. Double down
on your talents, play your advantages and leverage your
strengths. You’ll make a big push, get lucky, then coast a
while. Romance fills your life when you’re not working as
hard. Gemini and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 6, 44, 20, 1 and 38.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS