B4
PUZZLES
East Oregonian
Universal Freestyle 5 by Jared Goudsmit
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Witness’s spot
6 Great songs,
informally
10 “If the shoe ___
...”
14 Detoxifying organ
15 Up to the task
16 It fills un lago
17 Inaccurate signoff
on a walkie-talkie
19 Accurate
response to
17-Across
20 Scrabble and
Boggle
21 Encrypted URL
start
22 Hush-hush grp.
23 Freetown, Sierra
___
24 Trickery
31 Unexpressed
32 Sleep and shelter
33 Only even prime
number
34 Domain
35 Is flexible
36 “From hell’s heart
I stab at thee”
speaker in “Moby-
Dick”
37 Apt name for a
mamma?
38 “Thanks,” in
Toulouse
39 Church topper
40 It goes in circles
but gets to the
point
43 Painter whose
name appears
backward in “oat
milk”
44 “I disapprove!”
45 Express aloud
46 Fruit sphere in a
cocktail
52 It becomes
another name
when H’s are
added to its ends
53 Eclair seller
54 Examined the
license of, e.g.
55 Treasure ___
56 “44”
57 Director Ephron
58 Cameron of
“Shrek”
59 Concrete support
DOWN
1 ___ as molasses
2 DVR brand
3 Declare
4 Pi Day celebrant,
maybe
5 Sergeant Friday’s
classic show
6 What interrupting
demonstrates
7 Instrument with a
three-vowel name
8 It shares a key
with equals
9 Play backdrop
10 1, 3 or 9, to 9
11 “Couldn’t tell ya!”
12 Containers that
“burp” when
sealed
13 Verbalizes
18 High-minded
org.?
21 Possessive for
Batwoman
23 Skid ___
(helmets,
slangily)
24 Word after “food”
or “forever”
25 She only keeps
things that spark
joy
26 Carnival
property?
27 Sportage
automaker
28 Judi in “Skyfall”
29 Hype campaign
30 Far from
hammered
35 Karate wear
36 Human, for one
38 Performer who
may pretend to
be in a box
39 Back with cash
41 Insect whose
buzz can reach
106.7 decibels
42 They jump up
Down Under
45 Egotistical
46 “Moana”
character or
Hawaiian island
47 Sicilian mount
48 Pop singer Rexha
49 Part of UAE
50 Peru’s capital
51 Shakespearean
king
53 A great degree?
Barriers to Entry by Rebecca Goldstein
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Flights of fancy
6 Unexpected
problem
10 Agonize (over)
14 American Eagle
intimate apparel
brand
15 Sign at a takeout
counter
16 Step before dry
17 60-Across in
heaven?
19 Road trip game
20 “What’s more ...”
21 Pal, in Paris
22 Ray in the ocean
24 “I want a brewski!”
26 60-Across at the
airport?
29 Passports, e.g.
30 Yellowstone herd
32 Connections
33 Bae or beau
34 Bad-mouth
36 Juicy bits?
37 60-Across at a
royal residence?
40 Winter forecast
42 With intensity
43 Domino
indentation
44 One more than bi-
46 ___/her/hers
47 Beanie or beret
50 60-Across on the
ranch?
53 Usually solitary
cephalopods
55 Like hot caramel
56 Green prefix
58 Greek I
59 Tijuana street
food
60 Individual
controlling access
63 Synagogue
cabinets
64 “Once ___ a time
...”
65 Oklahoma
setting of HBO’s
“Watchmen”
66 High-pH
substance
67 “Step right up!”
68 Squabbles
DOWN
1 Japanese
horseradish
2 All better, say
3 Flowers named
for the Greek
rainbow goddess
4 Insignificant
5 Volleyball move
before a spike
6 Acronym
encompassing
chem and calc
7 Tag line?
8 “When I was your
___ ...”
9 Amanda who
became the first
National Youth
Poet Laureate
10 Jitterbug dance
style
11 One may sense
saltiness or
sweetness
12 Guatemala’s
language, in
Guatemala
13 “How come?”
18 Rice dish with
saffron
23 Small batteries
25 More than a bite
27 Burns a bit
28 Summit
31 Take effect
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
44
45
47
48
49
51
52
54
57
59
61
62
Gaping mouth
“Golly!”
Ask too much
Candy with the
tagline “Taste the
explosion!”
Remove, as a bra
Name found in
“kale chips”
Banana Boat stat
Falls across a
border?
Not just any
Laser cannon’s
smaller relative
Big fuss
Exam for some
H.S. seniors
Bejeweled crowns
Bullwinkle, for one
Digital ___ (break
from screen time)
Render
unavailable
Penny
Key beside Q
Imitate
UFO pilots,
maybe
Saturday, January 29, 2022
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2022 Solar Surprise
The sun squares Uranus, the planet of surprises,
suggesting unexpected and rather inconvenient action.
This is precisely what makes champions: the odd
challenge thrown into the mix, the obstacle that demands
a workaround, the inventions that occur on the way to
never solving an unsolvable problem. Waste no time in
resisting life.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Common sense tells us
not to risk what we value, yet there is something more
complicated about the matter. Competition, jealousy,
passion and other heated emotions can cause people to
put strange things on the line.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If today were a slot
machine it would be coming up all sevens, paid out in
fortuitous connections. Seize opportunities because they
won’t come again in exactly this lucky way.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There will be a little
drama, but no need to accuse, blame or complain. You’ll
simply speak about how you feel from a very loving heart
and finally be heard.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). If life is a classroom,
you’ll need to sit up front today to hear the teacher. Do
the cool kids sit up front? No. But it’s better to understand
the lesson than to hang in the back with the glamorous
ignorant.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If you can look back and see
that you’ve made many mistakes, it means you’ve lived,
risked and grown. Experience will be its own reward, but
that’s not the only one you’ll get for your trouble.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Supposedly, while doing
what you love you’re not working at all. That doesn’t
mean you won’t sweat or come away with sore muscles.
You’re a child on the playground of life.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). No good comes of
perseveration. No one else is thinking of your past
mistakes, so you should let them go, too. Distract
yourself with adventure.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Some people settle
for trying to look busy when others are watching. You
genuinely want to be of service, so when you don’t have
work to do, you’ll find some.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). To embrace life is
to willingly wrap your arms around traffic jams and noisy
neighbors, inconvenient tasks and unreliable friends.
But with your stellar attitude, you will also find much
sweetness in today’s hug of reality.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). While your high
level of personal responsibility can’t entirely make up for
the inconsiderate general public, it will set a precedent
that others will follow, making more of a difference than
you’ll ever know.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll handle
attention with your usual modesty. Your charms are
further enhanced by the illusion that you are unaware of
them. But of course you must have some small idea of
the effect you create, right?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Coordinating timing
between two or three people shouldn’t be this hard.
Maybe there’s a reason. Pull back for an objective view
and ask, “What is the best use of my time?”
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 30). You’ll often get
the choice between now and later. Choose now. Later
has a way of disappearing. This is a year to seize your
moments whether or not you feel ready. Your talents and
instincts get shaped this year because you use them
often and deliberately. Gut-based choices bring you
love and profit. Gemini and Libra adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 6, 40, 1, 18 and 27.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2022 A Call to Aquarian Altruism
Like a dog in a panda suit, emotions have a way of
disguising themselves as other emotions. In today’s
costume party of feelings, pride goes as anger; anger
goes as depression; arrogance goes as insecurity;
disappointment goes as stoicism. Challenge yourself
to think the best of others, as we are all prone to the
deception of feelings.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). To honor your fire, give
yourself permission to be as intense as you want to be
about certain things within particular boundaries outlined
by you. Direct your own controlled burn.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You can’t always choose
who has access to your energy, time and attention, but
you can certainly instate boundaries to keep you focused
on what’s important to you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re not the same
person you were. Because you’ve changed, the people
you attract will be different, too. There’s a learning
curve here, so your social life becomes something of an
adventure.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Aristotle said nature
does nothing uselessly. Reasons may be mysterious to
you but keep observing. Eventually, you’ll understand
why things are in their current state and how you can
evolve them in your chosen direction.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s hard to be a lighter, brighter
person while anchored to a sinking ship. Obviously, the
first order of business is to free yourself. So, what’s it
going to take?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re a quick study
today. Others could get jealous of your pace, but don’t
slow down. They’ll get over it just as soon as they see a
benefit to themselves in it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You have a keen eye for
communication coming from the subconscious. You
detect people’s vulnerabilities, their wants and fears, their
lies and embellishments.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Not all that glitters is
gold, and sometimes stardust looks like plain old dirt.
Today you’ll use your talent for figuring out the true value
of things regardless of their shine.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your attitude
of gratitude compounds your good fortune. The more
appreciative you are, the luckier you feel. The luckier you
feel, the luckier you get.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Not everyone
is gifted with your stellar powers of communication.
It’s easy to get frustrated by those who won’t say what
they mean or mean what they say. Finding patience is a
worthwhile challenge.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It’s rare, but it
happens. Sometimes you really do feel like the world is
one big, welcoming community. Just liking to be around
people is a contribution that lifts spirits.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Things get
overwhelming when you take them too seriously. To
relax, try letting your thoughts pass through your mind
like water, as though there’s nothing to grab onto and if
you tried, it would only slip through your fingers.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 31). You’ll rack up
achievements big and small but no matter what
happens you’ll remember your roots, credit your team
and appreciate your good fortune. Helping family solve
problems lends a strong sense of purpose and many
unexpected joys. New hobbies are favored to connect you
with fresh sources of inspiration. Taurus and Virgo adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 10, 4, 33 and 9.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS