B8
PUZZLES
East Oregonian
Universal Freestyle 13 by Catherine Cetta
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Knock the socks
off
4 Butter and lard
8 Breakfast bread
13 Sheet in a diary
15 Between ports
16 Rolls with rice
17 Smudge
18 Camping “trip”
in the backyard,
perhaps
20 “Are you good
with this?”
22 Lead-in to “Gaga”
or “Godiva”
23 “It could be
worse”
24 Maui’s ___
Highway
26 “Let me check”
29 Indigenous
33 Lion’s lair
35 TV studio status
37 Sorceress who
was Circe’s niece
38 Took off
39 Nose or mouth
41 Drop the ball
42 “Must you do that
___ time?”
44 “Fine, stay angry”
45 Situp muscles
46 “It’s our turn!”
48 Shape of a
stretched Slinky
50 Pairs
52 Like a
temperature of
98.6 degrees
Fahrenheit
55 Fancy-schmancy
58 Stress-free
retreat
61 Making mischief
63 “At Last” singer
James
64 Like some
sauces or roles
65 “M*A*S*H”
actor hidden in
“historical data”
66 Mark from
surgery
67 Existential
uneasiness
68 Too interested
69 QVC alternative
DOWN
1 H.S. class where
students study
their cells
2 Kate of “Grey’s
Anatomy”
3 John Legend or
Audrey Hepburn,
in terms of
awards
4 Life in it can be
hectic
5 Regarding
6 Tropical wood
7 Request during a
checkup
8 LAX ID checkers
9 Partying until
the club closes,
maybe
10 Where about
60% of people
live
11 Not barefoot
12 Wee
14 “I Love Lucy”
neighbor
19 Printer ink hue
21 “Everyone!”
25 Casually mention
dinner with
Oprah, e.g.
27 Bygone Volvo
rival
28 Toys with tails
30 Perfect partner
31 “Eat” or “drink,”
perhaps
32 “I’m all ___!” (“Tell
33
34
36
40
43
47
49
51
53
54
55
56
57
59
60
62
me!”)
Sketched
Roof projection
Rear beef cut
Saving time?
Candies with
a “powerful
cinnamon
kaboom”
NYC
neighborhood
once home to
Andy Warhol
French city that
inspired Van
Gogh
“Pale Blue Dot”
author Carl
Stand in for
Memorize, like
lines
Cougar
Word on a shop
sign
Solo, at the prom
Collared shirt
Sci-fi escape
vehicles
Wordle’s
publisher: Abbr.
All Over the Place by Roland Huget
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Union foe
5 Like a sensational
description
10 Camera Roll’s
tablet
14 Part of aka
15 Mexican
marinade
16 More than
serious
17 “___ la vie”
18 Campaign ad
target
19 Fairy tale opener
20 Language spoken
in Port-au-Prince
23 Fire crime
24 “I think,” in texts
25 Nightclub VIPs
28 “No doubt in my
mind”
33 ___ gobi (Indian
potato dish)
34 Bakery allure
35 Deeply engaged
39 Billing period,
often
42 BBC viewer
43 Give the go-
ahead
45 Metal in steel
47 Grand
performances?
52 Babe’s home
53 Kylo ___ of “Star
Wars” films
54 Wheelchair
access routes
57 Variety of
responses, or a
hint to the word
scrambled within
20-, 28- and
47-Across
62 “Come again?”
64 Pick up from
school?
65 Rick’s love, in
“Casablanca”
66 Grains in a feed
bag
67 Greatly bother
68 Search for
69 Food for Miss
Muffet
70 Word before
“code” or “coat”
71 Jekyll’s
counterpart
DOWN
1 Borat portrayer
___ Baron Cohen
2 Transparent
3 Town with the
Basilica of St.
Francis
4 Bench warmer?
5 Volcano flow
6 Thick Japanese
noodle
7 Campus military
org.
8 Spain’s peninsula
9 Timeless musical
trio?
10 One whose
autograph is
sought
11 Desired intensely
12 “Story” or
“electric” follower
13 Ruby of “Do the
Right Thing”
21 Ancient Peruvian
22 Chaplin of “Game
of Thrones”
26 ___ Hendrix
Experience
27 Bit of info on a
baseball card
29 Stately tree
30 Pooh’s bounding
pal
31 Kind of water at a
bar
32 Sphere
35 Knocks loudly
36 Touched down
37 Seesaw partner
38 Freight unit
40 Arm muscle,
informally
41 All the rage
44 Power tool brand
with an apt-
sounding name
46 One may seize
kilos
48 Staggered
49 Make well-liked
50 Somewhat tardy
51 :-)
55 Prepared to be
photographed
56 Serpent
58 Teeny-tiny
59 Hotel room fee
60 Historical periods
61 Some march in
tiny armies
62 Amaze
63 “That’ll teach ya!”
Saturday, March 26, 2022
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2022 Mercury in Aries
A witty and amusing cosmic transit marks the day.
The messenger planet moves into the first sign of the
zodiac. Aries is a bright and alive station for Mercury,
promising mental strength, new ideas, intellectual
adventures and love in its sweetest forms, including
but not limited to young, dumb love and a variety of
crushes.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). What makes you want
to hug someone, and what makes you want to yell?
You’ll become more conscious of your triggers and
start to develop plans to avoid unwanted states.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). This is a backward
day. What was right is now wrong; the correct way
no longer works; the locks have been changed, so
new keys must be cut. Embrace change, keep an open
mind and enjoy being mystified.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Things are getting
too crowded in your personal environment. For each
thing you buy, toss out two things. You need space
to thrive. Your creativity kicks in just as soon as the
clutter gets kicked out.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). A missing price
tag doesn’t make it free. Similarly, just because the
emotional cost of an interaction is unknown doesn’t
make it nonexistent. By the end of this week, you’ll
have a sense of it.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Love is not a fortress.
Love’s very nature is permeable. Still, building a
fortress around your heart can have benefits. When
you are within your own strong boundaries, you may
feel safe to give everything you have.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The world is not
divided into two teams. Thinking in terms of
winners/losers, right/wrong, my way/your way is too
reductive to solve today’s problem or seize the current
opportunities.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In life, challenge is
given. In a sense, you’re in a privileged position today
because you have the luxury of choosing the sort of
challenges that are aimed at getting you to a much-
desired place.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Material goods,
education and relationships are elusive forms of
security. A stronger sense of security comes from
knowing, understanding and accepting yourself.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Fear is like a
wild horse. If you’re going to ride it, you must first
become its master. Today you’ll get in touch with your
inner rodeo star and you’ll find a way to communicate
with the wildness inside you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You are
determined to solve a problem and you’ll do it quickly,
provided it is yours to solve. If things are not working
out easily, walk away for a while. Give the problem’s
“real owner” a chance to step up.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Events unfold
similarly to the rhythms of yesterday, but you’ll ride
them differently because you know them better. You’re
getting into the deeper levels of things.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). One person’s waste
of time is another person’s passion. No need to judge
the matter; it’s a personal choice. As long as you
follow what interests and engages you, your time is
well-spent.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 27). You will be
gifted with strong feelings to guide you through
interesting paths. At times, you will wish you didn’t
feel things so vividly, and at other times, you will
realize that these energies are the gift of life itself.
Accept emotions without judgment, taking in the
information they provide and using it to your highest
advantage. Sagittarius and Gemini adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 7, 30, 22, 14 and 19.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2022 Love and Time
All relationships have a rhythm. These beats between
heart connections will be the theme of a Venus
and Saturn conjunction in Aquarius. Consider the
significant role that time plays in equations of love.
Relationships between people of different ages and
relationships with unusual visiting time patterns will
come into the spotlight.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Be cautious in your
dealings. What took you a long time to accomplish
could be quickly undone by involving the wrong
people. Stick with those who have proven worthy of
your trust.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It’s hard to believe,
but there are people in the world who don’t like pie.
Today you’ll give of yourself, and just about everyone
will heartily approve. As for the few who don’t, that’s a
personal preference that has nothing to do with you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You would do
great things for your loved ones if needed. Oddly,
sometimes it’s harder to do small things. Today it’s the
little things, like the emotional tone of interactions,
that matter most.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be asked to
do something that, on the surface, doesn’t seem like
too much fun. If you say yes, you’ll later count the
experience among the year’s highlights.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Creativity, like love, isn’t
something one needs to generate, only activate. The
energy is already present and requires only that you’re
open to letting it move through you.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re not sure what
someone wants or how they are likely to behave. The
uncertainty you feel will repel you, attract you and
sometimes confuse you by doing both at the same
time, but at least you’re not bored.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll have no trouble
finding outside support for what you want to do. The
trick is getting inside support. Work on trusting and
encouraging yourself with positive self-talk.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You enjoy a practice
more than ever. You used to be surprised when your
total immersion made you lose track of time. But now
you are so often in a state of flow that it’s the moments
you don’t feel connected that stand out.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Talk about
what’s bothering you and find ways to take the pressure
off yourself. Since stress suppresses your immune
system, making an environment more conducive to
happy, easy feelings will also make you healthier.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You usually prefer
to stay cool, breezy and lighthearted. Exceptions will
be made today as you get in your feelings and realize
their intensity.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Unlike qualities
like beauty or strength, wisdom is not bestowed upon
a person from birth. It is hard-won throughout life or,
for those who believe in reincarnation, throughout
several of them.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Whatever the
physical and material borders that currently hold you
back may be, you will transcend external limitations to
define your own scope of possibility.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 28). Versatility is
the asset you most enjoy this year. Sometimes you’ll
love how it feels to be the shining star of the scene,
and other times, you’ll enjoy being invisible, taking in
the world without having it demand anything of you in
return. Summer gives you the means to explore new
territories and pursue novelty. Scorpio and Aquarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 25, 40, 14 and
32.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS