PUZZLES
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
OK, I’ll Bite by Julia Hochner
Universal Crossword edited by Amanda Rafkin
ACROSS
1 Entice
6 Actress Kendrick
10 Welcome site?
13 Many have
snooze buttons
15 Minnesota’s state
bird
16 NPR’s Glass
17 *Proved useful (In
this clue’s answer,
note the first 2
letters + the last 3)
19 Title for David
Attenborough
20 “Frozen”
snowman
21 Soothe
22 Exam for a future
atty.
23 Brother of Cain
25 Least clear
28 *Chart-toppers
(... first 2 letters +
last 2)
32 Entertain
33 How most dogs
are walked
36 Shoo-___
(obvious winners)
37 White elephant
offerings
39 “In the Heights”
director Jon
40 Daily Planet
reporter
43 Some Alaskans
45 *People who
clean flues (...
first 3 letters +
last 2)
48 Indigo Girls hit
inspired by an
astronomer
50 “That really
hurts!”
51 Legend
52 Aloe ___ gel
54 Founder of the
Resistance
58 “The Real World”
channel
59 You might need
them when you’re
hungry between
meals, and a
theme hint
62 Leader of the
Three Stooges
63 Dog who visits
Oz
64 Parts of drum kits
65 Goof
66 “So true!”
67 G-sharp
equivalent
DOWN
1 Tuesday food,
perhaps
2 Tel Aviv airline
3 “Mommy, ___,
and Me” (kids’
book)
4 Quick-to-
assemble homes
5 “Spare me the
details!”
6 “I’m sorry to say
...”
7 It’s no big whoop
8 Doze (off)
9 Whichever
10 Doesn’t enter at
the right time
11 Opera solos
12 “The Goldfinch”
author Donna
14 Grinchlike look
18 Ring light?
22 Troubadour’s
instrument
24 Drone that
doesn’t run on
batteries?
26 Lightbulb
moments
27 Name that
sounds like a fish
organ
28 Do perfectly
29 “Yeah ... definitely
not”
30 Person who
might buy nice
headphones
31 Without a charge
34 Catan: Seafarers
vessel
35 Modest dwellings
37 Bananagrams,
e.g.
38 Think outside the
box
41 Leg part
42 ___ Nas X
43 ___ Jima
44 Something to turn
over
46 Part of NYC
47 Q-tips, e.g.
48 “I want it!”
49 Role-playing
expert?
53 Subject of
interest, for
short?
55 “Downton Abbey”
title
56 Furniture store
that sells “plant
balls”
57 CEO’s aide: Abbr.
59 R.R. stop
60 Eating sound
61 Molecule hidden
in “internal”
Late Meeting by Jess Goldstein
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Light switch
position
4 Bean type in
succotash
8 Treasure trunks
14 Indian dish or
ingredient
15 Getting the job
done
16 Daddy’s sis, e.g.
17 Hereditary info
18 What’s boring
to play? (In this
clue’s answer,
note letters 4-5
and 10-11)
20 “Calvin and
Hobbes” meanie
22 B&B alternative
23 Mischief-maker
24 Movie with a
meet-cute (...
letters 6-7 and
11-12)
30 Gave out, like a
medal
31 Slightly
32 Detroit Tigers’ org.
33 Strong beer
35 U.S. immigration
policy
38 Tendency to
recall only the
highlights, say (...
letters 6-7 and
10-11)
44 Office sub
45 Pie ___ mode
46 Org. with a
Feed Your Mind
initiative
47 Covering for one’s
nose and mouth
50 “No worries”
53 Extreme action
(... letters 5-6 and
8-9)
56 “The Matrix”
protagonist
57 Santa ___
58 Sign of a nearby
shark
59 What’s after last
call at a bar, and
a theme hint
64 Water stopper
67 Go to
68 Important
stretches?
69 Nwodim of “SNL”
70 Evaluate
71 Payment often
made on the first
72 Part of a set at
the gym
DOWN
1 Like 3, 9 or 27
2 Admirer
3 Like lighter fluid
4 Bottom of a price
range
5 Once ___ while
6 Nintendo avatar
7 Sometimes-scary
storage space
8 Is unable to
9 Embrace
10 Subj. featuring
poetry
11 Unadventurous
12 10-year-old toon
Turner
13 Leak (through)
19 People who
domesticated
llamas
21 Crew member’s
implement
24 Hits head-on
25 Baby bird in a
barn
26 Udder part
27 Indian breakfast
cake
28 Constructed
29 Cheese that’s 28-
Down backward
34 Mendes of “2
Fast 2 Furious”
36
37
39
40
41
42
43
48
49
51
52
53
54
55
56
60
61
62
63
65
66
Startup partner
Passion
Actress Watson
Tax experts,
briefly
Single-___
(tourney format)
Stag, for a doe
Ivy with cafes
called butteries
Positions on
issues
Large mattress
size
Least risky
Former CBS
forensic drama
Shoulder
muscles, for short
They may be
square or cube
Provide the food
for
March Madness
org.
Date
Connections
Anger
Iron ___
(superhero)
Get on in years
Tool for cleaning
up a spill
East Oregonian
A17
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2022 Dreams and Schemes
A dream is something you can push your feelings into
to check for fit, but you never quite know if how it’s
going to feel until you actually do it. The Pisces moon
connects with Jupiter, then with Neptune to help with
the visioning part. Then Uranus gets on board to give
that nudge (or shove, if applicable) into action.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). No one is born strong.
Strength is merely weakness handled proactively. The
knowledge or belief that you’re lacking in some way is
an invitation to the new you.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you love
someone, you want to be there through the entire
story, including the high-stakes, tense parts and the
slow parts, too. You’ll prove your loyalty today.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Too much of the same
thing is recipe for boredom that’s pretty easy to avoid
if you’re thinking ahead. So, the first order of business
is to think ahead. Today gives a healthy appetite for
adventure and a low tolerance for tedium.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). People have funny
ways of showing you they like you. Some reveal their
interest through negging, teasing and challenging.
Some copy you or hide compliments in a reprimand.
It’s all love, though -- if you take it that way.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You don’t have to do
anything to connect with the natural rhythms of life
because they are in you, and you are in them. You can
relax. No extra work is needed to get in sync beyond
accepting that you already are.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When it’s light, love
makes you feel creative, happier and more energetic.
When it’s not, you get the opportunity to be strong for
someone else, which shows you just how strong you
really are.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s natural for humans
to do what other humans are doing. Peer pressure is
only a problem when your peers are a bad influence.
With good people around you, it’s safe to go with the
flow.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll get what
you want, but you currently don’t have the luxury of
choosing the delivery style. Some things, especially
very rare things, only come one way.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Just like
everyone else, you have qualities you’d prefer to hide,
deny or fix. Consider that your reasoning around these
qualities may be outdated or distorted. There’s power
in total self-acceptance.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You will resolve
contradictions -- not perfectly, but well enough to get
things unstuck and moving along. There’s a certain
amount of illogic and inconsistency you can live with
between now and the next stop.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The devil is in the
details. Each individual step is doable, but when you
add them all up, the enormity of this task becomes
very real to you. Nonetheless, you can handle it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The body can’t help
but give in to the passage of time, but the mind often
hovers around the same age for a good part of the
experience. You used to seem old for your age; now
you seem young for it.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 30). For seven
weeks, the cosmic birthday gifts keep coming. A mood
lift, a status bump, an excellent friend and exciting
tickets are all part of it. You’ll have the means to buy
what you’ve long wanted at the end of the summer.
Love has much to teach you with lessons about the
nature of fun, vulnerability and following your bliss.
Leo and Vigo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 16,
2, 3, 18 and 31.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 2022 Notes for an Aries Moon
The moon losing luminosity in the sign of Aries has us in
the dark about our warrior spirit, and maybe that’s a good
thing. There’s much worth fighting for, but there’s far more
we humans end up fighting over that’s not worth it at all.
This is an opportunity to reassess whether the hills we
stand on are really the ones we want to die on.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll deal with
bureaucracy. If you try to make too much sense of the ever-
evolving rules and regulations, it only complicates things.
Jump through the hoops and keep moving.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The person inside an
experience is the only one who really knows what it’s like.
You get the most out of life by living fully in your own
situation. You’ll resist the temptation to spend too much
time thinking about what others are doing.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Glory-seekers are harshly
judged, yet true glory is never really confined to one
person. Glorious victory involves and inspires many. If
you’re motivated by big wins, go for it. You won’t be the
only one winning.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Now is the time to either
take action with great intention or give up. There is no in-
between mode that will yield results. Better to quit now and
try again later than to invest halfhearted energy.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Problems happen on one plane
and get solved on another. The difference in vantage is
crucial. Fortune favors you as you step out of the familiar
zone and move to an uncomfortable place to see the
problem from a new angle.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Whether or not things
go to plan doesn’t matter in the least to you because,
bottom line, it’s fun to be you. And when you’re around
good people, the joy you take in just being yourself isn’t
something you have to hide.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll have to work at
conversation. Find your “go-to” statement. A fun fact or
headline from the realm of sports and entertainment could
be just the icebreaker.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). While people around you
play their advantages and find their opportunities, you’ll
be focused on mutually fulfilling exchanges. Success will
be yours over and over.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don’t be too quick
to eliminate tension -- not until you know its source,
cause, effect and nature. Tension may be holding the
whole thing up. Energy is stored in the cord. Cutting could
be dangerous.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Keep looking for like
minds. You need a few more to bravely move out of your
element. You’re bigger than the situation and you’re just
the one to break the ice.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re a learner,
motivated by the sheer pleasure of knowing, understanding
and doing more. External factors such as remuneration or
recognition will hardly factor into your decisions.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Some are excited by the
idea of enjoying life while others are daunted by pressures
of “having fun” unsure exactly how and why to do it. You’ll
be a guide for those in the second category.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 31). A highlight of the
year: delightfully challenging people who inspire your
most playful instincts. You’ll dance with equally talented
partners. You’ll do work better, faster and cheaper and be
promoted for your expertise. Your association with old
friends bring new prospects. Family makes you proud.
Cancer and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8,
12, 2, 29 and 14.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS