PUZZLES
Thursday, April 14, 2022
A Word or Two by Gary Larson and Amy Ensz
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 “Noodle” or
“noggin,” for head
6 Droopy
10 Failed guess in
Battleship
14 Chocolate
maker’s tree
15 Berry in a purple
smoothie,
perhaps
16 Not pro-
17 Like a bartender
tending bar?
19 Declare
20 “___ to Joy”
21 Research money
22 Lots and lots
23 Rides a bike
25 “For Your Eyes
Only” singer
Sheena
27 Word after “worry”
or “prayer”
29 Sent an emoji,
say
32 Elisabeth of
“Leaving Las
Vegas”
35 Actor Davis
37 Fury
38 Walked quietly
41 Organize neatly
43 Dot follower in
UNICEF’s URL
44 Printing smudges
46 Frankenstein’s
assistant, in film
47 Ancient empire
known for its rugs
49 Coming up
52 Changes for the
better
54 Practical
58 Windows
precursor
60 Complete and
total
62 Was in charge
63 Arab chieftain
64 Like a jockey
who’s fed up?
66 Strengthen, with
“up”
67 Once existed
68 Orange Muppet
69 Baker’s dozen?
70 Online crafts
marketplace
71 Horse controllers
DOWN
1 Exclusive story
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Magna cum ___
Behaved
Time out?
Search engine
originally called
BackRub
Spencer of “Good
Morning America”
Cold quality
Ray in tropical
waters
Napoleon in
“Animal Farm,”
e.g.
Tums alternative
Like someone
expressing anger
while at home?
Dish cooked in a
pot
Lancelot and Mix-
a-Lot, for two
___ Major (bear
constellation)
Certain male cow
Be an accomplice
to
Start to wake up
Bird that had a
repeating sound?
Thus
Does and bucks
“Cut that out!”
Bring on board
34 Like a teacher
burning the
midnight oil?
36 Wrap at a
pageant
39 Awards with
a Playwriting
category
40 Flair
42 Opera set in
Egypt
45 They try things
for a living
48 Camping
desserts
50 At any time
51 Less stuffy
53 Comforter
55 Pancakes served
with sour cream
56 His tomb is in
Red Square
57 Lawns’ sides
58 Allocate, with
“out”
59 “Blanket” over
Los Angeles
61 Parker of “South
Park” fame
64 Be behind on bills
65 Nickname that
anagrams to “red”
It’s All Pretty Standard by Taylor Johnson
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Group of plotters
6 Browser
bookmarks
10 Social position
14 Like a 14-degree
angle
15 Look for
16 Orchestra tuner
17 Competition
winner
20 ___ Field (Mets’
ballpark)
21 What gets you a
hand?
22 Credits as a
source
23 Record for later
25 River that starts
in the Swiss Alps
27 Temporary
retailers
31 Diet soda
discontinued in
2020
34 Sidestep
35 Address that’s
gender-neutral
in “Battlestar
Galactica”
36 State with
caucuses
37 Give a darn
38 Looking shocked
40 Good bargain
41 Liberal ___
degree
42 Kind or type
43 Gem that may be
milky
44 Empire State
team, on the
scoreboard
45 Trances
48 Partner of “fast”
50 Black Lives
Matter co-founder
Tometi
51 Piece of pizza
53 Musical ending
55 Revered figure
59 Region for
Bismarck and
Montgomery,
and a hint to
the middle three
letters of 17-, 27-
and 45-Across
62 “Go Hang a
Salami! I’m a
Lasagna Hog!”
palindromist Jon
63 Steak, in a
rhyming dish’s
name
64 Word before
“march” or “sign”
65 Not quite all
66 “Buy It Now” site
67 Did nothing
DOWN
1 AP math subject
2 Superfruit from a
palm
3 Get 22 in
blackjack, say
4 Teens
stereotypically
have them
5 A fire sign
6 Early online
forum
7 Take a breather
8 “Go for it!”
9 Genre that
calypso
influenced
10 “The Thinker”
sculptor
11 What you may
legally grab at the
mall
12 Zilch
13 They’re “stood on”
at frat parties
18 Gets a little shut-
eye
19 CBS police
procedural
24 Certain primate
26 “Catch!”
27 ___ sandies
(nutty cookies)
28 Egg-producing
organ
29 Many senators
toe them
30 Tennis champion
Naomi
32 In the know
33 Fancy dances
36 Painted a rosy
picture of
38 Runs on TV
39 Singing group
43 After-school grp.
with no kids
45 Not one to sit
around
46 Alter
47 Folder for
annoying emails
49 Band of eight
51 ___ Likely
(annoying caller
ID)
52 Toy brick
54 ___ vez (again, in
Spanish)
56 Nonrenewable
source of energy
57 Back in the day
58 Must-have
60 Enjoyed Froot
Loops
61 Lead-in to “Pen”
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022 Suggestions from a Balanced Moon
The Libra lunar tides warn us of the ego’s tendency
to keep us working for its vision. As soon as it gets
what it wants, it comes up with a new list of demands.
Happiness and freedom depend on restricting the
ego’s power with modesty and service. Give the ego
just enough to exist, but not enough to take over and
run the show.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Fun is contagious,
but it’s also subjective. Your success will depend
on your ability to read the room. If you’re not in the
room, as in an email or text situation, humor is a risk.
The level of risk is commensurate with the payoff.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your fantasy life is
going strong. As for these castles in the air -- maybe
you can’t live in them, but some of the ideas are
practical enough to apply once you touch back down
to earth.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your mood: ambitious.
You’ll push yourself. Because going after the larger
experiences of life takes a great deal of focus and
energy, it will require you to cut out distractions and
bring your lower appetites into control.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Unless you are a DJ
or a children’s party character, it’s probably not your
job to make the people around you happy. So why not
go where (SET ITAL) you’re (END ITAL) the happiest?
Only you know the way.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Life gets messy. The
unexpected bumps, spills and overlaps are clues that
we are, indeed, alive. Your mettle will be tested, and
you’ll get the opportunity to tidy up, compartmentalize
and prove just how cool you can be.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). New projects gather
steam. The work is really just beginning, but
encouraging early results are a glimpse of what
you’ll get if you keep this up for the long haul.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The stage is set for
rivalries to play out. Emotions run hot, alliances have
been formed and the stakes are high. Even so, it’s not
too late for mediation, negotiation and peaceful deal-
making.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Shared creativity is a
bond. Writing can unite people. Art can flirt with your
eyeballs. A song can pierce you straight through and
connect you with invisible thread to the others who hear
and love it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). As for the
burdens laid on you by society, there’s always a way
around it. If you can’t see it from where you stand, seek
a perspective shift. Reading, travel and interviewing
others are all valid ways to get there.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If no one asks a
question, nothing gets done. And if people keep asking
questions, nothing gets done. Progress is asking the
right question at the right time and getting answers
before you move on to the next question.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You know what it’s
like to be the one who loves more, sacrifices greater and
maximizes small returns. But don’t worry; this will not
be your destiny forever. Prepare for huge love.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You will somehow be
able to see things as your loved one does and though
you may not entirely agree, your understanding of the
other point of view will lift the relationship to a new level
of ease.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 15). You’ll be publicly
praised -- an event that makes such an impression, it
alters the course of your work. Relationship building
culminates in a lucrative deal. Though you’re very
strategic in some areas of life, when it comes to love, all
game goes out the window. You simply give everything
and joy spills everywhere. Pisces and Gemini adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 2, 14, 38 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2022 Pink Moon Musings
Albert Camus said it’s necessary to fall in love, “if
only to provide an alibi for all the random despair
you are going to feel anyway.” Can you think of
times when you felt a certain way first and looked
for reasons later? The full moon in Libra, the sign of
relationships, offers the opposite directive -- claim
hope and watch it blossom in your life.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Life is bustling and
you’ll do what you can. As for the rest, instead of
saying “I don’t have time,” try more empowering
language like, “this is not my priority right now” and
feel like an absolute boss.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Communicate about
money. If you’re making wise decisions but your
loved ones aren’t on the same page, they could
counter your actions and thwart your progress.
Alignment creates momentum.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Humans often equate
attractiveness with goodness, but the correlation
doesn’t exist. Though appearances may afford you
many clues as to a person’s character traits, you’ll
have to look deeper to know how good someone is.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ve a talent for
understanding just how much you can and should
take on. It’s natural to want to distance yourself from
a harsh reality or distract yourself from pain.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). To believe in your ability
to sense what the right thing to do is and trust
yourself to act accordingly promotes confidence in
who you are now. For even more confidence, extend
the same courtesy backward to Past You. No regrets.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). As you make more
of a distinction between what you have to do and
what you choose to do, you understand that the
list of “have-to’s” is actually quite small. You’ll
examine your reasons for continuing with certain
responsibilities.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Conscious living has
a price. The highs and lows will be extreme and
acute. But feeling everything life has to offer is better
than the alternative -- walking around as though
programmed, like a numb zombie-robot.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). We want what
seems somewhat, but not entirely inaccessible.
Complete inaccessibility inspires derision. Desire
will be ignited where beauty meets the unfinished or
unpolished. Rawness makes a thing accessible.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’re highly
influential today. With power comes responsibility.
Before you make your pitch, lead your team or get
involved in any situation, stop and ask yourself
what’s best for all.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Even though a
job is nearly complete, the refinements take almost
as much time as the job itself did. Tending to details
is hard work, but also very worth the effort.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re still
navigating the complex matrix of another person.
You’ll never know it completely, but your willingness
to try will keep the relationship fresh.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Because you
feel less pressure to conform to norms today your
approach to problems will be very different. You’ll
skip the usual solutions and come up with inventive
and amusing fixes.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 16). You’ll experience
many environments and get the best of every world.
Chaotic challenges shape you; calm, supportive
places allow for intensive, focused work. You are
brilliant without trying to be or do anything other
than what comes naturally. Someone will travel far
to see you -- the ultimate compliment. Scorpio and
Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 28,
9, 45 and 15.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS