PUZZLES
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Taken for Granite by Kathy Lowden
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Hunter’s garb, for
short
5 Sullen
9 Stinging insects
14 Word after
“Dutch” or “brick”
15 Muppet who
testified before
Congress
16 Political topic
17 Control over one’s
emotions
19 “Divine Comedy”
poet
20 Speaking in a
raspy tone
22 “___ a darn
shame!”
23 Honey producer
24 Baked ___
(dessert with
meringue)
28 Course number?
29 Pepsi rival
31 ___ Arbor,
Michigan
32 Arrived
35 Showing no
emotion
38 Followed a
curved path
40 Channel that
aired “Breaking
Bad”
41 Number of blind
mice or little pigs
42 Uncompromising
45 Some burrow in
sandbanks
46 Moody music
genre
47 Roughly
48 Nightmarish
street in movies
50 Place for a
massage
52 Person who runs
the numbers:
Abbr.
53 “Where ___ I?”
56 Apt profession
for one who is
20-, 35- and
42-Across?
60 One more time
63 Denies one’s true
self
64 Artist Frida
65 “Leave it as is,” to
an editor
66 Muslim leader
67 Extremely pale
68 Make less severe
69 Bronzes at the
beach
DOWN
1 Short-legged dog
2 Turn away, as
one’s gaze
3 Flat-topped hills
4 Currently airing
5 They may work
with cars or cards
6 Greek salad tidbit
7 “We-e-ll, maybe
not”
8 Naan alternative
9 Turn a truck
might make
10 Carne ___
11 IRS ID
12 Opposite of call,
to an options
trader
13 Get a look at
18 McEntire of
country music
21 Layered dessert,
often
25 ___-Coeur
(basilica in Paris)
26 Prepare to pray
27 Peruvian
mountain range
28 Quick glimpse
29 Small jazz band
30 ___ upon a time
32 Showed concern
33 Yummy smell
34 The real ___
36 What parents
may keep on their
kids
37 Throat-clearing
noise
39 Visit
unannounced
43 Neighbor of
Turkey
44 Use up
49 Neighbor of
Thailand
51 Photographer’s
directive
52 Gives in
53 Olympic sprinter
Rudolph
54 Like some
elephants
55 Roses’ supports
57 “What ___ is
new?”
58 Meter maid in a
Beatles song
59 Way of walking
60 Lead-in to an
alias
61 Neon or freon,
e.g.
62 Sound made at a
50-Across
First Child by Beth Rubin
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Invited speaker
6 Observe
11 Ping-Pong table
feature
14 Let up
15 Allergy season
sound
16 Sense of self
17 *Jeri Ryan’s role
on “Star Trek:
Picard”
19 Type of nondairy
milk
20 Peeling onions,
chopping
peppers, etc.
21 Medical tube
22 Command-Z, on
a Mac
23 Penn of “Harold &
Kumar” movies
25 Breezy
27 *Certain evening
broadcast
33 Word after “mud”
or “water”
35 ___ couture
36 Fifth zodiac sign
37 Pea holders
38 Snowball fight
hideouts
39 Large, flat piece
of clay
40 Homophone for
the letter after q
41 “That’s the
answer!”
42 Computer screen
lineup
43 *Parting words on
Zoom, maybe
46 Running behind
47 Colorful card
game
48 “Don’t go!”
50 They may be
stolen or loaded
54 Snare
58 Brought home the
gold
59 1960-’72 sitcom
starring Fred
MacMurray, and a
hint to the initials
of the starred
clues’ answers
61 Character’s
transformation
path
62 Love, at the
Louvre
63 Hands, slangily
64 The end of night?
65 Camping
structures
66 Beginning phase
DOWN
1 Shocked reaction
2 App with driver
ratings
3 Roof overhang
4 Certain children
in blended
families
5 Number of pins
toppled in a strike
6 Drift, as an aroma
7 Spots, collectively
8 Like some pizza
crust
9 Alternative to
glasses
10 Gardening tool
11 Popular
highlighter color
12 Old-fashioned
“Yikes!”
13 Pooch in Oz
18 Norwegian
Maritime
Museum’s city
22 Big coffee
dispenser
24 Woodcutting tool,
as some spell it
26 Name within
“Nairobi, Kenya”
27 Quick look over
the shoulder
28 Cheech & ___
29 Slowly, in music
30 Not just short on
31 Withdraw
gradually
32 Weeps
33 Places to be
pampered
34 Chicago mayor
Lightfoot
38 “I’m cool with
that”
39 Moves one’s chair
forward
41 Comedy shtick
42 Hampton ___
(hotel chain)
44 Opposing vote
45 Melt together
48 Hit with a paw
49 Ripped
51 Lots and lots
52 Closed
53 Drops the ball
55 Becomes a bad
apple, say
56 Initial bet in poker
57 (Hey there!)
59 Yoga surface
60 Punk rock
offshoot
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2022 Rise and Shine
If you make it a point to be outside when the sun
goes down, you get the one-of-a-kind light show of
a sunset on a day that will never be repeated. And if
you are awake early enough to catch the sunrise, too,
you get double the majesty in one 24-hour period.
The fates will favor the early risers with this and more
spectacular luck today.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Being around people
who don’t understand you is lonely. It is far better
to go solo and be completely free to focus on what
brings you joy than be in proximity of others whom
you cannot relate to.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may find that
something you used to enjoy doing now feels like
work. The energy has simply run its course. Pressing
on may do more harm than good. Take a break to
avoid total burnout.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Anyone can be cheerful
under blue skies and in happy circumstances. To be
just as pleasant among bad moods and weather is for
the super-human. You’ll be rewarded for your efforts
to rise above the circumstances.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Just because you
obsess over a project doesn’t mean it will turn out
better. The opposite could happen. If a task feels
like it’s taking too long, it probably is. Change your
mindset and pick up the pace.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s futile if not dangerous
to try to control massive entities with many moving
parts. State what you want then get out of the way and
let things worth themselves out. Have faith things
will naturally settle at the best outcome.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There have been times
you communicated with pristine clarity because you
knew just what you wanted to say and you said
exactly that. But today you won’t know what you want
to express until sentences fall from your lips.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The agitation you
feel is lucky. It’s telling you that you’re ready for a
change of scenery. You’ve wrung all the sweetness
you’re going to get from the current situation. New
challenges are around the bend.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are riding the
wave that happens when creativity and inspired action
come together. Surfing in the flow of life, you’ll enjoy
a particularly focused form of concentration. You’ll
make smart moves without thinking.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People who
can give you what you need won’t require convincing.
You’ll just notice that what you need is there, and
you’ll make a deal -- simple. If you find yourself
having to persuade, something is off. Keep moving.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Aim your
delusions at a new calendar. What’s real now would
have been unfathomable 100 years ago. Inventing a
better tomorrow requires some degree of unrealistic
thinking.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Needing to know
everything about how things work could slow the
progress. Trust people to do their jobs today. Let the
experts handle what they are experts at handling.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). For some reason,
accepting compliments can feel a little embarrassing
to you, but you’ll eventually get used to being around
people who can really see and appreciate you.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 20). This year
highlights deep learning and thinking for you.
Intellectual progress is hard to measure until it
becomes a part of the physical world, but your
faith and patience will pay off. You’ll assert unique
viewpoints, methodologies and more and later be
proven right. Someone considers you a rare joy, then
many do. Pisces and Virgo adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 19, 1, 37, 17 and 6.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2022 Earthy Practicalities
In the down-to-earth vibration of this new astral season,
we are reminded that there are lows lower than the lowest
valley, but you have to dig to get to them. There are also
highs higher than the highest mountaintop, but it takes
the effort of flight. Two practical lunar trines highlight the
benefit of accepting the natural parameters of a thing.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There is something you
are tired of carrying by yourself. Someone else can help
you lug the burden if you are willing to share it. Better
yet, don’t think of it as a burden. Call it a fun project and
see who shows up.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Being in the midst
of change can feel painful and difficult. On the other
hand, having changed feels like life-affirming vitality --
something to keep in mind as you’re slogging it out to
get to the other side.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You prize efficiency and
gravitate to those who can make things happen cheap,
fast and right. Usually, you do not get all three. Typically,
two of those qualifications are the most you can hope for
at once. But today you’ll get lucky.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ve mastered the
tasks, ridden the rides and learned the personality quirks
of everyone involved. But just when you think you know
all there is to know, a surprise will inject some adrenaline
into the scene.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Even if you have a map and
the wind in your sails, forward motion still takes internal
fortitude. To make it to the brave new world across the
ocean, you must have the courage to lose sight of the
shore.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your success comes from
being aware and responsive. While many around you are
ignoring or resisting the facts of reality, you are managing
them deftly.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The thrill of discovery
isn’t reserved for explorers, scientists, archeologists and
diamond miners. You’ll uncover wild facts, raw gems and
other hidden treasure in your daily life today.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Unresolved feelings
can feel very uncomfortable indeed as they rattle around
in your body and mind, looking for somewhere to settle.
On the bright side, this is the chaotic buzz of enormous
creative potential.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Once upon a time,
you walked away because it seemed better than getting
into an argument or worse, wasting your time with
something boring and unchangeable. Today, you’ll repeat
that very effective move.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The same challenge
you faced last month is coming back in new forms,
affording you the chance to test out different responses.
Later you’ll count this problem among your finest
teachers.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can alter a
relationship dynamic without waiting for the other person
to change. Just thinking differently will be enough to
interrupt unwanted patterns.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). As for work that’s over your
head or the challenge that seems out of your league: Move
forward anyway. Illusions abound. Smoke screens and props
are at play. The great boulder is made of tissue paper.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 21). The reason this
will be a shining jewel of a year is well expressed by the
words of Abraham Lincoln: “Always bear in mind that
your own resolution to succeed is more important than
any other one thing.” Your spirit of determination will
spread to a network who will root for the completion of
one goal after another. Capricorn and Scorpio adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 4, 14, 33, 28 and 10.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS