PUZZLES
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Universal Freestyle 21 by Jared Goudsmit
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Ski resort
landform
5 Muslim leaders
10 Chunk of
concrete
14 Palm with purple
berries
15 Residence that’s
going, going,
gone!
17 Lemon rind part
18 Frightening flag at
sea
19 Stretcher carrier:
Abbr.
20 “You bet!”
21 Henhouse perch
22 ___ intolerance
(dairy lover’s
woe)
24 Worry
26 Stack the deck in
poker, maybe
27 Apt rhyme for
“sod”
28 Grier in “Jackie
Brown”
31 “Real helpful,
jerk!”
33 T. rex, e.g.
34 Clue
35
36
37
38
40
41
42
43
44
46
49
50
51
54
55
56
57
58
59
“Tell me ___ it!”
Not tricked by
Rainfall unit
Words to a goner
“Get it now?”
The early one
gets the worm
Drug bust figure,
informally
___ Blanc (one of
the Alps)
“Landslide” or
“Hurt”
Radio station sign
Nightclub in a
Manilow song
Language related
to Thai
What brings
people down to
Earth
Ring of light
Left nothing to the
imagination
Matrimonial
exchange
Storage building
Handbag
One of many in
“War and Peace”
DOWN
1 Greenish eye
color
2 Hotel fixture that
fills buckets
3 Final opportunity
4 More than buzzed
5 “That’s only my
opinion”
6 Actress Demi
7 Up to the job
8 “Cool” amount
9 Cunning
10 “Dang!”
11 Red Lobster’s
features a red
lobster
12 Iowa State’s city
13 He rooms with
Ernie
16 Missed the mark
20 Submerge,
perhaps
23 Dime, vis-a-vis a
dollar
24 King Arthur
Baking product
25 Bad influence
27 What cotton
candy resembles
28 Cocktail with
coconut cream
29 Snack that isn’t
really made with
insects
30 Not worth
discussing
31 Out of ___ world
32 “Call off the
mission!”
33 “Are there more
wheels or ___ in
the world?” (viral
question)
39 “Look! I’m
amazing!”
41 Interest-free?
43 Wearing a wire,
perhaps
44 Makes dirty
45 “Silly” animal
46 Globes
47 “Stranger Things”
actor Schnapp
48 4,840 square
yards
49 Blacken on the
grill
52 Waiter’s reward
53 Person in
costume?
54 All the rage
Sunday Themeless by Adrian Johnson
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Say hoarsely
5 Let in
10 Firecracker cord
14 Andy Warhol
muse Sedgwick
15 One working on a
grand scale?
17 Run for it
18 Transport for a
four-legged friend
19 Watching cake-
decorating videos
at 2 a.m., say
21 “And there it is!”
22 N.Y. Giants’
scores
23 Pigpen
24 Picnic pest
26 Therapy
appointment,
informally
28 Party plans?
31 “Two ___ up!”
35 Soup base
36 Tense for “wined”
and “dined”
38 Beyonce’s role in
“The Lion King”
(2019)
39 “I messed up big-
time”
42 Fair to middling
43 “That makes
sense”
44 Second chances
45 Cause for a
blessing?
47 Locked down
49 Pack of cards
51 ___ on the back
52 Confidentiality
doc
54 Request
57 Concoction in a
cauldron
59 Horned animals
of the savanna,
for short
61 “I’ll get there
when I get there!”
64 Second starter?
65 Top worn with a
lei, perhaps
66 “Whatcha waitin’
for?!”
67 Ration (out)
68 Fruit-filled
desserts
69 “Take this”
DOWN
1 Puzzle in which
“you” may be a
ewe
2 Animal shelter
promotion
3 “You goofball!”
4 Anti-leather grp.
5 Attach as a
supplement
6 Monopoly cube
7 Name that
sounds like a
doorstep cover
8 South American
people whose
Earth goddess
was Pachamama
9 Pink character in
Mario games
10 Lab coat?
11 Light-year or liter,
e.g.
12 Sesame bit
13 Serves a vegan a
whole milk latte,
say
16 Treasure’s
opposite
20 Sleeveless tops,
informally
25 Small dishes
such as gambas
al ajillo
27 Orion, with “the”
29 Bounced back,
like sound
30 Confucius and
Lao-tzu, for two
32 What may be
sacrificed at the
altar?
33 One who gives
pints to a bank
34 Cheeky talk
35 Figure (out)
37 Mindless
followers
40 Flaky, buttery
shell
41 Objective fact
46 Animal
represented by
the stripes on
Botswana’s flag
48 Insertion symbols
50 “TiK ToK” singer
53 Collectively
54 Driver in
Hollywood
55 Step on it!
56 Massage target
58 Noise from a fan
60 1/63,360 of a mile
62 Most common
word in English
63 “The A-Team”
actor
East Oregonian
B3
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2022 Mercury in Taurus
Is your wallet vibrating? Those with expensive
taste may feel a tingle in their card-swiping hand
as the messenger planet enters the sign of money,
possessions, luxurious appetites and sensual
selectiveness. Keep in mind that opulence is in the
eye of the beholder, and many of life’s best flavors
are readily available to the aware connoisseur.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Do invite the
muses to help you with your work. They’ll show up
somewhere between fashionably late and laughably
after-hours, but they’ll come, and that will make a
beautiful difference.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll have little
need of a remote control today as the events of the
day will supply you with entertainment aplenty. The
best way to change channels in real life is with your
feet.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Keeping score will be
a waste of time. You also shouldn’t concern yourself
with who gets the last laugh. As long as everyone
laughs at some point, comedy lives.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Reality will
be stretched, disbelief suspended -- that’s
entertainment! Keep a sense of humor whether you
sit back and watch or take part in the act. You’ll have
a great time either way.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A fine line separates
what’s funny from what’s simply sad. You’ll find that
line and walk it with great sensitivity today as you
explain what’s going on with you and react to other
people’s stories, too.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Love can seem like
a flying bird -- lofty, impossible to catch from the
ground, though quite possible to attract. Put out a
feeder, so to speak, and create a safe and lovely place
to land.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There are many
possible solutions for the problem at hand, including
foolish ones marketed to people who don’t know
better. You’ll help those with less street sense figure
out the right solution.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You get along with
everyone, even when they don’t get along with one
another. Neutrality has worked out well for you so far.
Keep it up for as long as you possibly can.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Sensations
will change with your interpretation of them. Like
an athlete who pushes past discomfort in the name
of building muscles, you may assign a new and
different meaning to certain pain signals.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’re crossing
things off your list, if not actually then at least
mentally. But why not actually? You’ll want to look
back on these times, so commit the plan to writing;
make it official.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You have a
suspicion that the strong person you know needs
more love and care than most people would guess.
You’re onto something. Give them a call.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll have an
instinct for what to handle and when to handle it, so
don’t worry about the order of things today; just dive
in. The best time to do things will be when they are
necessary.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 22). You are a talent
to be reckoned with, and you’ll find the audience
and mission to shine with. This year, your crew
gets closer, your network wider and your social and
emotional skills sharper and more accommodating
than ever. You’ll check two items off of your bucket
list and make way for intriguing new adds. Taurus
and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9,
14, 2, 20 and 48.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, MAY 23, 2022 Last Day of Mars Cycle
On this, the last day of a Mars cycle, we note that
control is an illusion, not a solution. Oddly enough,
the need to control things and people often gets
in the way of managing life like a boss. Seek a
comprehensive understanding of the nature of things
to align them properly and harness their power to a
particular end.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ll make a
significant dent in a big project. You won’t finish it
all in a day, but at this rate you’ll get to the next
milestone ahead of schedule and be celebrated for
your timing.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Maybe there’s an
obstacle in the environment to complicate this
journey, but it’s more surmountable than the internal
limits you have in place. These are self-created, and
once you discover them, they will be self-eliminated.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Everything around
you has the potential to spend your attention, which
is a finite resource. Cutting just one thing will allow
you to spend your attention in your preferred way.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Falling in love
is a wonderful sensation. Whether you’re falling
for a person, place or activity, it’s the same rush,
accompanied by music only you and your love can
hear.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Feelings have a way of
forcing you to deal with them today. Tamp them down
in one situation and they’ll find a way to burble up
in another. Treat it like a project. It will be worth
whatever time it takes.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have questions,
and the people around you will have the obvious
answers. Go wide. Throw the problem out to the
universe at large. You’ll love the variety pack of
possible solutions that comes back to you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your moral sense
makes it painful for you to do anything but the right
thing... so long as you know what that is. Today’s
situation doesn’t make it obvious. If you decide not
to decide yet, it’s a fine decision indeed.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Be a little selfish
with your time now or you could be snagged into a
strange obligation. If you take on too much, or the
wrong thing, you’ll become reacquainted with the
amorphous weightiness know as dread.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your brain is
firing brilliantly. Ask yourself to solve a problem and
you will. Aim your bold fantasies at the future; shoot
your brilliant imaginings into the sky.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). No one is you.
People fulfill similar roles and jobs and have other
facts in common, but you’re the only one bringing it
all together in your particular way, and that is your
power. Lean into your uniqueness.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). To carry out the
strategy best for your particular strengths, you will
need to prepare differently from the way the others
are. There’s no need to show anyone, though nosey
competitors would love to know.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). While the people
around you may not get along with one another so
well now, you’ll be on friendly terms with everyone.
You’ve gotten this far by not taking sides, and you’ll
do well to remain neutral.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 23). Visionary powers
will be at a high this year. You’ll fantasize consistently in
one direction, then you’ll see your world change shape
to fit your dream. You have a talent for getting people
charged up. You’ll lead, manage and inspire groups.
Your power will be reflected in the sizes of the smiles of
the people around you. Libra and Sagittarius adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 4, 9, 29, 22 and 16.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS