PUZZLES
Thursday, May 26, 2022
Keep Your Mitts Off! by Katherine Baicker and Laura Dershewitz
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Sun blocker
4 Leave isolated
10 Socially slight
14 Political strategist
Navarro
15 Evening party
16 Salad with bacon
and eggs
17 *It may follow first
and ten
19 Mine finds
20 Frenzied way to
run
21 ___ Perignon
22 Mission lead-in?
24 Fearful
26 *Place to buy
fresh produce
29 Pet birds’ confines
31 “Exit full screen”
key
32 What you ___ is
what you get
33 Self-reflective
question
36 Tortilla option
37 Unseen market
force, or a hint to
what can follow
each starred
answer’s first
word and precede
its last word
41 Nickname for
Genevieve
42 Floppy-eared
hound
43 Deserving three
stars out of five
44 “___ my brother’s
keeper?”
46 Gate fastener
49 *Subway power
source
53 Devout
55 False name
56 Word before
“coat” or “test”
58 Poet Lazarus
59 Reword, perhaps
60 *High-fat dairy
product
63 Be an upstanding
citizen?
64 Fancily decorated
65 Card game with
an All Wild spinoff
66 $$$ dispensers
67 “Sneaky” animal
68 “Don’t text and
drive” ad, e.g.
DOWN
1 Gets to work on
2 Pale and tired,
perhaps
3 City near Seattle
4 Govt. ID
5 Sondheim barber
Sweeney
6 Free from
7 Scratch-and-sniff
sticker feature
8 ___ and improved
9 Jeans
10 Activist Coretta
___ King
11 Unhelpful
response to
“Why?”
12 Geek among
geeks
13 Dangerous
pellets
18 “Fine, you win!”
23 Foreign policy
grp.
25 Arnaz who loved
Lucille Ball
27 Sizzle ___ (pitch
tapes)
28 Rest room?
30 Solange, to
Beyonce,
informally
34 Bone that a shin
guard protects
35 Credential for
many a CFO
36 More spiteful
37 “To heck with
this!”
38 Meaningless
philosophy?
39 Subj. with
conversation
topics
40 Pile
41 911 responder:
Abbr.
44 Major 1990 civil
rights law, briefly
45 Former HBO
series “with Bob
and David”
47 Arise
48 Chimpanzees’
relatives
50 Wedding and bar
mitzvah
51 “Broad City” star
Glazer
52 Volcanic flows
54 Pago Pago,
American ___
57 Eight bits
59 Elizabethan or
Victorian
61 Afore
62 Disney frame
Liquid Assets by Matt Westman
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Scoped out
6 Former Swedish
automaker
10 Play on repeat
14 Plentiful
15 Boundary
16 Present opener?
17 Self-serving use
of government
funds
19 Sobbed
20 Basketball legend
Bird
21 Camembert
cousin
22 Highest grade
23 Replacement on
the mound
27 Affirmative votes
28 Hosp. diagnostic
scan
29 Covers in
Cottonelle, briefly
31 Co. leader
33 Short ___ (beef
cut)
34 Shout of
disapproval
35 Icon in
Wikipedia’s
search bar
40 3-letter “Wow!”
41 Fed a line to
42 Resource to
refine
43 Church bench
44 Ctrl-___-Del
45 Moreover
48 He finds a Willy
Wonka golden
ticket
53 One may be
stuffed at a Greek
restaurant
54 Corporate symbol
55 Sashimi tuna
57 Participate in the
2022 midterms
58 Seems valid, or
what the end of
17-, 23-, 35- or
48-Across does
61 Previously owned
62 Toddler’s injury
63 Alpaca relative
64 Flat-topped
landform
65 “___ of the
D’Urbervilles”
66 What aptly
bookends
“satisfies”
DOWN
1 Baseball players’
headwear
2 Love, in 24-Down
3 Buying binge
4 Antlered animal
5 “Singin’ in
the Rain” star
Reynolds
6 What Helvetica
and Arial lack
7 TV spot seller
8 Get more mature
9 “___ Canto” (Ann
Patchett novel
featuring an
opera singer)
10 Highly acidic
11 Hotel brunch
station
12 Deliberately
13 Peach parts
18 2D measurement
22 Scoring on a
serve
24 French city with a
big cat on its flag
25 “It’s showtime!”
26 Math course
featuring angles
30 Distress signal
31 Almost made it
32 Clear ingredients
at an 11-Down
33 Pot top
35 Floor cleaner
36 “Why should
___?”
37 F, on a gas gauge
38 Cryptozoological
beast
39 Appearance
45 Dwellings
46 Carries with
difficulty
47 Grumpy
expressions
49 Vegan beauty
brand
50 Historic New York
island
51 Really annoy
52 Crossword
feature, often
53 Female gamete
56 Some Fidelity
plans, briefly
58 Sweltering
59 Be in debt
60 In the manner of
East Oregonian
A11
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2022 Stars of Self-consciousness
As Venus and Pluto square off, the biggest barrier
to awareness is self-consciousness, which can
manifest in nervousness, myopic vision, sensory
processing problems, selective listening and the like.
Self-consciousness is a form of fear. Techniques for
dealing with fear can be applied to remedy the state.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Ambition and drive
are cosmic gifts that sometimes can feel like a curse.
You’ll do what it takes to make your plans happen as
close to your imaginings as possible.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re well aware
of the risks involved in a venture, which is why you
prefer to be around the optimistic people who don’t
mention danger at every turn.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If the needle of time
were to go back to the beginning of the record it
would still play the same song. There’s no point to
longing, regret or wishing things were any other way
than they are right now.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t always
have the luxury of choosing what style you’ll receive
your life in. Some things only come one way. The
rarer a thing is, the fewer your options. All the more
reason to appreciate this unique package.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may not get the
reaction you were going for because this isn’t a
movie, and no one is following your script. Even so,
roll with the improvisational moment and brilliance
ensues.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While accidentally
ignoring things is a recipe for disaster, ignoring a
thing on purpose will be an effective tactic for the
win. Neglect is an especially useful state when
applied to unwanted things.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A deadline looms. A
decision must be made. Here are your choices: Do it
well, do it on time or do it within your budget. Pick
two. Only two are possible.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Friends point to
your strengths, critics point to your faults and loved
ones accept you for both. Unconditional love is real.
You know this because you give and receive it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You can’t stick
to the recipe when you don’t have all the ingredients.
Lack leads to invention. You’ll change it up and
create something better for the challenge.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You take on the
issues of society like they were your own. It’s almost
as though your connection to humanity carries a
great weight of responsibility... yep. Now, why don’t
the others seem to know this?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You don’t have
to have the necessary experience before you start.
You’ll pick it up as you go, just as you always have.
Each relationship teaches you something different.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Liking a person is
one thing; the day-to-day of a committed relationship
is quite another. No need to think too far into things,
though. Relationship success is creating fun in one
moment at a time.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 27). A sale allows
you to make a dream project your reality. You’ll get
more productive even as you work less because
you have a tremendous talent for setting the right
goals and picking people who will help you achieve
them. Gemini and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 8, 4, 13, 16 and 9.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022 Cosmic Cautionary Tale
The Venus move into the sign of money comes with
a warning. As exciting as it is to acquire things, we
pay with little chunks of our freedom. Dogs must be
walked, cars fueled, relationships tended. We’re wise
to consider costs beyond the tag. Even in high-dollar
situations, money is usually the easiest currency
involved in a purchase.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Given the choice
between a grand armchair adventure via video game or
movie and a small, heartfelt gesture between friends,
you’d take the latter every time. Your weekend plans
will be proof of this.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The question will
arise: “Who would I be without my quirky fears?”
Answer: “You, only more accomplished.” Don’t
mistake neurosis for personality or let anxiety keep
you from experiencing life to the fullest.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Take a step back from
the race. With the benefit of distance, you’ll see how
winnable this really is for you. You’ll also notice there
is more than one way to win it.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You have a talent for
warming people up and making them feel safe with
you -- as though whatever happens, you’ll handle it.
For this reason, the night will belong to you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your cosmic gift of the day
is one of reading people at a glance. You’ll notice what
they want. By the way, you’re under no obligation to
give it. Just helping someone feel seen is a gift too.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll notice that the
more you enjoy yourself, the less it matters what you
look like doing it. Your need for people to respond in
a particular way to you seems to diminish with the
pursuit of today’s endeavor.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are well aware of
the repellent effect of arrogance, and you also know
how unappealing insecurity is. So, you walk a thin
line, and your quiet confidence will be most attractive.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Commit to fun.
Commit to folly. Commit to not knowing which is
which. The important thing is to commit. Half in and
half out will be completely nowhere.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Achilles had
his heel, Samson had precarious hair, and you have
your own version of a small vulnerability that has a
disproportionately huge impact on your strength.
Protect yourself accordingly.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). At some point
your work leaves your hands and has a life of its own.
You’ll find peace in the transition and joy in watching
what used to belong to you go to the next person and
the next and then the world at large.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you were to
exceed expectations in all areas of life, you’d only
annoy those around you. The specialty you’ve chosen
will help those around you today, and as for the rest,
you’ll let it go and enjoy the ensuing popularity.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A new friendship
brings unanticipated rewards. You didn’t strike up
this relationship to expand your social influence, but
it’s happened anyway. Don’t make much of it. Stay
focused on what’s important.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 28). Share your ideas.
When you’re in that mood, your kind of smarts will
light up a crowd. And when you’re not, there will be
people around you to help and love, which is your
favorite way of sharing your gifts. Nature figures into
your good fortune, perhaps through the purchase
or exploration of wild expanses. Cancer and Taurus
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 20, 4, 44 and
17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS