PUZZLES
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Tool Around by Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Kendrick who
voiced Poppy in
“Trolls”
5 Noodle soup
often topped with
chashu
10 Joint above the
thigh
13 Messy stack
14 “Great show!”
15 Two tablets, e.g.
16 Composer who
won an Oscar
for 2021’s “Dune”
(First 2 letters in
this answer + last
4)
18 French fashion
magazine
19 Foldable Mexican
food
20 007 creator
Fleming
21 Small stream
22 In the past
24 Instruments in
wind quintets
26 Got all gussied
up (First 2 + last
3)
30 Most peeved
32 Map lines: Abbr.
33 Formerly called
34 Memorable
periods
35 Opposite of trans
36 Comic Sans, for
one
37 On the ___ (at
large)
38 Campaign-
funding org.
39 Adrenal and
thyroid, e.g.
41 Grinned briefly
(First 1 + last 3)
45 New Zealand
language
46 Particles in
electrolytes
47 Let up
49 Table support
51 Set of cards
54 Mexico’s ___
California
55 Celebrate Arbor
Day, say (First 4 +
last 1)
58 Be too sweet
59 Giant in digital
watches
60 Common sashimi
fish
61 Title for Elton
John
62 Part of a play
group?
63 Dumpster output
DOWN
1 “This is so
relaxing!”
2 Without ice
3 Granny
4 Some HS test
results
5 Stat for Aaron
Judge
6 Military forces
7 Cry heard over a
baby monitor
8 Toss-up at the
track
9 Neither’s partner
10 Golfers’ dreams
11 Spot of land in a
lake
12 Look before
Christmas
15 Jeter of
Cooperstown
17 ___ out (loses
focus)
21 Pigeon’s sound
23 Winter hrs. in
Milwaukee
25 Jimin’s K-pop
band
26 Acting class
student, often
27 Durance of
“Smallville”
28 Give for a while
29 “Sure, I’m game”
30 High ___-esteem
31 Like much
folklore
35 Lincoln
competitor
36 Artificial high
voice
38 The “p” in mph
39 Non-___ corn
40 Mom on “Bob’s
Burgers”
42 Skewered dish
often served with
peanut sauce
43 Weeding tool
44 Type your
username and
password, say
47 Kindergarten
basics
48 Tourist mecca
near Java
50 Lack of hassle
52 Gunk
53 Number-picking
casino game
55 Some run
Windows 11
56 Digit one may
stub
57 Body part hidden
in “forearm”
Encoded by Justin Daneau
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Without delay,
briefly
5 State with the
motto “Industry”
9 It’s often dragged
and dropped
13 “Am I too ___?”
14 Kachina doll
maker
15 Tree with a red
variety
16 *Flourished
18 Salmon or
lavender
19 Outrage
20 Hawaiian tuna
21 “Get out of my
face!”
22 Denial to a drill
sergeant
24 *Vehicle seen at
Yellowstone
29 Ready if needed
30 Warrior’s mark
31 Prepares, as a
table
32 Day-___ paint
34 Not mind the gap,
perhaps
36 Afternoon
brew
37 The Browns or
The Chicks ...
or each starred
clue’s answer,
on an Olympic
scoreboard?
40 VIP who may
have the nicest
office
42 Grade school
binder?
43 Brit’s last letter
44 Singer Irene
46 Teeny
48 ___ point (center
of attention)
52 *Beach Boys
song that starts
“If everybody had
an ocean”
54 Flee for love
55 Word on a
shoppe sign
56 Damage, when
read forward or
backward
58 Choose
59 Of ebb and flow
61 *Marketing goal
at Nintendo
64 “I’m happy to
help”
65 Rarely, if ___
66 Desk bell’s sound
67 Foreshadow
68 Hawaiian root
26 She had a little
lamb
69 Bird on Mauritius,
once
27 Downed a gyro,
say
28
Surveillance
org.
DOWN
33 Connected to the
1 Certain white
web
squirrel
35 Favors
2 Foe to Frodo
37 Reacted to acid
3 Not moving
38 Ballerina’s skirt
4 Piece in Plinko
39 Many a K-pop
5 “I don’t like the
star
look of this”
40 Loops in on an
6 Mixers with gins
email
7 One may swing in
41 ___ de toilette
the jungle
45 On fire
8 Avoided the
47 Go on and on
seeker
9 P, G, 1, 2, 3, etc. 49 “Awesome”
10 “Why, of course!” 50 Attach as a
supplement
11 Movie star
51 “It’s time to leave”
DiCaprio,
familiarly
53 Like a car at a
drive-through
12 Blunder
15 Post-workout pain 57 Lead-in to
“nautical”
17 Swimmer’s
59 Big ice-cream
accessory for a
container
canal?
21 Squirt of perfume 60 Equal: Prefix
61 “Now I ___ it!”
23 “Othello”
antagonist
62 Gardner of
classic film
25 Rare performer in
Shakespearean
63 Subtract a
times
negative number
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022 Strawberry Moon After-party
The day after the Super Strawberry Moon, the new
plan is already starting to take seed. The lunar shift to
Capricorn brings energies down to earth. Mercury’s
fresh status in Gemini has us working the logistics
out with clear and easy communication. As we find
common goals and work from there, individual aims
are met.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Assessments of
character cannot be extrapolated from situations
where people are dealing with their superiors.
Anyone can be nice to someone with authority. The
true self is revealed in how people treat those who
cannot help them.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You may very well
be the only one in the room who is giving quality
attention where it is needed, but others will catch on
because your good energy is contagious.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You keep trying to
find the best in everything, and there’s a lot to weed
through on your way to it today, but it’s there. Keep
going until you get to the Tootsie Pop in the middle.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). If you find yourself
questioning everything your leader does, you’re
following the wrong person. Blind faith is not your
style. You’ll only do what makes sense to you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re all about the work,
which you’ll approach humbly. You may in fact be
modest to a fault. Seize your moments to shine,
otherwise unqualified contenders will step in and
leave people underserved.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll do something
to enhance another person’s experience, ease their
suffering or help them feel less alone in the world.
Even just being there for someone is a balm to the
soul.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s an endless
supply of words that could be said but very little of
it should be said. Those who only speak words of
truth, necessity and kindness do not speak often and
yet they say so much.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Though you’re
going for “yes,” the word “no” can be a bigger
blessing, steering you quickly to a better fit and what
will ultimately prove to do the highest good for the
most people.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The archer of
the zodiac prefers to stay on target! But sometimes
drifting is good for you. It allows you to see options
you wouldn’t have known about had you stuck to a
predetermined course.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Those who have
something to offer you won’t seem to be trying too
hard, and yet overeagerness isn’t always a bad sign.
Sometimes it just means people don’t yet know the
value of their gifts.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you want
something too much, your wanting can actually push it
further away from you. Try neutrality or, if that doesn’t
work, pretend you have it already and love it so!
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have
something to share and there will be many takers.
Plan accordingly. What portion can you give to each
person, knowing you’ll give it several times?
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 15). Nothing opens
your horizons like relationships. Love leads you to
a new interest and, eventually, an expertise you’ll
be paid very well to share. More highlights: You’ll
move up to a strongly influential position, make a
change in a key work procedure, have volunteering
turn into a passion and a sudden windfall alter your
domestic flow. Leo and Aquarius adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 9, 10, 30, 6 and 21.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2022 Trines of Teamwork
Saturn, Venus and Mercury bring the cosmic luck to
activities involving teamwork, learning, striving and
competing at the levels that will challenge without
crossing into terribly stressful territory. A bubbly,
social rhythm keeps things marching forward though
the progress itself isn’t as important as the fact that
we’re all getting there together.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). When people are
chased, they run. You prefer your relationship take
the form of a dance, with lots of back-and-forth
action, rather than a straight chase.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It will take a lot of
confidence to ask for what you want today because
it’s something bigger than you would usually ask
for. You’ll use what you receive to improve things
for many others.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you repeated the
actions of the day a few dozen times, what would
you get? Your cosmic gift of the day is the impulse
to think of the long-term effects of an action with
reasonably accurate projections.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). It’s strange, but if
today is proof, it seems you can aggressively ignore
someone and it will actually make that person more
interested in you. Whatever works, works.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). What one person calls
manipulative behavior, another considers to be
clever managing of complexity. You’ll hit gray areas
that tap into your talent for navigating nuance.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your life and work are
made up of what you notice. Today’s choices range
from bright and cheery to shadowy and mysterious
and beyond. Your focused and specific investments
of attention will shape the day.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ve had more than
your share of obstacles on this journey, but the current
test is a little harder, perhaps because it’s self-created.
Don’t worry, you’ll overcome this one too.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Of course, there are
more stars of your life than just you, but as the main
character, if you give too many of the scenes over to
the whims of your co-stars, the story will get away
from you. Get back in control.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The
compliments of flattery can be true or untrue, as
flattery is more about motive than factuality. That
someone sees the benefit of singing your praises has
merit in and of itself.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People will
connect with and build upon your ideas. What emerges
is better for all. Just be sure to remain true to your
priorities, or you’ll wind up serving someone else’s.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It might not go
to plan, but it will all go better because you (SET
ITAL) have (END ITAL) a plan. Your social instincts
are spot-on. Heavy karma will be worked out in
lighthearted exchanges.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). People will work for
your approval, ask for your advice and make plays
for your attention. You’ll take it as a show of respect,
which it most certainly is.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 16). Observant and
prescient, you’ll anticipate interactions and prepare
to make the most of them. This and your sharp social
reflexes will land you in a prime position for making fun
and money. More highlights: a surprise payday, a platform
for your discerning taste and a chance to give someone an
opportunity you never had. Sagittarius and Scorpio adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 44, 21, 13 and 6.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS