PUZZLES
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Universal Freestyle 29 by Hoang-Kim Vu
Universal Crossword edited by Amander Rafkin
ACROSS
1 Sports headwear,
for some
6 It can be cleaned
or analyzed
10 Large deer
13 What’s
possessed by
the overly self-
possessed?
16 Espionage org.
17 Doesn’t rush
18 Donations that
get frozen
19 Pile
20 Beau ___
(gracious act)
22 Landlocked West
African country
26 Runs out of juice
28 Dongdaemun
Market’s city
30 “Is it already
over?”
33 Chrysalis
34 Interrupts on the
dance floor
35 Some hotel room
door openers
37 Like last week’s
bread compared
to this week’s
39 “Will it play in
___?”
40 Sings loudly
42 Great times
44 App with
passenger ratings
45 Publication that
might be sent by
email
47 “What a shame”
49 Taj Mahal feature
50 Canadian gas
brand
51 Word before
“hand” or
“management”
53 Some
quinceanera
attendees
55 Sgt., e.g.
56 Price of
admission
62 “Well, what have
we here?!”
63 Polymath who
wrote “The
Rubaiyat”
64 Half of a score ...
or a perfect score
65 Trees that line the
National Mall
66 “While My Guitar
Gently ___”
DOWN
1 Chart-topper
2 “___ world where
...”
3 Prez between
DDE and LBJ
4 Tavern order
5 Big party
6 Minutia
7 “Lo-cal” or “lite,”
e.g.
8 No. on a business
card
9 Super eager
10 Visitors who
are careful not
to leave any
footprints?
11 Real-time play-
by-plays
12 Snake in “The
Jungle Book”
14 Got hammered
15 Has an
outstanding tab
21 Do some
division?
22 ___ and cheese
23 Free, bite-size
hors d’oeuvre
24 Person being
snuggled
25 “Don’t go in
there!”
27 Put your foot
down?
29 ___ Vegas Strip
31 Frying needs
32 Pleasant images
used to recover
from seeing
something gross
36 Nat “King” ___
38 Regretted
40 Public transit
option
41 Like presidents
who are reelected
43 Sign of a sold-out
show?
46 Smug grins
48 ‘30s building style
52 Italian city with a
law that protects
stray cats
54 Fiona of “Killing
Eve”
55 “Psych!”
57 Name hidden in
“rivalry”
58 “You got it,
captain!”
59 Whiskey variety
60 Gender pay ___
61 Middle of
summer?
Themeless Sunday 7 by Jared Goudsmit
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Wind in a
marching band
5 Deception
9 Word after
“breaking” or
“evening”
13 Hansen in a
musical
14 Newbie astronaut
16 Original source of
penicillin
17 Show like “Yo soy
Betty, la fea”
18 ___ Peacock
(Clue suspect)
19 Name that’s
a covering
backward
20 Like a hot desert
21 Accountant’s
asset?
25 Sheet under a
tent
26 ___ dry (stop
flowing)
27 “Scrumptious!”
30 1970 Kinks song
31 Privileged info
35 On vacation
36 Starbucks size
37 Junkyard car’s
buildup
38 Site of a 1919
treaty
40 The “A” of MMA
41 Sleeve filler
42 ___ Taco
(restaurant chain)
43 Tilapia, e.g.
44 Lecturer’s tool ...
or cat owner’s toy
49 41-Across
muscle, informally
52 Poetic foot
53 Issa who will
voice Spider-
Woman
54 Pass line?
57 Back financially
58 Diana Ross, for
the Supremes
59 Saxophone type
60 Has a bagel, say
61 Adored celebrity
62 Color changers
DOWN
1 ___ fatale
2 It’s not the real
world
3 “No cause for
concern, folks!”
4 Z’s spot,
alphabetically
5 About 343
meters/second,
for sound
6 Split in two
7 Expert pilot
8 “It’s Raining ___”
(song by The
Weather Girls)
9 Like warships
10 Tree of
knowledge’s
garden
11 Bond, as metal
12 “Don’t move,
Rex!”
14 Ramen
instruction
15 1/secant, in trig
19 Cut (off)
22 Becomes ragged
23 Done to death
24 The Q8 SUV and
others
27 Sincere signoff in
an email
28 Makes things
more high-stakes
29 Team in Queens
30 Molten hazard in
Mario games
31 Penn and Yale
32 Name found
backward in
“excellent”
33 NBC show that
Norm Macdonald
was on, for short
34 Shower feature
39 Is flexible,
figuratively
43 Lie a little
44 Gives temporarily
45 “Octopus’s
Garden” writer
Starr
46 Word after “solar”
or “control”
47 Ilhan in Congress
48 Mulligans, say
49 Vitriol
50 Lightbulb, in a
comic
51 Garment for a
Siberian
55 Game console
released in 2006
56 Wine ___ dine
57 Mood rings or
fidget spinners
East Oregonian
A9
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022 Heart Synching Seaside Scene
Mercury sends a message in a bottle. Neptune keeps
it bobbing on the surface of the Piscean sea. The
sun, in the sign of the crab, shines a light on the
object. The glint catches the eye of Venus, surfing
the Cancer tide on her clamshell, who snatches the
glass and reads aloud, her voice synching hearts
everywhere. Message received.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You can be tender
or jovial, protective or daring. Different sides of you
will be highlighted before the day is through as you
fulfill the need and flesh out the potential of various
moments and environments.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If you choose to
venture into the unknown, new situations will open
to you. Lower your expectations or eliminate them
altogether, and you’ll be in the perfect position to
make the most of what’s there.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ve had to
compromise often enough lately, and it’s time you
had a whole day to do it your way. If this doesn’t
work with what you’ve already got going on today, at
least put it on the schedule for soon. Declare it and
follow through.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll do everything
you can to make your people happy. There are
no guarantees when it comes to other people’s
happiness, but you have a solid sense of how to push
things in that direction.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll be in a position to
make up with someone you’ve been at odds with. It
won’t be necessary to admit you were wrong, which
is so good because you still feel that you weren’t.
Could you just agree to start anew?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Show up and see what
there is to discover. If it seems like there’s nothing,
take it as an excuse to think a little deeper into things
to get to a more profound level of observation.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Perhaps the people who can
assist you don’t realize that you need them, or maybe they
don’t know exactly how to help. Tell people what you want,
and they’ll support you in more ways than you can imagine.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Sometimes hard work is
a choice, but right now it feels like a necessity. Before you
wear yourself out, take a step back. There are more options
available to you than you’ll see at first. How can you work
smart instead of hard?
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A task you would
usually do by rote will seem somehow strange to you,
profound or perhaps absurd or meaningless. There’s a
change in you, and certain things won’t fit like they used to.
You’re heading for a breakthrough.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Criticism is valuable
to you. Admittedly, it can be difficult to listen to what you
could have done better, but if you can consider feedback
in small doses, you’ll develop skill quickly and be offered
opportunity for advancement.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You won’t give into the
urge to complain because complaining is an indicator of
weakness, and you’d rather put everything you have into
fixing the situation. The solution you come up with will be
brilliant.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your mind doesn’t like an
open loop. Resolution calms you and readies you for the
next thing. If resolution is not forthcoming, your mind will
make something up just to close the circle. It’s a necessity
to moving along.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 17). This solar return
brings a sweet serving of poetic justice. The plot comes
full circle with connections that satisfy on multiple levels.
A new venture will begin with a risk, and then relationships
and alliances form. You’ll get to choose your speed: an
immersive experience with quick results or a languid stroll
with beautiful scenery. Gemini and Capricorn adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 3, 2, 11, 38 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, JULY 18, 2022 A Message From Mercury
As savvy marketers know, people don’t strictly buy
products, rather they buy hope for a particular result
and the feelings to match that outcome. A planetary
opposition warns against using external diversions to
fix internal tension. Distractions can be expensive and
may not do the job. Face inward and manage what’s
happening there.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). The conventional
wisdom says to state what you want because people are
not mind readers. Today you’ll experience the opposite
phenomenon -- one person having a fuller sense of the
mind of the other than words could convey.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). It is the messiness
of life that makes it fascinating. You won’t get that
version on social media. Intimacy occurs up close
and in real time, which is what you get today. Nothing
beats the insider’s perspective.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You shouldn’t have to
impress anyone with a grand gesture. If you feel you
must, there’s an imbalance at play in the relationship.
The small moments of shared understanding or
tenderness will make the impression.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Using your talent will
be not only satisfying but a reminder of how good life
can be when you are doing what you love. A bit of
appreciation from others is a cherry on the sundae.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Rarity makes a thing
special. What’s always available will not be valued,
no matter how intrinsically valuable it is. Uncertainty
and infrequency are part of the equation. If you have a
thing every time you want it, it’s not a treat; it’s a habit.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A new scene awaits.
There’s no way to prepare for it; you just have to go and
find out what it’s like. Experience is the only teacher
around today, and you’re a quick study. You’ll start
feeling comfortable right away.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Don’t try to provide
all the answers or do too much of the work yourself.
Make it easy and necessary for everyone to help. In
the process, they will become a team, and you’ll all be
more productive.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll learn faster
when you stop caring what others think. Maybe no one
will notice a mistake, or if they do it won’t matter much.
Confidence isn’t self-conscious because it’s too busy
playing the moment.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You seek
a certain type of relationship. Another type of
relationship seeks you, and it’s a tiring roundabout
chase. Then there are those relationships that just fall
together beautifully, as though by fate. Lucky you!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The discussion
that seemed so promising may ultimately meander and
devolve. It’s all part of the process of figuring out what
really interests you, sharpening your skills and honing
your criteria for worthy pursuits.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There is a
temptation to “give away the farm” since, let’s face it,
even metaphoric farms can be a lot of hard work. Prize
what you’ve built so others will, too, and then be sure
to keep a controlling interest.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your encouragement
is needed more than you know. And though you may
feel ill-equipped as a cheerleader, you’re actually well-
suited to the job. What you say will make a difference
in the morale.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 18). You will live as
the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche did -- by the
concept of amor fati, “a love of one’s fate.” Whatever
destiny hands over, you’ll polish it until it gleams. Your
solar return raises the stakes. You’ll be trusted with
treasures of finance and heart. The prize for doing well
will be life-changing. Capricorn and Pisces adore you.
Your lucky numbers are: 9, 3, 33, 38 and 45.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS