A10
PUZZLES
East Oregonian
Universal Freestyle 30 by John Ewbank
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 One to watch
11 Minor untruth
14 Connoisseur
15 Not great, not
terrible
16 “Something’s
fishy”
17 Coffee dispensers
18 Gain’s opposite
19 Enchanted
prince, perhaps
20 Say hello to
21 Insect that does
in fact have
knees
22 Pencil case items
24 Places to store
sports gear
28 Refusals
29 Bonobo, e.g.
30 Tough HS English
course
31 Where to find a
green room?
33 Bit of bird food
34 Gives approval
for
36 “I accept your
terms”
37 It may involve the
raising of tariffs
39 “Use the ___,
Luke”
40 Sprinted
41 Singer ___ C
42 Less dense
44 Good time for
beachcombing
46 Put a strain on
47 More achy
48 Family group
50 Spot for a date?
54 Beasts of burden
55 “NOT true!”
57 Peruse
58 Room that
may be kept
at 55 degrees
Fahrenheit
59 Sound of
disapproval
60 Magic words
spoken by Ali
Baba
DOWN
1 Commuting
option
2 “Were that the
case ...”
3 People in a
computer game
franchise
4 Adds frosting to
5 Zippo
6 One seen on the
green
7 Catches in a trap
8 Pacific root crop
9 Campaign
manager?
10 Nonsense, to a
Brit
11 Hotheaded
entertainers?
12 What those on a
yoga retreat may
seek
13 Author’s dream
15 Sometimes-faux
garments
20 Nasty cut
21 Wager
23 Down Under
hoppers
24 Option for when
you’re out of
options
25 Exclusive spots in
a theater
26 Complete
separation
27 Captain ___
(pirate)
31 Musical ability
32 Stench
34 Was indebted to
DOWN
1 Unruly groups
2 Belgian currency
3 Bit of
choreography
4 Hide away
5 Long-haired ox
6 Kick, or
something to kick
with
7 In the past
8 Give an answer
9 Decorating, as
Easter eggs
10 They carry many
plates
11 Gravy container
12 Company that
created a Sonic
boom?
14 White, in French
17 Like some
patches
22 Humanitarian
Mandela
24 Grad
25 Miniature
26 Pool cue
27 “Me too”
28 Like Mary
Shelley’s
“Frankenstein”
SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2022 Tense Aspects of Venus and Jupiter
The astrological relationship of Jupiter to Venus has
been equated to that of a paternal figure, mentor and
other, though the current tension between these two
planets suggests that the most apt signifier would
simply be, “it’s complicated.” Power struggles will
visit our realm of love and will also influence other
kinds of interests and passions.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Because you’re feeling
grounded and confident, everything gets simpler. You
offer no explanations, excuses of apologies. Instead,
you’ll stand behind your actions and act in a way you
can stand behind.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ve a strong drive
to make sense of contradictions and inconsistencies.
In some instances, you’ll connect the seemingly
unconnected. When you can’t do this, you’ll accept
what is and experience peace.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Like a child building a
fort with friends, you will delight in taking control of
your surroundings and changing things up to create
your own little world with good company. Enjoy this
magical, if temporary, space.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). There’s no time to
waste complaining about any one of life’s ingredients.
In coffee, chocolate, relationships and more, bitter
pairs nicely with sweet. With the right balance, intense
ingredients can make the recipe sing.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). A relationship you thought
was mostly transactional in nature will surprise you
with unexpected feeling and evidence that there’s more
beneath the surface. You may even sense that you are
mystically intertwined.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Not everything you
desire would be good for you to have. Try to understand
and address the core of what you want. There’s more
than one thing that would satisfy your needs, so you
may as well choose the healthiest route.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You know where you
want to end up, but you’ll need a map to get there.
Find someone who’s been there and ask for specific
directions, or, better yet, ask for a guided tour.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You might be
surprised how your friends and neighbors regard you.
Your kindness and neighborly gestures will boomerang
back to you, and you’ll feel the impact of your habits of
conscientiousness.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Short
presentations take longer to prepare than lengthy
ones. That’s why you don’t have to work out the details
of a casual conversation with your friend, but a brief
meeting with a VIP will require craft and practice.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Doing what you
said you would do may be hard. But it will only be hard
the first time, and the next 10 times, and the 10 times
after that. Then it ceases to be hard or be any effort at
all. It just becomes who you are.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Changing other
people is nearly impossible, but the changes you
make in yourself will inspire others and transform
relationships. Eventually, you may even notice that
everyone in the group has changed at least a little.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). People will take you
seriously, so speak carefully and decide what’s worth
expressing. This may require soul searching and/or
taking stock in your beliefs. You’ve outgrown a few,
though your values remain unchanged.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 24). It’s not enough
for you to get what you want. You prefer to obtain it
with grace and high standards, which is exactly what
happens this year. Social ties will bring you to new
financial prospects and/or a professional breakthrough.
Family makes you proud, if not a little famous. Free
travel is part of the fun, too. Capricorn and Libra adore
you. Your lucky numbers are: 27, 3, 38, 19 and 48.
Universal SUDOKU
38 Arab ruler
39 Communication
that may baffle
millennials
42 New York City’s
___ Island
43 Doesn’t stay calm
SOLUTIONS
45 Look after
49 Track assignment
50 Buddies
51 Milan’s Teatro ___
Scala
52 Hemsworth of
“The Hunger
Games”
53 Trifling
55 Number of
syllables in
“grammar”
56 Word before “red”
or “the light”
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ingredient
37 “Break a leg,” e.g.
38 Route
39 Propelled a
gondola
40 Toll, for bridge
use
41 Place to apply
deodorant
42 California 38-
Down county
43 It doesn’t come
with everything
46 Nine-digit ID
47 Windy City hub
48 Director Joel or
Ethan
50 Kale concoctions
52 Knightly address
53 Estimate phrase
57 Traditional or
Roth investment
58 They get people
really high
61 Miles ___ gallon
62 Warning sign at a
studio
63 Like ocean
motions
64 Come out with
65 Gets a few winks
66 In ___ (before
birth)
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
35 Healthy, crispy
snack item
Final Warning by Adam Simpson
ACROSS
1 Like a pigsty
6 D&D class with a
poetic name
10 Muscles in six-
packs
13 “Straight ___
Compton”
14 Birdie plus two
15 Sturgeon eggs
16 Escapes
18 Vogue, e.g., in
brief
19 ___ up (absorbs
with bread)
20 Have curry,
maybe
21 It’s made to be
destroyed at a
party
23 Goldie of “Death
Becomes Her”
25 Muscly
26 L.A.-to-San Diego
dir.
29 Following a
CPR instruction,
perhaps
33 “___: Maverick”
(2022 action
sequel)
35 Word after “tight”
or “bitter”
36 Fruity gin cocktail
Saturday, July 23, 2022
30 “Ode on a
Grecian Urn”
writer
31 Works by 30-
Down
32 Family car
34 “Caught you!”
38 Red or white, but
not blue
39 Raw fish dish
41 Assumed
character
42 Nasal laugh noise
44 Large ___
Collider
45 Less friendly
49 Like a pitcher’s
ideal inning
50 Nurses a cocktail
51 Type of rug that
partially covers a
floor
52 Gear at Aspen
54 Be a passenger
55 Exchange jabs
56 Norway’s largest
city
59 Fez, e.g.
60 Name that
sounds like a
slow-cooked dish
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022 Rumble of Venus and Jupiter
No decent promotor would pit the goddess of beauty
in a match against the lord of largess, and yet Venus
and Jupiter are oddly well-matched in the rumble
that goes down today. Love and abundance are the
themes. Anything can be loved too much or too hard.
Everything we do can be overdone. “Easy does it” is
the mantra to get us through.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Goals within
your reach are somehow less appealing to you.
Extraordinary aims will take considerably more time,
and planning will involve risk, rejection, sweat and
tears. You thrill to this kind of challenge.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A plan, however
informal it may be, will change everything. Forethought
will make a difference in the plot of your day and, by
extension, your life. Your focused energy will attract
people to your side.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re creative now,
though perhaps a bit scattered, too. You may have to
chase around your own mind to bring it back to the
task at hand. You will get the satisfaction of a small but
significant breakthrough.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You prefer people to
be direct with you. It saves you from having to puzzle
out their motives, needs and wants. By showing an
open and forgiving nature, you’ll make it easy for
people to be honest with you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Before a person can get on
the inside of your life, you figure out how much you
know, like and trust them. You have some contenders
around you today. You’ll put people to the test,
sometimes consciously, sometimes not.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s like you were
meant to lead. You’ll express yourself with an easy
confidence. People step out of your way. Without
being bossy or overbearing, you’ll just naturally run
things.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). How people handle
defeat and difficulty is very telling, and it’s even more
telling how they handle success. Your character will be
on display today as you modestly handle a win.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). This will be a day of
interesting contrasts and conflicting interests, some
of them existing inside of you. Part of you wants to
comply; the other part wants to rebel.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The difference
between the ordinary and the extraordinary isn’t always
effort, talent, positioning or anything else easily
controllable. Sometimes it’s just a mood, a certain
lighting or timing. The X-factor favors you today.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Brain scans can
tell us which part of the brain is firing off neurons,
but they can’t show us the thoughts and visions that
light up the ultimate privacy of the mind. Your private
thoughts will be most amusing today!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It’s easier to
understand a clear whisper than an unclear shout.
You won’t have to be loud or showy to get your point
across. Someone will pick up on your subtle and very
well-articulated message.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It behooves you to
move beyond the transactional nature of a relationship
and into a more comprehensive understanding of the
other person. Learn who they are in contexts beyond
the ones you already know.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 25). You’ll benefit
from many forms of excellent P.R. Your reputation will
precede you. Fans and friends will sing your praises to
the right people. You’ll learn to promote yourself in a
way that feels natural, comfortable and honest. Other
highlights: a cash prize and the sweet experience of
making a difference to someone special. Aries and
Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 1, 18,
4 and 16.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS