PUZZLES
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Eye Pieces by Sam Buchbinder
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Greyhound
vehicle
4 Fruits used in
chewy cookies
8 Deals with
adversity
13 Soprano, ___,
tenor and bass
15 “haha can u
believe that?!”
16 Put up with
17 Head of the class
19 Turn yellow, like a
banana
20 Bert’s buddy
21 Like a noble gas
23 “Rear” or “dead”
follower
24 States split and
founded in 1889
26 “Talked” in the
cow barn
28 One is tall and
attractive
32 Tampa neighbor,
informally
35 Entirely
36 Part of an
important
sequence
37 Drop the ball
38 Letters describing
many kits
39 Good card in
poker
40 Some summer
babies
42 Room for
lounging
43 Moved like a
nomad
46 One framework
for analyzing
gender roles
49 Sag
50 Lets off the hook
54 Place for a facial
56 “___ Wilson”
(1992 Barenaked
Ladies song)
58 Related to
hearing
59 Backyard grill site
61 Crunchy holder
for ice cream
63 Each
64 Soul singer
James
65 Gigantic
66 Spots for
students and
teachers
67 Qatar’s capital
68 Mark before
“com”
DOWN
1 Headquartered
(in)
2 Super: Prefix
3 Deserved one
star
4 Target of a yearly
shot
5 Like Dennis the
Menace
6 Alternative to Tide
7 Proper way to
swear?
8 27-Down holder
9 ___-Wan Kenobi
10 Wishful fantasy
11 Genesis setting
12 Gmail button
14 Bird on Cal
Ripken Jr.’s cap
18 ___ four (small
cake)
22 Muddy up
25 What may
improve whiskey
27 Quiche ingredient
29 Damage, as a
reputation
30 Fairy-tale
31
32
33
34
38
41
42
43
44
45
47
48
51
52
53
54
55
57
60
62
beginning
Monopoly card
Egotist’s focus
Kite flyer’s hazard
Senior partners,
say?
Hated
Title for Elton
John
Gucci rival
Name fit for a
king?
Like some
headphones
To the same
degree
Gendered sign on
a clubhouse
12 inches, for
many a ruler
Not ashamed
Dance banned by
Pope Pius X
Messy winter
forecast
Risked a ticket on
the freeway
Surface, as a
road
Prefix for “pilot”
Annoy
TripTik org.
In Style by Emily Carroll
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Shoots the
breeze
5 Whispered
summons
9 Davis of “Thelma
& Louise”
14 Peeve
15 Sound effect in a
canyon
16 Demon’s
counterpart
17 Persia, now
18 Kim Possible, e.g.
19 Letter after rho
20 Celine Dion hit
heard in “Titanic”
(In this clue’s
answer, see
letters 7-11)
23 Shrimp go-with,
on a Southern
menu
24 Intention
25 Mud bath venues
27 Go back to
square one
(Letters 2-7)
32 Race that’s
winding down?
34 “Certainly,” by the
Seine
35 Mixer at a bar,
often
36 Part of UCLA
37 Opposite of
34-Across
39 Comedian’s joke
41 Hat, slangily
42 Jazzy Jones or
James
44 Arena arbiter
46 Qualities
48 Arcade game
with a mallet
(Letters 4-7)
51 Renders
speechless
52 Big bother
53 Group that
protects a QB
55 Aircraft’s delay
maneuvers, or
what 20-, 27- and
48-Across are
doing?
62 Cried “Foul,”
perhaps
63 Google Play
purchases
64 Ugg product
65 Igneous rock
source
66 Oaxacan bread?
67 Tropical
destination
68 Says grace, e.g.
69 Where Adam and
Eve met
70 Sports squad
DOWN
1 Not looking good
2 Light and open
3 Ho-hum
4 Westernmost
country in Africa
5 ___ dish
(microbiologist’s
item)
6 Big name in lawn
care
7 Demonstrates for
8 Nobelist Morrison
9 Manipulated
into questioning
oneself
10 Head-scratchers
11 “Daylight savings
waffle giveaway”
brand
12 Fish in a 2003
Pixar film
13 Mathematician
Turing
21 Insurance fraud
crime, commonly
22 Wrangler’s rope
25 Sinful animal?
26 Rigatoni or rotini
28 Summer mo.
without a federal
holiday
29 “Cross my heart!”
30 Touches up, as
text
31 Mouthfuls of
Bubblicious
32 Large quantity
33 Like almost all
BYU students
38 “The Matrix”
protagonist
40 Researcher’s
funding
43 Much-thanked
group on Oscar
night, with “The”
45 Bombed at the
box office
47 Just slightly
49 Puma competitor
50 Tick away
54 “This means war”
55 Camel part
56 Ilhan in the
House
57 Org. for good
drivers?
58 Look surprised
59 Pink hue
60 Garden District’s
city, informally
61 Flower stalk
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2022 Mercury Matures
Ten people witness a scene and have ten different
reactions. To realize that reactions are a choice is
a signifier of maturity. We get angry not because of
people, but because of our thoughts about them.
Mercury’s cross into the sign of personal responsibility
is encouragement to choose empowering thoughts.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Let nothing stand
between you and your love. Whether it’s a person,
a subject, an endeavor or a god, there is no expert
who knows more about your feelings than you do. Be
guided by your own curiosity and attraction.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’ll be met with
support and disagreement. Both are a gift, the bigger
gift being disagreement. In this world, it is not
similarities that take us forward but blunt opposition.
You’ll grow sharp from it.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Will you get yours?
Will they get theirs? You needn’t worry. The core of
the earth is a churning ball of reciprocity. It’s how this
world is erected and balanced. Kindness, evil and
everything in between can’t help but be reciprocated.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You want to get the
timing right, but you only have control over one small
part of the clock. Rushing, pushing or worrying is not
going to make a tick of difference. You may as well
relax and trust the larger mechanics.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Peace is widely considered
better than other alternatives, but every state has
something to offer. Turmoil is a teacher, a trainer who
helps you find your strength and grow your heart.
Whatever state you’re in, use it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Is it wrong to
manipulate someone to do what you want them to do
if your aim is what’s best for them and everyone else
involved? You’ve benevolent reasons for testing the
boundaries of control today.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Today you’ll tend to
experience things more deeply than those around you
seem to. It may feel like a weakness, but it’s actually
a strength. Your range of feeling goes wider on both
ends of the spectrum.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Among the saddest
words are, “if only.” The antidote to that woeful phrase
is equally succinct: “I accept.” While not exactly happy,
they are the basis from which happiness and fulfillment
will spring.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You take
personal responsibility seriously. You’ll pitch in and
clean up a mess you didn’t create. None are blameless
for the state of things, and you resolve to leave it better
than it was when you arrived.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What happens to
you is always far less important than what you take
from the experience. However you feel, tell yourself
it’s an acceptable feeling. You won’t be able to move
through the feelings until you first accept them.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The goal is to
become experienced, smooth and able to produce
results quickly. Mistakes are inevitable. Since you can’t
avoid them, try not to fear them either. You’ll develop
the resilience to recover quickly and keep going.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be in a position
to change the price of your offerings. There’s more
value to what you give than a dollar amount could
suggest. Consider it all. Can you think of yourself
outside of your current definitions?
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 3). Life’s timing,
however far off from your own, won’t disappoint.
You’ll be so impressed at how things click and whir
in a design that’s better than you dreamed. You’ll get
an education that helps you enjoy a thing more. You’ll
win fans and money as you take pleasure seriously and
take serious things with pleasure. Pisces and Taurus
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 22, 1, 18 and 45.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4 Directions for a Mercury Change
Until Mercury settles into the Virgo groove, the words
we speak may return to us unpredictably. Silence,
however, will not only remain pristine but also likely
be interpreted kindly. To stay on the safe side, reserve
all comments about people. Innocent remarks can
be misconstrued. Even compliments might land the
wrong way.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re in a mood
to make things, seal deals and put plans in motion.
You’re happiest when you’re in the flow of arranging
life the way you want it. Give yourself plenty of time to
dream. The excellent ideas are flowing.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Even when you are
not among your familiar group of true friends, you will
still feel that you can be yourself. In fact, “yourself” is
the best person to be to attract new true friends. Your
social circle will expand.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No two people live in
the exact same reality. Even twins can have drastically
different understandings of the world. When
someone projects a reality you don’t share, it will be
simultaneously enlightening and bemusing.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Sometimes a network
can feel less like a net and more like work. If you’re
experiencing more of the obligations and duties
than you are the support, connection, fun and other
benefits, take a step back. The break will do you good.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It may feel like you’ll never
get used to a situation, but you’ll be surprised at how
things turn around when you get to know everyone
better. As you start to relax, your charisma will be
triggered, and you’ll pull everyone in.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Sometimes you
fear that if you don’t do the work, it won’t be done
correctly. But the pressures of the day can’t be met by
one person. Share the work and make room for people
to put their own spin on it; the result will be excellent.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The passion you feel for
a cause or a kind of work is more powerfully energizing
than romantic fervor. Action leads to alliances and more
action. You’ll be swept into an empowering momentum.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are those you
can’t get even with because they always seem to give
you more. Do they need the upper hand? You dislike
indebtedness. You’ll return favors and give generously
of yourself.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Playfulness is
your forte. There’s always a line to walk. The distinctions
can get a bit murky. Today it’s better not to take social
risks that might hurt someone’s feelings. When in
doubt, don’t say the joke.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Annoyance is
born in the annoyed, not the annoyer. Still, the effect
is convincing. Someone will, without conscious effort,
succeed in annoying you. Then you will succeed in
changing your response.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll take a stand
against the oppressors. It doesn’t matter to you whether
you personally have been affected by their oppression
because you feel a kinship with humankind. What
affects one affects all.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There is no point in
being the judge; it will only create displeasure. You can
still assess things though, mainly to determine which
part of it interests you so you can put your energy into
exploring that slice.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 4). Kismet joins you
with a fun group. There are all kinds of resources within
it, including professional and financial. It’s a year when
you can take bold action in your personal life because
the experiences you crave are beyond the humdrum and
will require the kind of guts and creativity you have in
abundance. Libra and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 1, 2, 9, 14 and 12.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS