PUZZLES
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
What a Novel Idea! by Christina Iverson
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 Sleeps in nature
6 Fedora, e.g.
9 Shopping vehicle
13 “Hello” singer
14 Cookie with a
wasabi flavor in
China
16 Leisurely
17 Flowery words in
a Danielle Steel
book?
20 Conclusions
21 Follow, as a rule
22 Feel remorse for
23 Used a treadmill
25 ___-tac-toe
27 Bucket o’ Soldiers
contents, in “Toy
Story”
29 Characters in a
Michael Crichton
book?
32 Coll. teacher
33 O’er there
34 Rap/fashion icon
Lil ___ X
35 Pushes, like a
parent’s limits
37 Bug expert?
39 River through
Tuscany
43 Possesses
45 Write hurriedly
47 June 30, but not
June 31
48 Quidditch and
others?
51 Louis of fashion
53 Steering
implement with a
blade
54 Have a hero,
say?
55 Red Roof ___
(hotel chain)
56 Alan of “Marriage
Story”
58 Alternative to
Marshalls
60 Mixing up the
Bronte sisters
and others?
65 Approximately 2.2
lb.
66 Showdown for
honor
67 Like Guinness
68 Hearty bowlful
69 “Naughty!”
syllable
70 Vague quantity of
salt
DOWN
1 Train part
2 Fuss
3 Keepsakes
4 Word after “birth”
or “meal”
5 Shipping label
words
6 Cultivate some
crops
7 British singer
Parks
8 Leaf holder that’s
steeped
9 Sch. north of
Denver
10 They’re set in
clock apps
11 Go ___ (start
behaving erratically)
12 12-year-old, e.g.
15 Small winning
margin in softball
18 Former Gary
Sinise forensic
drama
19 Fitness fanatic
23 At full attention
24 Lot size unit
26 Money execs
28 Enthusiastic
agreement
30 “Maybe even
less!”
31 Wearing bedtime
apparel
36 Christmassy
temp workers
38 Ma who once
left a $2.5 million
cello in a taxi
40 Sunscreen target
41 Nickname that
might drop
“Henri”
42 Take a break
44 Unexcitable
46 Old Russian
monarchs
48 Hyped TV event
49 Cry that stops
filming
50 “A bit of expert
advice ...”
51 VapoRub brand
52 Not on, as a lamp
57 Largest city in
Story County,
Iowa
59 Indian wrap
61 Female
hedgehog or hog
62 Kind or sort
63 “Stop loading this
site” key
64 Sound to stop
sounds
Back Talk by Gary Larson and Amny Ensz
Universal Crossword edited by David Steinberg
ACROSS
1 HS exams
5 P.E. class
8 Ponzi scheme,
e.g.
12 “Moon Knight”
actor Oscar
14 Tiny legume from
Green Giant
15 Name within
“hotelier”
16 “Whole ___ Love”
(Led Zeppelin hit)
17 “Me too”?
20 Being broadcast
21 Topics for blues
songs
22 “Let us pray”?
25 Indignation
26 With skill
27 Military press
muscle, briefly
29 Apply sunscreen,
say
32 Rowers hold
them
34 Duck’s woodwind
in “Peter and the
Wolf”
38 “Keep on keeping
on”?
43 Requirement
44 Gold reward from
a teacher
45 Halloween
exclamation
46 Founded: Abbr.
50 Stadium seating
level
52 Comedian’s
booking
55 “What goes
around comes
around”?
60 Big snake
62 Kind of leaf on
the Canadian flag
63 “To infinity and
beyond”?
65 Ring-shaped
island
66 Word before “life”
or “estate”
67 Chapter in history
68 Jeopardy
69 Flubs
70 Midweek abbr.
71 Cub Scout
groups
DOWN
1 Farm towers
2 How two hearts
might beat
3 Mongolian
warrior hidden
in “sergeant at
arms”
4 Cannabis strain
5 3.7, e.g., for a
student
6 1983 title role for
Barbra Streisand
7 Capital of Spain
8 Follow-up movie
9 DJ’s nighttime
workplace
10 Garlicky
mayonnaise
11 Coin collector?
13 Reindeer, by
another name
18 Actress Skye
19 U-turn from WNW
23 ___ your way to
the top
24 Bronte heroine
Jane
28 Delivery from
Santa
29 Dashed
30 Play for a fool
31 “See ya!”
33 AARP members:
Abbr.
35 Lobster shack
garment
36 Songwriter Yoko
37 Metaphorical
massage target
39 ___ to the Classic
Potato Chip
(Trader Joe’s
product)
40 Caesar’s question
to Brutus
41 Mast attachment
42 GPS display
47 Shows
disapproval
48 Nickname that
may drop “Valen”
49 M.D. who hosted
“Celebrity Rehab”
51 Like most horror
movies
52 Chitchat
53 Become
accustomed (to)
54 Crystal ball user
56 Close-knit group
57 Future fern
58 Fully committed
to a pot
59 ___ Fargo
61 Policy overseer
64 Pathetic
East Oregonian
A15
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2022 Supermoon Countdown
The Aquarius moon pulls a tightrope across the
sky from the Leo sun in anticipation of tomorrow’s
fullness. Those schooled in the various arts of life
know that working and playing with tension is the heart
of fascination. Don’t be afraid of the energy held in
things unsaid, the breathless waiting for a kiss or the
seconds counting down to the explosion.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). When volunteers are
needed, you’re in! An act of generosity will connect you
with fellow giving hearts. An auspicious relationship
will come out of this. Later, you’ll look back and realize
it was all because you raised your hand.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Social plans have
been on your mind. You’ll finally be motivated to really
make it happen. Spending time in the same room with
people you enjoy will be key to all kinds of health
including emotional, mental and physical.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The perfect response
has often popped to mind after the fact, sometimes
hours or even years later. That’s why today, when the
perfect response falls off the tip of your tongue, right
on the beat, it’s all the more satisfying.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The goodwill you’re
building will be there whenever you need it. But even
when you don’t need it, you constantly benefit from
the good vibes that have become a natural part of your
personal atmosphere.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Honesty is only the best
policy when it is also necessary and kind. The gracious
leave much unsaid. You’ve a talent for focusing
the conversation in a way that makes everyone feel
accepted.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Whether it’s more
sleep, different food or less stress, you’ll figure
out how raise your energy level so you can move
dynamically through the scene. This and more clarity
means a greater ability to attract what you want.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Counterintuitively,
displays of pride can signal a lack of self-confidence. The
truly confident don’t have to show off. You’ll feel a quiet
satisfaction in an outcome you created and absolutely no
drive to post about it on the internet.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There are those who will
say that you’re asking for too much just because it’s more
or different from what they would ask for. The only way
to know what’s possible is to try. Don’t let others impose
their worldviews on you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Even as you stand
in your truth, you are well aware there are many other
truths in the same situation. Respecting other people’s
point of view, you’ll be able to see more than those who
are stuck in one narrow line of sight.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When it comes to
happiness, humans can be poor predictors of what will
induce the state. Even so, you’ll defy the odds and choose
so well that your smile will become a more permanent
fixture of your face.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can balance a lot,
but not everything. What are you willing to cut? Once you
let a thing go, it will return to circulation, and someone
else will get it and be very happy for the acquisition.
You’re acting for the highest good.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll be the recipient of
surprising if not uncomfortable generosity. Will accepting
put you in their debt? Or is this a gesture to even a score?
Find out exactly what expectations are in play.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 10). Your new solar year
opens with the buzz of excitement in your personal life.
You’ll be a key player in a big event, and you’ll be in
constant action as you get ready for it. The muses favor
you with excellent ideas that you’ll sell most persuasively.
You’re always serving the other person, and yet you get
what you want. Scorpio and Libra adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 31, 28, 4, 15 and 19.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY MATHIS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11 Super Red Moon
The full moon in Aquarius was named the Sturgeon
Moon by those who fished the once-bountiful creature
for survival. Farther south, the August full moon is
called the Red Moon for the hue it cast through sultry
summer skies. This swollen omen marks the fourth and
final supermoon in a season of lunar largesse. May
your joy be big as the moon.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You don’t have to try to
be interesting; someone already finds you fascinating
as you react to the normal ups and downs of life.
Heightened emotions cause you to do something you
would not ordinarily do.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Too much introspection
is a bad investment of your energy and can thwart your
productivity. A lack of objectivity makes it impossible to
see your best move. Get feedback. Let other people be
your mirrors.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). In many ways you feel
blessed beyond reason, and yet there’s something more
you want. You may wonder if you have a right to it, but
that’s not the point. The real question is, are you willing
to do what it takes?
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Those who know you
trust you to get what’s funny about the situation. You’ll
feel their invisible winks. When you reconvene, you’ll
discuss deeper layers and laugh over your shared
knowledge of the inside story.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There’s a powerful intuition
alive in you, no doubt activated by your intention
to defend, support and uplift others. To that end, not
everything you’re moved to do is entirely logical, and
yet it will all serve your worthy purpose.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A sprinkle of uncertainty
will make life exciting. Too much of it will have the
opposite effect, exhausting your vital resources. Pay
attention to how you’re feeling and when it gets too
intense, flee to the safety of familiar comforts.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Sometimes you think you
aren’t a naturally patient person, but learning the habits of
patience will be the next best thing to actually embodying
the virtue. Today this will start with identifying the source
of your impatience.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You don’t dislike people,
it’s just that you don’t need anyone right now. When you’re
alone, you feel deliriously satisfied, able to amuse yourself
with very little -- a benefit of your fantastic imagination.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You will touch
someone’s heart with the compliment you offer. There
is a chance that the other person’s reaction won’t show
on their face. Your unexpected kindness will take time to
process.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You could be the
emotional support in a bad situation, but it’s far better to
put your attention on changing the situation so it’s fair
and balanced enough to support everyone who is in it. A
restructuring is in order.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You probably don’t
think you need contributions to launch the project of the
day, but giving people a chance to help will also give
them a purpose, a reason to bond, and the self-esteem
that comes from a giver’s high.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Since there are exciting
things going on for you, you cherish, and indeed require,
the space to process and recuperate. You’ll find peace in
humble, quiet scenes and be restored in stillness and
solitude.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 11). Location will be a
huge factor in business success, and it strongly affects
your personal life too. Your cosmic birthday gift is an
uncanny sense for finding the right place and time. You’ll
provide what people need; the more people you serve, the
more powerful you become. Finances are lifted giving you
new options. Taurus and Gemini adore you. Your lucky
numbers are: 7, 8, 12, 35 and 17.
Universal SUDOKU
SOLUTIONS