STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Thegods may be fickle. Somethingmay change in a flash that youthought was permanent. What you hear or read might not syncwith your perceptions. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Sidestep the sales pitch. Read the ads, weigh your options,but wait for a better day to ex-ercise your purchasing power. GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Sound judgment might be marred by wishful thinking. Afamily member might have thebest handle on a situation orgive you the best advice. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ex-citing events or unusual peoplemake you imagine that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. It only seems that way from a distance.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Never stand up for yourself in a rock-ing boat. Defend yourself with-out being on the defensive. This is a good time to hold on tight and cling to someone.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Youpossess the will power and de-termination to try somethingnew but first you must gather advice from your partners orpeers.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Avoidmaking major financial choicesor purchases as the results canbe unpredictable. Try to bemore dependable.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Youmight do anything for love butlove might not do anything foryou. What you want and whatyou need might not be the same things. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): You might find that it is justas exciting to spend time with family members as it is to meetsomeone new and different. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):By taking your time you cankeep your balance, solve prob-lems, regroup and enjoy har-mony. Avoid confrontations inpublic places.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):You might entertain the no-tion that new is better than old.Dont give up something youknow for a fact is rock solid for something that might entail aslippery slope.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Your attractive qualities are inthe limelight so your popularityis on the upswing. New friendscould enhance your reputationor upgrade your social status. IF OCTOBER 14 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: Popularity is yoursfor the taking throughout theupcoming four to five weeks. A new job might be easy to obtain and a new hookup could be the real deal but a brief separationcould also be in the stars. Waituntil the end of the year whenyour judgment is at its best tomake a final decision about keyrelationships. In December and early January accept whatev-er is offered at face value and have faith that the universe willprovide exactly what you need.There will likely be a perma-nent change for the better insome segment of your life. You will find more stability in yourcareer as well as relationshipsin January.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016

Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Learns

monkey-style 5 To the

point: L. 10 Slope

transportation 14 Syngman

of Korea 15 Capital on

the Nile 16 Pad or port

opener 17 007 movie 19 Relating to

the ear 20 Eng. honor 21 Rehan and

Maris 22 Honor

Thy Father author

24 Perfumery essence

26 Third Hebrew letter

27 Dove 30 Crony 33 Impish 36 Central part

of a church 37 Archibald of

basketball 38 Rigas river 39 Dead heat 40 Eyelashes 41 Grave 42 Trace of

color 43 Pizzazz 44 Greenish

sloths 45 Diminutive

hero of folklore

47 Figure of speech

49 Private eye 53 Violinist

Menuhin 55 Continental

money 57 Comic Philips 58 Author

Connell 59 Cigarette 62 Top-notch

63 Mercury and Saturn

64 Perrys penner

65 Beatty and Kelly

66 Smooth: Fr. 67 Corrida

cheers

DOWN 1 About

1% of the atmosphere

2 One who fears

3 Moray catcher

4 But, to Brutus

5 Sourish 6 Ivey or

Carvey

7 Fixes 8 Before,

before 9 Tenon holder 10 Wooden peg 11 Catechu 12 Mehemet and

Muhammad 13 Pilaf base 18 Singer Lola 23 Invoice abbr. 25 State a

belief 26 The Lord __

and the Lord taketh away

28 Before too long

29 Indistinct 31 Leaning

precariously 32 Rachels

sister

33 Icelandic saga

34 Half of CXIV 35 Straight

from the horses mouth

37 Mythical weeper

40 Merchants inducement

42 Currently of interest

45 Director Browning

46 Revolt

48 Ancient alphabet characters

50 __ S. Buck 51 Jaccuse

author Zola 52 Play parts 53 Birth a lamb 54 Bacchanalian

shout 55 Young newts 56 Transport

for ETs 60 Ajaccio

agreement 61 Modern: pref.

Answers to all of todays puzzles are on the comics pages. The New York Times crossword and the bridge column appear in the classifi eds. See A1 index for page number.

10/14/16

A DAILY CROSSWORD

PHOEBE & HER UNICORN

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HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

SUDOKU PUZZLEComplete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 boxcontains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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