STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You could be swimming in a vir-tual fog. Others may not clearlyunderstand your intentionsor you might not understandtheirs. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):There might not be time forpleasantries. If you meet some-one new it could be a case of the wrong person at the wrong time.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The smile doesn’t always reach the eyes. When you hear kind words but sense insincerity you could take offense. You might do better to work on your own.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Avoid being overly sensitive and short tempered with oth-ers as an unnecessary con-frontation could occur. Be magnanimous.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Although you would like to make chang-es quickly it is better to follow through on existing plans. Itmay be necessary to concede a point in someone’s favor.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Goodthings come to those who wait. Tightening up the purse stringsand waiting for better timing isa good idea if a big purchase islooming on the horizon.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Whenthe surface is murky it is dif-ficult to see what lies beneath. Conversations can strengthenthe bonds of affection if inac-curacy is avoided.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Keep moving forward. Avoiddistracting fantasies that drawyour energies in conflicting di-rections. Nostalgic ideas maygrow into an obsession.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Be organized rather thanfeeling like an outsider. You canbe practical about real-world matters but remain diplomaticwhen dealing with people.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Conflicts can lead to confusion.You may be surprised by some-one’s rebelliousness. Someone in the family could attack a sa-cred cow. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Worm your way into some-one’s heart. The earliest birdsget the best worms. If youhaven’t been an early bird late-ly, it’s time to start being one. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Big risks might bring big rewardsor just rock your boat. A majorchange to your financial plancould contain a downside thatyou may not enjoy.IF JULY 11 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY:During the upcoming four to five weeks your social lifemight be popping as casual ac-quaintances share their ideasand activities with you. Youwill be at a disadvantage if youpursue business projects or in-vestments in August and earlySeptember. Following a dreamand being inspired by the mostmundane occurrences may bethe keynotes of late Septemberand early October when a vaca-tion or weekend getaway couldbe enjoyable. In December andJanuary maintain a low profileand work diligently to avoid criticism. Next February is thebest time for making decisions.

MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 __ St. Vincent

Millay 5 Prepare to

advance on a fl y

10 Carried out 14 Type of tide 15 Vinegary:

pref. 16 To a distance 17 No longer

under suspicion

19 Former Spanish toehold in Africa

20 Global positioning fi g.

21 Glob ending? 22 “A Star

Is Born” director

24 Underlings 26 Create

colorful fashions

27 Not vigilant 30 Flap 33 Small

Christian symbol

36 Mr. Arafat 38 Clods 39 Hebrew letter 42 Land of Lot’s

descendants 43 Surmise 45 Food not

eaten 47 Fair

competition watchdog agcy.

48 Intermittently 51 Empty

boastful talk 53 Affected 57 Leak

stopper 59 Tempe sch. 61 Brit. fl yboys 62 Legal scholar

Guinier 63 Informally

66 Drugstore chain

67 Paavo the Flying Finn

68 Nastase of the nets

69 Summers in Provence

70 Cut dramatically

71 Pair

DOWN 1 Tautomeric

compounds 2 Skim, as soup 3 Can./U.S./

Mex. treaty 4 Suited for 5 Old Chinese

money 6 Molar

problem

7 Logical start?

8 Ideal place 9 More given to

dawdling 10 Milk

processor 11 When the

weather is wrong

12 One-billionth: pref.

13 Poet’s Ireland

18 Blows hard 23 Little

whirlpool 25 “Cabaret”

director 26 Of guardianship 28 Part of FSU 29 Hairstyling

product

31 Oblique: abbr. 32 Spheres 33 Hair style 34 Declaim

wildly 35 Unlikely event 37 Acid type 40 Functional

quill 41 Came down

with 44 British work

schedule 46 Fashion

magazine 49 Papal capes

50 Intermittently stopping and starting

52 Medleys 54 Without any

doubt 55 Rotgut rum 56 Rubbed out 57 Wild plum 58 River of NYC 59 24-hr. cash

conveniences 60 __-Tzu 64 Monk’s title 65 El __

Campeador

Answers to all of today’s 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.

7/11/16

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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