STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You prefer to be the center of atten-tion, but you will find greatersuccess as a team player. Some-one could offer you an oppor-tunity to show off your skills.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Tackle troubles by focusingon ways to achieve a compro-mise. Your personal ambitionsshould take a back seat to whatever is best for the group.GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Promises are packed with apunch. This is a good time tostrike a compromise, honor anagreement or call on someone who owes you a favor. CANCER (June 21-July 22):Power is produced by popular-ity. You yearn to expand yournetwork of friends, but if youlie down with dogs you mayend up with fleas. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You would like people to think youare devil-may-care, but you know the devil is in the details. You can follow a plan or read ablueprint.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):When you look at somethingyou may only see the blemish-es. However, when it comes to spending money you might beswept along in an enthusiasm.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Payattention to those who knowtheir stuff. Use their wise ad-vice to your advantage. Listencarefully as there is much to belearned. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Re-serve judgments as you keep extra cash on reserve. Your support of an inspirational idea might not receive a nod ofapproval. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Your inquisitiveness canhighlight your intelligence.People are flattered when you show interest in their opinionsand ask questions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):You may be irritated with a sit-uation but it is really much bet-ter than it appears. You couldcaptivate a special someone this evening.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Showing a willingness to coop-erate will bring conflicting fac-tions into line. Ideas harvestedfrom a new gadget might make key projects run smoothly.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):You may receive added atten-tion for creative group effortsor impressive ideas. Don’t besurprised if financial rewardsdon’t come home to roost.IF SEPTEMBER 26 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: You may feel like you are teacher’s pet during the upcoming five to six weeks.People appreciate your dili-gence and dedication to duty.You should enjoy favorable reviews and good fortune, so use this time to make crucialchanges and decisions. Rela-tionships resonate with trust and sincerity so bind an oldlove just a bit tighter or makea firm commitment to a newlove. Anything worth havingwill go easily, but if it is wrongfor you the way will be blocked. Your street smarts will help youmake profitable business andfinancial deals in November.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Social misfi ts 6 Lhasa __ 10 Ahem! 14 Native

Canadian 15 Silvers or

Harris 16 Tolkien

trees 17 Exchange

messages 19 Crackpot 20 Spanish

exclamation 21 “The Purple

People Eater” singer Wooley

22 Disapproving faces

24 “Fiesque” composer

26 Les Etats-__ 28 Playboy

honcho 29 Indonesian

arm of the Pacifi c

32 Guff 35 French

mustard 38 1994 Kurt

Russell movie

40 Roadwork situation

43 Cat on the prowl

44 Party to a lawsuit

46 Active folk 47 Aliens, briefl y 48 Montgomery

Clift fi lm 51 Alfonso’s aunt 53 Builder’s

offi ce 54 Korea/China

border river 58 Vividness 61 Cab tab 63 2nd-smallest

state 64 Legal claim 65 “Caribbean

Queen” singer 68 Jai follower?

69 Asp victim, briefl y

70 Granny 71 NYC cultural

attraction 72 Puts in a

lawn 73 Boulder

DOWN 1 Actor

Williamson 2 First name of

a plane? 3 Back-country 4 Compass pt. 5 Fr. holy

women 6 Tack on 7 Irrational

fears 8 Infraction of

the faithful

9 Automotive pioneer

10 Black tea 11 Weather

unit 12 Carrier plane

feature: abbr. 13 Tongue-

clicking sounds

18 Cold-shoulder 23 Ridiculous

pretence 25 Old Greek

coins 27 Fast jets:

abbr. 30 Scrambled

word 31 Put on the

feed bag 33 Cato’s way 34 Bus. staff

35 Ford’s running mate

36 Monogram ltr. 37 High-speed

high-altitude west-to-east wind

39 Great honor 41 Scot’s refusal 42 Concludes 45 Toyed (with) 49 Balbo and

Calvino 50 Selfsame 52 Region of

Asia Minor

55 Gland: pref. 56 Singer Rimes 57 Radii

neighbors 58 Happy

mollusk? 59 Hawaiian

seaport 60 Primary

letters 62 Untold

centuries 66 1969 Nobel

Peace Prize grp.

67 Hep dude

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.

9/26/16

A DAILY CROSSWORD

PHOEBE & HER UNICORN

ADAM@HOME

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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