STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Someone may confuse you bybeing vague. Your penchant forcomplex ideas might subtly af-fect your ability to deal withothers on equal footing.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Like an ostrich you may refuseto face an issue. To combat worries, find ways to becomemore disciplined about your work and routines.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The facts may be altered by yourimagination. If you absorb asteady diet of unpleasant newsfeeds it could seem that dangerlurks behind every door.CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ge-nius is gregarious. You shouldseek out like-minded com-panions and group settings topromote mutual benefits. Gen-erously share your brillianceand knowledge with the less fortunate.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Discuss problems without hurting any-one’s feelings. If you hope to make a convincing presenta-tion, of any type, this is a goodtime to sit down and work outthe details while logic rules.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Sym-pathy for the underdog can undermine your efforts. If youare overly compassionate youare less likely to compete suc-cessfully in the backstabbingbusiness world.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Charm your way to the top in the workplace. It is in yourbest interests to make a con-scious commitment to cooper-ate rather than compete with others. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Un-tangle a web of confusion thathas surrounded the facts. Fightoff attempts to pressure youinto making irrevocable deci-sions based on unverified in-formation.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): The more answers you seek the more questions youmay find. The facts may be obscured and you can’t cut through the fog. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):You might feel pressured to make your goals a reality. Thisis a good day to think throughproblems and lay out a plan ofaction. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):You may end up spinning yourwheels if you allow people toappeal to your sympathies. Youwill have better results if youtake the lead and initiate dy-namic action yourself.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Fora few hours there is a tendencyto be misled by intuitions. Keepyour money in your pocket andyour heart rolled up in yoursleeve.IF SEPTEMBER 27 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: You can benefit from someone’s generosity or ask for favors and support dur-ing the upcoming five to sixweeks. Although you could rest on your laurels don’t ignore anopportunity as it may bring am-ple rewards. You may receive an unexpected chance to makehuge improvements in your life or have the urge to makea love relationship permanent.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Stand up 5 God of the

Canaanites 11 Gist 14 Italian region 15 Lined up 16 Worldwide

workers’ grp. 17 Your legs 19 Wildebeest 20 Has a feeling 21 Part of USSR 22 Aga __ III 23 Involved

in a work stoppage

25 Wielded a blue pencil

27 Latin handle 28 Fantasy 29 Art print:

abbr. 32 Racket 34 Gallery

draw 37 “The

Sweetheart of Sigma __”

38 Mrs. Peel’s partner

40 Canape topper

41 Tampa sch. 42 Jezebel’s

husband et al.

43 Emailed 44 New

Testament book

46 Leader for a while?

49 Big name in stock brokers

51 Shadlike fi sh 55 Below, asea 56 Still and __ 58 Tomorrow, in

Tijuana 59 Elongated

fi sh 60 Land in

“Gulliver’s Travels”

62 Morning hrs.

63 Superior of a convent

64 Noun-form-ing suffi x

65 180 degrees from NNW

66 Balance-sheet items

67 Squealers

DOWN 1 Calf catcher 2 Deathly pale 3 Laurel and

Musial 4 Fonda fi lm,

with “The” 5 Wife 6 Switch

settings 7 Backslide 8 Last of a

switch?

9 Talk 10 Rte. 11 Bad dream 12 Bones in

arms 13 Tied up 18 “Smoke

Gets in Your Eyes” guy

22 Hyundai rival 24 Jayhawks 26 Instrument

of title 28 Vin of

movies 29 Old French

coin 30 British med.

providers 31 Something

to be ac-cepted uncritically

33 N.Y. gam-bling parlor

35 Gadgeteer Popeil

36 Vietnamese holiday

38 __ Hari 39 Baseball

brouhahas 43 Cocktail

choice 45 Socialist

grp. 47 Negligent 48 Aquatic

bird

49 Heroic tales

50 Littlenecks, e.g.

51 Playwright Edward

52 Pat’s partner 53 Put on,

as a play 54 Wise men 57 Lofting

shots 60 Lamb’s

lament 61 Spring

forward syst.

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.

9/27/16

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.

DAILY JUMBLE