STAR SIGNS

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19): If you’ve hit a dead end, turn around. A project may have lost steam or you may be suf-fering from a temporary cre-ative block. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20):Look before you leap. Don’tplunge into a social situationwithout first gauging the gen-eral mood or you could risk coming off like you’re tellingjokes at a funeral. GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Check sources. The informa-tion you receive and what isactually going on could be twodifferent things. For the nextday or two, make sure to verify all facts before going forward.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Money isn’t everything. How-ever, having more cash comingin than going out isn’t a badthing at all. You might boost your self-esteem by purchasingsomething for yourself.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Bend,but don’t break. You may needto be flexible when interactingwith certain people but makesure they are giving a littleground as well. Keep your sup-porters happy.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Don’t beat around the bush. Say ex-actly what you mean and givedefinitive answers when ques-tioned to prevent any miscom-munications or confusion. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.): The best things in life are free. However, spending beyondthe budget can create frictionwith a loved one where joint finances are concerned. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Don’t try to swim in choppy seas. It may not be in your bestinterests to start something new when the overall outlook is unsettled. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): You can’t always get whatyou want. While your carefree attitude may have you long-ing to just have fun, it’s pre-cisely that attitude that makesyou the perfect mediator for disputes. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Go with the flow. Go along with the program for the time beingand at the same time you maybe noticing areas that requirechange or improvement. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Raising the bar will make youhave to jump that much higher.Beware of being too boastful or confident that you inadver-tently set unattainable or ex-tremely difficult goals. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): No-body’s perfect. Working underthe impression that you cannotmake the slightest error putsyourself under tremendouspressure. IF DECEMBER 2 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: You may appear toothers as hardworking and de-termined to succeed during thenext three to four weeks. Your ambitions could be on the risethroughout the winter months,but this is a time to learn andgather experience, not a timeto start new projects. Those in authority could keep a watch-ful eye on your activities. Takecare of your health.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Goddess of

wisdom 7 Country

singer McEntire

11 New York baseball player

14 Closed up 15 Smeltery

piles 16 Larter of

“Heroes” 17 Start of a

quote by Yogi Berra

19 Quayle or Marino

20 Humanoid posture

21 Fussy self-righteous person

22 Feldon of “Get Smart”

27 Construction hoist

28 M. Pascal 29 Skedaddled 32 Expenses 33 Saying 34 Part 2 of

quote 39 Do up laces 40 “Beloved”

actress Winfrey

42 Itemized 46 Extinct

zebra 47 Brookner or

Baker 48 Cowardly 49 Slangy

denial 50 Dramatist

Edward 53 Edit out 54 End of

quote 60 Freudian

self 61 Nursing a

grudge 62 Pick 63 That girl

64 Biting insect 65 Church song

book

DOWN 1 Residue 2 Darjeeling,

for one 3 Holbrook or

Roach 4 Reindeer

tender, maybe

5 Circus safeguard

6 Stick 7 Actor’s part 8 Stoltz of

“Mask” 9 Red

vegetable 10 Beast of

burden

11 East Indian seaport

12 Julia’s role on “Seinfeld”

13 Affected slightly

18 Big Band, for one

21 Paid sportsman

22 “Fawlty Towers” network

23 Heaps 24 Measles’

symptom 25 Quick meal 26 Ancient

empire on the Tigris

27 Salon fi nish

29 Legitimate

30 Wheel connector

31 Woody’s ex 33 Dole (out) 35 Part of AT&T 36 Milky stone 37 Push for

something 38 Puts a label on 41 Laughter

sounds 42 Waltz and

fox trot 43 Stop, already! 44 Step with

caution

45 Gobbled up 46 Slake 48 Wow! 50 Very long

time period 51 Actress Flynn

Boyle 52 Writer Harte 54 NYC arena 55 Your, of yore 56 Cowboy Mix 57 Director/ac-

tor Howard 58 1996 Olym-

pics host 59 Snakelike fi sh

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.

12/2/15

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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