STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you walk to the beat of a differ-ent drummer you may get outof step with others. There is a tendency to suffer misunder-standings with loved ones andto lose faith in true friends.TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Beconsoled by kindness. Your de-voted attention will reassure asignificant other that you aresomeone who can be trusted.Share loving thoughts.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): De-cisions made in haste are re-pented at leisure. If you hope to preserve the harmony you must be willing to listen to ex-planations.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Change the storyline rather than the players. A breakup now could cause hard feelingsso don’t let sensitive feelings get in your way.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Onlytime will tell. You are inclinedto give someone the benefit of the doubt but maybe this isbecause you want to be liked.It might be wise to wait and seeif your generosity is deserved.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Robin made his mark thanksto Batman. Pairing up with cer-tain people could put you in anenviable position. Take stepsto prove your trustworthiness.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A breakdown of barriers will be brief. A relationship meant tolast will grow even if it changes.Listen to those who have yourbest interest at heart.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Sidestep a situation that canresult in hurt feelings or cost-ly mix-ups. Something that makes sense from a finan-cial viewpoint might disruptyour day.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): It may be tempting to makechanges but you won’t neces-sarily be glad you did. Don’tbegin or end anything of great importance on a mere whim.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Recognize what you can con-trol and what you can’t. Givingin with good grace when youhave no control over circum-stances may be beneficial. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Fight off misgivings. Trust thata significant other or businesspartner will do the right thing.Avoid making major spur-of-the-moment purchases.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):You might be restless to make changes. That restlessness maymake you choose unwisely or make a change for the sake ofchange. IF SEPTEMBER 29 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: You may be given a chance to prove your worthor find that your circumstancesimprove throughout the nextsix to eight weeks. You can be seen as a leader and enjoy suc-cess if you apply good judg-ment to your most crucial deci-sions rather than following thecrowd. Your romantic sensitiv-ity is at a peak in November soyou could enjoy a vacation orintimate interlude. In Januaryyour financial skills and busi-ness instincts are far greater than that of your competitors.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Psychological

distress 6 Beam 9 Jack up 14 In what

place? 15 Cold cubes 16 Indian

bread? 17 “Your Song”

singer 19 Lively

aquatic mammal

20 Shopper’s bag 21 Pictures in

pictures 22 Benefi ts 26 Neil Simon’s

nickname 27 Stag’s mate 28 Soup

dispensers 29 Solemn vows 31 Milk

dispenser? 32 “A Way in the

World” writer 36 Temperate 37 Lamb

and ham 38 Religious

observance 39 Culture

Club’s front man

41 “Beau __” 42 Omit in

pronunciation 43 Undercoat

material 44 Continental

NASA equivalent

47 Open-scan med. procedure

48 Geese guys 49 Give a new

score to 51 Howard

brothers’ partner

52 Harshness 53 1989 Jane

Fonda movie

58 Threatened layer of the Earth

59 Crimson or scarlet, e.g.

60 French wave?

61 Actress Zellweger

62 Reddish-brown

63 Long strider

DOWN 1 Reverent

wonder 2 Avalanche

org. 3 Obtain 4 Sign of a

Broadway hit 5 More billowy 6 Uprisings

7 Aleve target

8 Yearning 9 Branches of

the trachea 10 Inning

divisions 11 Expressed a

preference 12 Look after 13 Short and

direct 18 Tiny bits 21 Tiny bits 22 Perpendicular 23 Shortwave,

for one 24 In a

curious way 25 Grow

feathers 26 Poet

Alighieri

29 Missouri tributary

30 Facing pages

32 “La Traviata” composer

33 Passageway 34 Say 35 Ogles 37 Watered

silk 40 Garden

shade, perhaps

41 Broad-based 43 Trilled

44 Blunder 45 Capture 46 Inert

gaseous element

48 Lightheaded 50 Top-fl ight 51 Fido’s bane 53 Eye,

poetically 54 Words of

commitment 55 Small bite 56 Willickers! 57 “Flags of __

Fathers”

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.

9/29/16

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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