STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You refuse to be seen as a slave to convention. You enjoy inde-pendence and no one owns you or your time. But when there isa job to be completed you arewilling to act like a team player.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Focus on people, not things.Gather a consensus of opin-ion before objecting if you feel you are being treated unfairly.Group think tanks may lead toa solution to a problem. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Youare much luckier and respectedthan you think. Your favoritecompanions love you just asyou are. There is someone inthe background rooting for your side of a debate.CANCER (June 21-July 22): Ex-press gratitude for what youhave. The very things that are the most challenging to handlecould be the basis of your suc-cess in the future.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Coopera-tion is more admirable and ac-ceptable than dictatorship. Youcan’t control anyone’s actions,but you can get by with a littlehelp from your friends. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Con-fidence is king. Remember theold song about the ant that car-ried the rubber tree. You toocan handle things much biggerthan you are. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Youdon’t need to use sign lan-guage. You may be under theimpression that an apology fellon deaf ears but the facts will prove that it has been accepted.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The signals you send might senda message that is the oppositeof what was intended. You willget further by concessions thanthrough obstinacy.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): You must build a firm foundation under your feet ifyou hope to hold up high stan-dards. Setting reasonable limitsdoes not need to create misun-derstandings or problems.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Counteract assertiveness andaggression with kindness. The very things that frustrate youcan be a springboard for ac-complishment in the future. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Watch your back. You mightencounter trouble in a close relationship through yourown actions but can kiss andmake up. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):You may be challenged by op-position to your desires. Takecharge of situations that are smoldering and put the fire outby being straightforward andhonest. IF MARCH 3 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: Put your best foot forward during the upcoming two to three weeks and it will hold open doors that lead to suc-cess. Late March and early Aprilis your best time for makingsound financial decisions or toindulge in romantic fantasiesby taking a trip or getting awayfor a weekend. If you have an ambition you can achieve it be-cause your dreams are conta-gious and others will be willingto help you.

THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Imitate 6 Gibbs of “The

Jeffersons” 11 French

dance 14 Writer Segal 15 “A Spy in

the House of Love” writer Nin

16 Mouths: L. 17 Animated

Disney classic

20 Jordan’s cash 21 Seeped 22 Gave

whole-hearted support to

26 Huff and puff 28 Mexican

annuals 29 Bell tower

bells 33 Tim of “The

Treasure of the Sierra Madre”

34 Beds down on a branch

36 Organic suffi x 37 Home

economist 40 Druggist’s

org. 41 Of bone 42 X-ray relatives 43 Double stars 45 Far out! 46 Feds 47 Get raspier 49 Kibbutz

resident, perhaps

52 Harsh cry 53 Plug with

holes 60 Paid athlete,

for short 61 Singer Petula 62 Lubricate

once more 63 Medico 64 Holy cow! 65 Disturbing

cries

DOWN 1 Blanc of

cartoons 2 Pension $ 3 Prefi x with

day or way 4 Frigid 5 Rubs the

wrong way 6 With insanity 7 Hardworking

insects 8 Cheerleader’s

word 9 False story 10 Surprise, and

then some 11 Husband

of Ruth 12 Weapon: Fr. 13 Kin of CHiPs 18 Whippoorwill

bill

19 Muslim unit of weight

22 Big namein stock brokers

23 Comic/actress Goldberg

24 Wildcatter 25 Pro __ (in

proportion) 26 Turkish

offi cial 27 Soviet

collective 29 Sheep

shelters 30 Dern and

Ashley 31 At the

scene 32 “Schindler’s

List” star

34 Perez of “White Men Can’t Jump”

35 More than occasionally

38 Ordinariness 39 One tenth of

an ephah 44 Gillette

blade 45 Table linen 47 Back-to-back

Oscar winner 48 Part of MYOB 49 “Ironside”

cops

50 Nautical starter?

51 Coll. hotshot 52 Olden times 54 Wallach of

“Baby Doll” 55 Tooth or

toothpaste topper

56 Corporate VIP 57 Drag 58 Olive

product 59 Kidnapped

author’s initials

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.

3/3/16

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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