STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Chemical attraction may pro-vide the initial ignition in a re-lationship but mutual commit-ment to an ideal binds couplestogether like cement.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Kick the can on down the road. Your happy-go-lucky spirit ishappier and luckier than usual.At the same time you mighthave wisdom to light the way.GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Avoid crossed signals to stayout of the crosshairs. You mayfind yourself the recipient ofconflicting information. This isa good time to make long-range financial arrangements.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Love them but never, everleave them. Romantic fanta-sies might become real. You may connect with someone on a deep and lasting level. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Follow invigorating inspirations. Youcan have faith that your financ-es will flourish from a job welldone. Take into considerationthe source before accepting in-formation at face value. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Friends might turn into lovers.Amorous activities might be inthe stars for happy lovebirdswho share a roost. Put roman-tic togetherness at the top ofyour “to do” list.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Race with grace in the workplace.You can find common groundwith competitors. People mayoffer you some business leadsor appreciate your ideas. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Bring the telescope to your eye and look into the future. If youfocus on a distant, but signifi-cant, goal you will receive theadvice and support necessaryto achieve it.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Find comfort in comfort foods. Conversations could beconfusing and emotional tur-moil might seem endless. TheFull Moon might bring somerelationship issues to a head.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):A dream or inspiration can be-come a carrot on a stick. Fol-lowing through on your mostgrandiose ideas can lead to ac-complishment.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Understanding and coopera-tion are in the air so it is anideal time to make a deal or setthings right with an importantsomeone.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Your sympathetic and kindlydemeanor may attract morethan one admirer. Don’t let all this admiration go to yourhead. IF JUNE 20 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: You are somewhat gull-ible and prone to wishful think-ing during the upcoming fourto six weeks. You must gather friends and allies together andask for advice if faced with amajor decision, especially a new romance. You may expect plenty of opportunities for apermanent improvement insome sector of your life duringAugust and September. A vaca-tion might be just what youneed.

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Paint a word

picture 5 “Peace”

salutation 11 Can in

Wolver-hampton

14 Start of an invention

15 Cochise or Geronimo, e.g.

16 Lennon’s wife 17 Spirea 19 Scot’s cap 20 Ancient

fertility goddess

21 “The Bar-tered Bride” composer

23 Head honcho

25 Lubricated 26 Sound

qualities 30 Routine

assignment 33 Pension $$ 34 One of the

Society Islands

36 Baby billy 39 Breath

freshener 42 Letters of

distress 43 Has

intentions 44 Fruit cocktail

brand 45 Toy-car

sound effect 46 Planter 47 Seat at the

saloon 50 Lose one’s

cool 53 Venezuelan

river 56 Dancer

Duncan 61 Low-lying

wetland 62 Piece of

brittle

64 Squid’s defense

65 Lure 66 Even off 67 Pitches

in print 68 Sonnet

ending 69 Cravings

DOWN 1 Pale green

bean 2 Fateful

day in the Forum

3 Lion’s fare 4 Nothing in

Spanish 5 Took care of 6 Vaulted

recesses 7 Jurisprudence

8 Opening day pitchers

9 Bid for attention

10 Skyrocketing 11 Sum 12 Lacking sense 13 Perpetual

traveler 18 Eyeballs,

in poems 22 Draw 24 Splits 26 Pointed ends 27 Popular cookie 28 Takes a siesta 29 2nd sight 31 Helpful

information 32 Preminger or

Klemperer 34 Musical

group

35 Bullets, shells, etc.

36 Have the answers

37 Indolent 38 Color changer 40 Places for rings 41 Commotion 45 Wernher __

Braun 46 Roman baths,

today 47 Capital of

Bulgaria 48 General

tendency

49 Piggish comments

51 Bridget to Jane Fonda

52 Up to now 54 Punishment

stick 55 Table scraps 57 Obligation 58 Scary

monster 59 What to be

right as? 60 Equips for

battle 63 Set on fi re

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.

6/20/16

A DAILY CROSSWORD

PHOEBE & HER UNICORN

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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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