STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Acasual acquaintance may sharea common background or po-litical view. Your significant other may be completely awareof your mood and filled withideas for fun tonight.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Conquer an adversary withkindness. Turn your oppo-nents into lifelong friends bysharing your plans and beingcompletely frank and above-board. GEMINI (May 21-June 20):You should not judge a personby one event or one episode. There is a fading tendency tomisinterpret one small sampleas an indicator of the completepicture. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Con-sider whether you and another person are linked by destinyor by necessity and a sense ofduty. Withstand any impulsiveurge to make a sudden changein a relationship.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If youare in too much of a hurry youmight make silly and avoidablemistakes. Maybe you have built a dam that holds you back fromexpressing your emotions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your physical attractiveness can beused to an advantage. Some-one from your past could comeback to haunt you but you canquickly make reparations or re-ceive forgiveness.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This weekend people might thinkyou are more attractive, accom-plished, and desirable than youreally are so enjoy the attentionyou receive while it lasts.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Breathe a sigh of relief. Youmay be concerned because you have spent more than neces-sary. Your worries shouldevaporate quickly. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Keep your tie knotted and your shoes on under the desk.You may be popular in publicor could have some exciting times at the workplace.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Don’t get sidetracked by pet-ty disputes or act on suddenwhims. Investigating an im-pressive technological advancemay require more work than itis worth.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Like sands through the hour-glass money can quickly passthrough your hands. Spendonly if necessary or you mayregret not having the resourcesyou need later in the week.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Your lack of conventionality might be the thing that makes you seem like a genius. If youlove basking in the limelight this may be your time to shine.IF APRIL 15 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: You can achieve your dreams if you are willing towork hard between now andJune and follow your inspira-tions. Your business acumen is in top condition and you canmake smart choices for your financial future. August is thebest month for crucial planningsessions, making important de-cisions, or receiving fortunateopportunities.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Shelter for

strays 5 Letter-

clarifi cation words

9 Put on the feedbag

14 Paper eulogy 15 Pablo’s

house 16 Asinine 17 High-energy

studies 20 Word with

riche or cuisine

21 Motel room, e.g.

22 New GI 25 Literary

monogram 26 P. Lorre

movie role 28 Lobster

claws 30 Keep from

littering? 32 Saul’s uncle 33 Sorvino of

“Mighty Aphrodite”

34 Reveal oneself

36 Virgin birth 42 Diner

patrons 43 Puerto __ 44 Author

LeShan 47 “__ Darn Cat” 48 One infl icting

heavy blows 50 Pay attention 52 Unit of

electrical resistance

53 Tony-winner Hagen

54 High: pref. 55 Tedious 59 Special

qualities 64 No longer

fresh 65 Fake out 66 Opera song

67 Sniggling sort

68 Consenting votes

69 Gentlewoman

DOWN 1 Apply bread

to gravy 2 Kin of PAL 3 Geometric fi g. 4 Bus. letter

directive 5 Point a

fi nger at 6 Healing

ointment 7 Understanding

words 8 Asian

vegetable 9 Handyman

section

10 Concisely, briefl y

11 Make up ground

12 Stir up 13 Greek adviser

at Troy 18 Sorority

letter 19 Merciful 22 Sgt. Preston’s

crew 23 Mint family

plant 24 Hawaii,

before ’59 27 Distance

runner Jim 29 Passed on 30 Gamer 31 Tent stakes 34 Draft rating 35 Actress Gilpin

37 Abominate 38 Racial 39 In ___ (where

found) 40 Tracy

Marrow on stage

41 Carolina rail 44 Pass by 45 Make wider 46 Stellar 48 Beaches 49 Start of

the 3rd millennium

51 Name

52 Honshu seaport

56 Mr. Vallee 57 “Twittering

Machine” artist

58 List-ending abbr.

60 Comparative suffi x

61 Portfolio letters?

62 End of Ramadan

63 Express using one’s voice

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.

4/15/16

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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