STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):You have the bit of drive andambition firmly between yourteeth. Making new contacts will smooth the way. It is whatkeeps you happy and content that is of most importance.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Necessary purchases you haveavoided may require attention.If spending money gives youpleasure then whatever you buy will be worth more than dollars.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Dis-play friendliness if you want tomake friends. You may not finda romantic partner under thesestars but you could meet some-one who will become a lifelong friend or mentor.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Someone will appreciate yoursincere intentions even if thereis a tendency to analyze anddissect your reasons for puttingemphasis on your reliability.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may act first and think later. Underthese stars two heads are better than one, especially when con-sidering ways to invest your resources.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Youmay want to understand themotivations of those who makeinquiries about your private matters. It isn’t the answer, but the reason the question isasked that is significant.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):Friends, groups, and social cir-cles might dominate your per-sonal plans. Someone might not give you as much attentionas you would like.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Some situations develop at their own pace. You might notbe able to force a project intobeing or see it through to com-pletion as planned. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Errors provide valuablelessons but shouldn’t paralyzeyou with fear. Save family de-cisions for a time when youwon’t hesitate to be bold.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):You can think for yourself ina group. Observe group tradi-tions and obey the social cus-toms by saying, “please,” and“thank you.” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Logic should be a vehicle forpractical decisions, but notyour master. Focus on makingfriendly overtures and widen-ing your network of friends. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If you are too bold or careless you can make a mistake, but if you are too timid or fear making amistake you might end up go-ing nowhere.IF MAY 26 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: People may think you arefriendly so they want to be-come your friend during thenext four to six weeks. Makenew connections as they will help you achieve powerful ambitions as the next severalmonths unfold. Be seen as a successful business person or use your “street smarts” in lu-crative ways in June. Your pas-sion for material success will be a guiding force in August, soanything you begin will haveyour unwavering attention.

THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 City in the

San Joaquin Valley

7 Regal inits. 10 Ride the

wind 14 Baggage

porter 15 Wide shoe

width 16 Expressions of

wonderment 17 Relaxing 18 Unit of elec. 19 Trailing the

fi eld 20 Plant outing 23 Winglike

parts 24 City near

Leipzig 25 Kind of

soldier or hat?

28 ’60s radicals 29 Mighty long

time 30 Letters on

Cardinal caps 31 __ du Diable 32 Dispatched

biblical-style 34 Inexact 36 Retirement

party, perhaps

41 Grownup 42 Male red deer 43 Louse-to-be 44 Pseudo-

science 47 “The Bridge

of San Luis __”

48 Commander of the ETO

51 Literature snippets

52 Exercises authority

54 Tidy 55 Expense

account deduction

58 Titles for brothers

60 Fauna display 61 Use a cut

medication 62 Marshes 63 Teacher of

Samuel 64 Writer Waugh 65 Jewish month 66 But for Brutus 67 Pull out from

an agreement

DOWN 1 Noisy quarrel 2 Passed, as

gossip 3 Botanical

swellings 4 Land’s end? 5 Astronauts’

grp. 6 Former U.S.

policy

7 Dilapidated vehicles

8 Negligent 9 Cool dude 10 Unaccompanied

performances 11 Work done

jointly 12 Hesitant

sounds 13 Hrs. of

summer 21 Gossip 22 Something

without legal validity

26 Singer DeLange

27 “... __ the twain shall meet”

29 Ham actors

32 1-of-a-kind 33 Numerical

ending 35 Start-up

buttons 36 Water-to-wine

locale 37 Asgard ruler 38 Swedish

turnip 39 Brings in 40 More

formal 45 Captures 46 Flour of the

southwest

48 Alaska’s __ National Park

49 Metrical unit 50 Sweet-smell-

ing gas 53 Terrestrial

sphere 54 Life-drawing

subjects 56 Cold War

initials 57 Like a lot 58 J. Edgar

Hoover’s org. 59 Scheider or

Rogers

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.

5/26/16

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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