STAR SIGNS

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr. 19): Don’t make assumptions. You shouldn’t expect everyone to share your enthusiasm fora project or task as they mayhave their own agendas to wor-ry about. TAURUS (Apr. 20-May 20): You may find that it is far easierto avoid a particular problemrather than facing it. Be clearwhen dealing with others as a straightforward approach willavoid misunderstandings.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Youcan’t put out a fire with gaso-line. Keep your wits about youat all times as a lack of good judgment could make a badsituation worse. CANCER (June 21-July 22):Daydreams may be a nice wayto pass the time but it is cold,hard reality that pays the bills.Make room under your budgetcap by cutting out nonessentialpurchases.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t be-lieve everything that you hear. Be skeptical about what some-one tells you until informationis verified by two or more unre-lated sources. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Find your comfort zone. You maydiscover that some activitiesare far more appealing than others. Gravitate toward what-ever holds your interest. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22.): Play-ing the sympathy card is a cop-out. Telling a tale of woe canget others on your side by mak-ing them feel sorry for you butit’s beneath you to do it. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Tellit like it is. There’s no need to be evasive or embellish the truth to achieve your ends.Giving solid facts will work justas well. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Go through the motions. You should do what is askedof you and honor existingcommitments and responsibili-ties but avoid taking your owninitiatives. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Rolling the dice where your hard-earned cash is concernedcould yield more risk than re-ward. Make the safest bet by concentrating on adding to your savings.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Friends understand you andyour quirks and are likely to letyou get away with some off-hand comments, but a strangerwill not. PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar. 20): The surest way to drive in a nail isto hit it with a hammer. Avoidthe urge to be delicate or tact-ful regarding a situation whenbeing blunt and direct servesyou better. IF APRIL 5 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY:“Early to bed and early to risemakes a man healthy, wealthyand wise,” should be your mot-to during the next two to threeweeks. Self-discipline and at-tention to duty will give yougreatest satisfaction. You canattract good luck and oppor-tunities in June, but these arewell deserved and due to your own efforts. This is a good time to make crucial decisions or toask for professional advice.

TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Tartan topper 4 Dot-com

letters 9 Discompose 14 Thurman of

“Pulp Fiction” 15 Mediterra-

nean island 16 Composer

Blake 17 Hit by

the Four Seasons

20 TV’s Mr. Grant

21 Piano-violin piece, e.g.

22 Pillow cover 23 Calendar

abbr. 26 __ del Fuego 30 Low tracts 33 Paint

additive 34 Dined 37 One making

amends 39 Involved in 40 “Mary

Poppins” extras

43 Sci-fi award 44 Go by again 45 Shad delicacy 46 Signs of

what’s to come

48 Turned-down corner

50 Conan or Pat 52 Holiday in

Hanoi 53 Fairy-tale

baddie 57 William How-

ard or Robert 59 Propelled a

shell 60 Quality of

being deliberately unhelpful

66 Mother-of-pearl

67 Reef base 68 __ the line

69 Umbel family plant

70 Theater focal point

71 Hole puncher

DOWN 1 Big brass 2 Pennsylvania

Anabaptists 3 __ cum laude 4 Bahrain ruler 5 Do damage to 6 Every last one 7 “__ a Wonder-

ful World” 8 “Shane” star 9 Epic by Virgil 10 Brown-nose 11 Easy letters? 12 Letter starter 13 Informal

greeting

18 Birthstones 19 Not in the

running 23 Grade-B

western 24 Supplied

to excess 25 $10 27 Even more

mature 28 Fashionably

old-fashioned 29 Cropped up 31 Pale-faced 32 Waste matter 34 Allergy-

season sound

35 Opposable digit

36 Trevanian novel, “The __ Sanction”

38 Turn counter back to zero

41 Computer screens

42 NASA’s ISS partner

47 Navy con-struction worker

49 Reddish brown horse

51 Giants and Titans org.

54 Ms. Garbo 55 Plant new

seeds

56 Short-lived Ford

58 Nervous twitches

59 Feast the eyes on

60 Genetic letters

61 Writer Fleming 62 H.S. class 63 Came

down with 64 Nest-egg

letters 65 Scold

constantly

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.

4/5/16

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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