STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Don’t throw in the towel. Dueto competition, your businessprospects may look gloomy. But as an orphan sang, the sunwill come out tomorrow! TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Remember to say thanks for the memories. Passing acts of generosity or kindness can con-tribute to a treasure trove ofgood will. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): It is all a case of perception vs. re-ception. Music can make youfeel more dynamic or simplyget on your nerves. Stay at-tuned to the atmosphere.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Don’t be content to just be an-other link in the chain. Restoreyour confidence by impressinga co-worker or hooking up with a new business contact. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Mix business with a little pleasure.Venus moving through yourzodiac sign may mean that ro-mantic adventures are in thestars. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Youcould become engrossed inambitious pursuits or research.You’ll still have time to indulgeyour taste for the best life can offer. A steamy bubble bath will wash away cares and give you time to think.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Re-freshments can come in a glass,a can, or be spiritual. A changeof pace at the workplace maysignal the start of projects thatinvolve your creative talents. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Others may have a positive in-fluence on your decisions. Itmight be true that you can only be young once, but you canalways be immature and naiveabout the facts of life. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Emulate “Old Faithful” and gush on cue. Old friendsand childhood buddies may beon your mind and appreciate acall. Your romantic yearningsand desires, if put into action,may prove rewarding.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Easygoing social graces can getthe message across better than subtle signals. This might be a good time to present yourbrightest ideas to business con-tacts and those who hold con-trasting beliefs.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Don’t be fooled by someone who displays a “Green Acres”mentality. Those laid-back good ’ol folks might have a trick or two up their sleeve. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Big plans cover a great deal of ter-ritory. It’s very easy to bite offmore than you can chew. Makea rough outline, but rememberthat the crucial details won’ttake care of themselves.IF SEPTEMBER 29 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: Be on the lookout for blessings that could perma-nently brighten your life be-tween now and the end of Oc-tober. Have faith that whateverknocks on your door will createa cornucopia of happiness. Cur-rently you’re in love with theidea of love and may not looktoo closely at the problems thatmay arrive from the past.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Taking off 6 Former

German arms maker

11 Reunion grp. 14 Three-player

card game 15 Video-game

name 16 Floral wreath 17 West Coast

piece of Canada

20 CSI evidence 21 Grayish violet

shades 22 High on

drugs 26 Half of MXII 28 San Fran-

cisco tower 29 Fla. State

players 30 Sporty

Mazda 32 Hwys. 33 Violinist

Leopold 34 Belief in

an ancient Semitic god

36 $1,000 honoree

41 Constituent of RNA

42 62 43 Wander

aimlessly 46 Charles Ca-

mille Saint-__ 47 Guy 48 Do of the

’60s 50 Small barrel 51 Views again 52 Celestial 54 Squirmy

catch 55 Warsaw 62 Hasten 63 Silvery food

fi sh 64 Stupor: pref. 65 GI’s garb 66 Site of the

fi rst use of

poison gas 67 Toys with

strings

DOWN 1 State off. 2 Tumor: suff. 3 Abdul Aziz __

Saud 4 AEC’s re-

placement 5 Crystal-fi lled

rocks 6 Polynesian

beverage 7 66 or A1A,

e.g. 8 Fmr. Mideast

alliance 9 Uncivilized 10 Tuscany city 11 Vanilla or

spearmint,

e.g. 12 Virgil’s epic

saga 13 Central parts 18 Sturm __

Drang 19 Jean-__

Godard 22 Unexpected

diffi culty 23 Junket 24 Imitation

butter 25 Emperor

before Trajan 26 Using a

rotary phone 27 1950s rocker

Ritchie 30 “The

Avengers” star Patrick

31 Enzyme: suff.

34 Start off again

35 Fr. titles for girls

37 Co. founded by H. Ross Perot

38 Car shaft 39 Sudan’s river 40 Portuguese

explorer 43 Argentine

cowboy 44 Scared stiff 45 Hangs in

loose folds

47 Grave crime 49 Sailors’ grp. 51 Elected off. 53 Teensy 54 Small newts 56 Celtic

Neptune 57 Zany Olsen 58 Man from

Vientiane 59 Back of

station? 60 Letters

for a drill instructor

61 Coifs

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.

9/29/15

A DAILY CROSSWORD

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SUDOKU PUZZLEComplete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 boxcontains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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