STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Use someone as a mirror. If you interact with people who care-fully consider their moves youwill see that by comparison youtend to jump the gun.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):What you want seems to be justout of reach. Enjoy a carefreelunch with friends or a quickshopping expedition to escapefrom personal pressures. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): One for all and all for one. Concen-trate on group activities andbeing part of a dynamic teameven if participating turns outto be costly. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You could be riveted on a businessor financial situation. The prob-lem is that you could break thebank going forward with whatyou envision.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Maintain your composure. You may bethrown into contact with am-bitious people who say or dothings with the intention of dominating a situation. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If youcling to something too tightlyyou may strangle it. You mightinsist on having whatever youwant or on keeping somethingof value all to yourself.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The force is with you but you aren’tquite in step with the force. You could clash with a familymember or feel that your au-thority over a sensitive matteris challenged. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):There is no place like home for clear thinking and support.You could feel that someone is trying to play mind gameseven though the other person is merely trying to be logical.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): You may turn on the charmat a chancy moment. The emo-tional reserve needed for an objective business transactionmay clash with your social am-bitions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):You could be gripped by adesire to act recklessly whenmoney and power are at stake.Avoid making major decisionsduring the next few days.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Be safe rather than sorry. Some-one could be forceful or ma-nipulative which causes you to consider making a drasticchange in the relationship. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):This is a good time to practice what you preach. Charm peo-ple with a desirable philoso-phy and keep disputes at arm’slength.IF OCTOBER 5 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: Good vibrations are yoursto enjoy throughout the up-coming six to eight weeks. Youare most likely to be success-ful at any project, resolutionor plan that is launched duringthis time and can expect im-provements of some kind in some area of your life. Late Oc-tober or early November is the best time to sign on the dottedline or to make an importantpromise. Your romantic side isin full flower at the end of theyear, so it is an excellent time for a romantic outing.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Do damage to 4 Repeat

oneself 11 Isl. of

Australia 14 Islands of

Indonesia 15 Neighbor

of Ethiopia 16 End of

schnozz? 17 Start of a

quote by Mel Brooks

19 Horse morsel 20 Away from

the mouth 21 King or mode

lead-in 22 ABA member 23 Generosity 25 Part 2 of

quote 27 Parallel to 29 Divisions of

geological time

30 Cable chan-nel’s letters

33 Japanese ship name

35 Motile organic cell

38 Director Spike

39 Part 3 of quote

41 Tom of oaters

42 Actor Reeves 44 Jamaican

fruit 45 Eye in

Provence 46 For certain 48 Viola da __

(bass viol) 50 Part 4 of

quote 53 Some cricket

pitches 57 Holy water

holder 58 Car license

plate 60 Pin to a wall

61 Canadian prov.

62 End of quote 64 Above,

in an ode 65 Apply a sec-

ond coating 66 Explorer

Johnson 67 Give it a go 68 Forced out

violently 69 Beatles song,

“__ Blues”

DOWN 1 Taj __ 2 Island in the

Antilles 3 Scuttlebutt 4 Lebanon

neighbor 5 Arduous

6 Ambulance initials

7 Hindu title 8 “Be-Bop-__” 9 Herbal

beverage 10 Chow down 11 Delicious 12 Winged 13 Lascivious one 18 Liver or

kidney 22 Chemical

chart fi g. 24 Chaotic

botch 26 Slimy stuff 28 Shorthand

system 30 Antlered

creature 31 Bishopric 32 Rustic class

34 Remove a twist

36 Sundial hour 37 540 in letters 39 Dagnabbit! 40 Polish

with wax 43 When Paris

needs its lights

45 Funny Jack of Hollywood

47 Hollywood swimmer Williams

49 Challenged

50 Walking 51 One who’s

done for 52 South Korean

city 54 __ “Crazy

Legs” Hirsch 55 Ballet __ of

Monte Carlo 56 Simple

weapon 59 Swallow

greedily 62 Italian three 63 Rebellion

leader Turner

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.

10/5/16

A DAILY CROSSWORD

PHOEBE & HER UNICORN

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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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