ACROSS 1 Fish tale 10 Pulverize 15 Rubbery

polymer 16 Series starter 17 Trash

droppers 18 Sign of the

Zodiac 19 Actor Marvin 20 Type of lily 21 Reprimands 22 “__ of Green

Gables” 24 Bacteria

causing food poisoning

26 Stout and porter

28 Speak indistinctly

29 Part of DOS 30 Nielsen of

“The Naked Gun”

32 Mach 2 breakers

34 Intrinsic property

36 Beverage company

41 Meeting of Cong.

43 Horizontal layers

44 Luck of the Irish

48 Roman baths, today

50 Religious groups

51 Kansas city on the Arkansas

54 Consenting votes

55 Goes along with

56 Thailand, once

58 DI times II 59 Tilts 60 Lee Marvin

movie, with “The”

62 Creates

booties 63 Soviets 64 Reason 65 Superlatively

braided

DOWN 1 What can be

related 2 Persons

to whom property is transferred

3 Lack of punctuality

4 D-Day transport

5 Fr. religious fi gs.

6 Lowest molding on a column base

7 Alphas’ opposites

8 Second chance with dice

9 Decade divs.

10 Hall of Fame pitcher Warren

11 Dressler and Osmond

12 Dryly 13 Materials for

girders 14 Greet the

villain 21 Spanish

conqueror of Mexico

23 __ Stanley Gardner

25 Disarrange

27 Moral mis-judgments

31 Successful transplantation

33 Pre-coll. exams

35 Sports fans’ channel

37 Western writer Zane

38 Having stalked fl owers

39 Disgraces 40 Superlatively

substantial 42 Even more

full of backtalk

44 Sticks of calcite

45 Dramatist O’Neill

46 Overtax 47 Fragrances 49 Elegantly

designed 52 Wiesbaden’s

state 53 Nostril 57 YMCA part 60 Three-letter

sandwich 61 502

Answers to all of today’s puzzles are on the comics pages. The New York Times crossword and the bridge col-umn appear in the classifi eds. See A1 index for page number.

8/29/15

A DAILY CROSSWORDSTAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Flir-tations and joint efforts takecenter stage. You can find acompatible companion while participating in outdoor eventsor competitive sports. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have lots of get up and go, souse it. Get a plan in place and itwill yield constructive results.You’re at your best paired witha congenial partner. GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Circumstances could contort your words so you end up witha foot in your mouth. Avoidinane chattering, which coulddetract from your charm. CANCER (June 21-July 22):Don’t be a killjoy about some-one’s intense ambitions. You’ll do better to support their efforts and point out the rules. Avoidmaking crucial promises.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’recompetitive and shine wherev-er real honesty and fair play areneeded. However, bluntness might disturb the harmony with a special someone. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Carryan umbrella along with yourbeach towel and sunscreen. The input you receive from others might briefly dampen your spirits but won’t rain onyour parade. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Let yourself be the judge. You know what you want, so go after it. Huge initiatives couldbe wasted if you fall prey toreminiscences or get caught up in sentiment. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Tackle practical matters while social affairs are at low tide.You’ll have a more opportunetime for romantic fun in thenext few days. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Please yourself. Your purest motives are shining the bright-est, even if clowning around isthe only way you get attention.Others will be amused and tol-erant of your idiosyncrasies.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Keep your schemes and cyni-cism under wraps. An open-minded, tolerant attitude is called for this weekend to ward off worries and doubts. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):You can be adept at precisecalculations and splitting hairs.Outwit others from behind thescenes without being forced into a confrontation. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Don’t bite off more than you can chew. A temporary case ofinsincerity or inadvertent mis-direction could cause trouble within relationships. IF AUGUST 29 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: Everything has been com-ing up roses, and will continueto do so for the next few weeks. However, a shift to a more am-bitious outlook and a focus ondetermined effort is coming your way. Hold your horsesand don’t begin anything of crucial importance between mid-September and the end of November. Just like being in school, you must maintaina good attendance record andfollow through on assignmentsto get a passing grade at theoffice.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 2015

— Jeraldine Saunders

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

STONE SOUP

ADAM@HOME

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

DAILY JUMBLE