STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Lighthearted teasing is meantto be just for fun. If you pokefun at someone, however, they may only notice the poke in-stead of the fun. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):You can’t please all of the peo-ple all of the time. You might not be on the same wavelengthas others. This isn’t a good dayto promote your own businessagendas.GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Postpone a shopping spree or business meeting. Temporary celestial aspects make this apoor time to make major pur-chases or alliances. CANCER (June 21-July 22):Wishful thinking won’t turna sow’s ear into a silk purse.Energetic application of yourskills is needed. Receive en-lightenment or good advice from a close friend or partner. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Be quick to defend loved ones and yourideals. You may be inspired bya book, a play, or even a TVshow to take executive actionswithout prompting. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):There may be transgressions, but they will be followed byapologies. Don’t be too con-cerned if family or partners give your enthusiasm a cold shoulder. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Youcan’t hide your true colors. You may think that a few words placed in the right ear can re-shape your image but the truthis that people see you as you really are. Keep your promises.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):You know what they say about people in glass houses throwing stones. You may feelchallenged by those who arehypercritical. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Don’t be disappointed if others can’t meet your high standards. It isn’t a good idea toput your work ethic on a ped-estal where it is too difficult forordinary individuals to reach.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):While everyone else is scrimp-ing and saving, you may findsomething of good taste andspend your money on a verygood cause. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):You may think you have a headfor business, but don’t pushyour luck trying to sell an ideaor project to an old friend. Fol-lowing a partner’s good exam-ple will offer the best results. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Playing a trick won’t get you atreat. You can’t manipulate theoutcome to satisfy your ownselfish desires and may be criti-cized for lack of focus. IF MARCH 24 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: Your most fanciful dreams could take charge andmay make you more romanticduring the upcoming two to three weeks. Concentrate onaccentuating your best quali-ties and focus on achievingyour material goals in late April.If you want to instigate a crucialchange such as a finding a newjob or moving into a new homewait until May when your cha-risma is at a peak.

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 One of

the Seven Sisters

7 Downloadable progs

11 NYC arena 14 Nation of

Roma 15 Names 16 President’s

fi nancial grp. 17 Broad in

scope 20 Perfect place 21 Outside the

lines 22 Secret plan 25 Opposite of

’neath 26 Writer

LeShan 28 The whole

bunch 34 Wave top 35 Small boat 36 Spanish

hero, El __ Campeador

37 Rolodex info 38 Rust bucket 41 Scand.

country 42 License

plate 43 Words at

the altar 44 First Arabic

letter 46 21st-century

President 48 The whole

enchilada 52 Balin or

Claire 53 Wallach or

Manning 54 Alejandro and

Fernando 55 Mother of

Horus 58 Porter 60 Real profi t 66 Heart of a

hurricane 67 Very fi nely

sharpened

68 Off guard 69 __-o’-shanter 70 Deputy of

cartoons 71 Goes by

DOWN 1 By way of 2 Ocean off NC 3 “Rebel

without a Cause” co-star Mineo

4 Hammer and Spade

5 Isn’t incorrect? 6 Omnivorous

nocturnal mammal

7 Esteemed 8 Post-larval

stage

9 Earl Anthony’s org.

10 Old draft org. 11 DLI doubled 12 Fax button 13 Type of

plum 18 Pundit’s pg. 19 Swing to

and fro 22 Jam

thickener 23 Texas border

town 24 New World

nocturnal wildcat

26 Son of Eliel Saarinen

27 Plant fungus

29 Reach 30 Harry __ Zell

31 Eight-note stretch

32 Capital of Niger 33 Mystery

writers’ awards

39 Radius’s comrade-in-arms?

40 Large-scale 45 Running away 47 Takes up as

one’s own 49 H.S. subject 50 Enthusiastic

vigor

51 Ignite 55 Skeptic’s

retort 56 Forage crop 57 Newspaper

tidbit 58 Muffed 59 Sicilian

volcano 61 Signed off on 62 __ culpa 63 Prof.’s

helpers 64 Live and

breathe 65 Fleur-de-__

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.

3/24/16

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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