ACROSS 1 Bryn __

College 5 Actress Shire 10 Full of guile 14 Holy Roman

emperor 15 Serengeti

grazer 16 Study

intensively 17 “Battle Cry”

writer 18 Dispatch boat 19 Turner or

Louise 20 Start of a

quote by Ben Hecht

23 Lacks 24 Hamlin’s “L.A.

Law” co-star 25 “__ Pinafore” 28 Artfully subtle 29 Slightly

arched surfaces

33 High-velocity fl uid stream

34 Cut sheep’s wool

35 Planted explosive

36 Part 2 of quote

42 Mongol’s tent 43 __-Roman

wrestling 44 Cure or

center starter?

45 Based on hypothesis

48 Psychic’s letters

51 Broadway background

52 Bambi’s mom 53 Centering

points 55 End of quote 60 Asian desert 62 Lyric poem 63 ’N __ 64 Sword handle 65 George Sand

novel

66 Ruler fraction 67 Notion from

the tete? 68 In fi rst place 69 Dundee

dagger

DOWN 1 Oral cavities 2 Of an

entrance courtyard

3 Capricious idea

4 Al of the ’50s Indians

5 Pekoe and Earl Grey

6 Edison’s middle name

7 Of the congregation

8 Out of the

cold 9 Admirer 10 Prohibition

grp. 11 Dublin dance 12 PC group 13 “Goomba

Boomba” singer Sumac

21 Irritating 22 Young and

Coleman 26 Computer list 27 Choreography

move 30 Two-time

loser to DDE 31 Traveler’s

guide 32 Norse god of

poetry 34 Convened 35 #6 on the dial

36 Yeses on yawls

37 “Little Latin __ Lu”

38 Suitable for penning

39 __-Magnon 40 Plunk starter? 41 Cake

covering 45 Use a

calculator 46 Shaddock

fruit 47 Put back on

the table 48 Relative of

Keenan 49 Medium’s

milieu 50 Lover of Eros 54 Mirage image 56 Evening in

ads 57 Unit of

potential 58 Personal

prefi x 59 Tidal

situation 60 Alphabet trio 61 Aster or

planet ending

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.

7/8/15

A DAILY CROSSWORDSTAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Itmay be challenging to make schedules mesh. You might become involved in an end-less game of phone tag or have trouble pinning someone downto a definite date or time. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Although history has been known to repeat itself, novelty wears off quickly. What seems feasible and original now might not rock your world in a fewdays. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Youcan’t hide from the truth. Ev-erything is out in the open, whether you like it or not. Makea clean breast of things becauseotherwise someone might dig up the dirt.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Quell the urge to show ev-eryone you were “born to be wild.” Remain on your toes to avoid making a mistake by act-ing on impulse. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Hold a steady course even when the terrain is unpredictable. Somepeople may seem to be acting out only for the shock value, but in reality they’re merely be-ing independent and original. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Giv-ing in to sudden whims or fall-ing prey to capricious acts cancause setbacks. The more you trust others, the more likelythey’ll trust you. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Don’tmistake notoriety for popular-ity, or friendship for true love.Fight the urge to break awayfrom supporters and devotedfollowers. Be sure to give loved ones plenty of space.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Keepthe home fires burning. Don’tlet your job or work schedule interfere with the time youhave to spend with loved ones. Don’t get overly upset if plansget a bit of scrutiny.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Fads are unlikely to providelasting pleasure or satisfaction.Spend a few dollars on a uniqueadventure without going intodebt. Weigh the cost against the results. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):One profound truth often re-veals another, but they may be diametrically opposed. Fam-ily members may surprise youwith insightful ideas.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Misplaced confidence could beyour downfall. Use your cre-ative genius in artistic pursuits,or show your good taste withpossessions. Simply rearrang-ing the furniture lets you useimagination.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Never underestimate the pow-er of your actions. With onesmall gesture, you can alter aperson’s life and make a pow-erful change. An impulsive ex-ploit could change your life.IF JULY 8 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY:In the month to come, you mayneed to reinvent some parts ofyour life. You might feel more competitive and energetic thanusual. If you meet your cosmictests to the best of your ability,you’ll sail through the summer and end up with a reward atthe end.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 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