STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Atalented ringmaster is able tokeep an eye on an active three ring circus. Some companionsmight be difficult, unpredict-able or eccentric. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):There isn’t anything wrong with an arm’s length approach.Don’t stress out if no one wantsto play the game of love underthese stars.GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Step aside so you don’t step on sen-sitive toes. The people you dealwith could have huge ambi-tions and may seem intent onhaving their own way. CANCER (June 21-July 22):Back up your smiles with an award-winning performance.People are more impressed by displays of intelligence than by an eagerness to please.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Be forth-right and honest. You don’t need to embellish the truth. If you are humble and aware ofwhat is lacking it will be simpleto make needed corrections. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Work like a canine. Inspired effortcan make you the leader of thepack. Today’s New Moon could shift your attention to makingmoney the old fashioned way.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Hangin there. Some changes are for the better, although some are not. A New Moon in your signmay indicate that your inter-ests will revolve around some-thing new for several weeks.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Girls just wanna have fun, guys justwanna make money or vice versa. Work and effort seem to take up all your time, but thepayoff will be well worth it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Tone it down. You may overreact if you get the feelingthat your social life is just aseries of business transactions.Be sensitive to criticism and welcome sound advice.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Follow through for future suc-cess. Rigorous effort gets youover a hurdle. Rest assured thatothers are willing to give you ahand. You don’t need to be amoody loner.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Money doesn’t grow on trees, but neither do good friends.Worry less about money andmore about showing apprecia-tion toward supporters. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Nogood deed goes unpunished. You may love living in the lapof luxury and enlivening yoursurroundings. Your generositymay have consequences.IF OCTOBER 12 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: A significant change or a spate of popular-ity might outshine all else inthe next six weeks. You have a great head for business and thedrive and determination to suc-ceed in December and January. You can put key financial plansinto motion or make neededchanges. During January andFebruary your charisma is atthe forefront, making it a grand time to apply for a new job or tofind a new romantic partner. InMarch or April you may receivea providential bit of advice.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2015

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Overly 4 Razor’s cut 8 Took part

in a public disturbance

14 Mentally acute

15 “The King and I” governess

16 Salad green 17 Offstage 20 Hippie money 21 Norway’s

capital 22 Exchanged

whoppers 24 O. Henry, e.g. 30 Slumber 33 Dazed

condition 34 __ Tome and

Principe 37 Trudge

along 39 Vocalist

Gorme 40 Camera fl ash

result 44 Funny-

car fuel 45 Minor

argument 46 “... have you

__ wool?” 47 Vibration 49 Place to live 52 Adds the

bubbles 54 Drink of the

gods 58 After the bell 61 Fannie who

was Baby Snooks

62 Mayfl ower 68 Queensland

bloke 69 How ’bout

that! 70 Had lunch 71 Made

disorderly 72 Marshes 73 Without

precedent

DOWN 1 Striped cat 2 “The Girl of

the Golden West,” for example

3 Different one 4 “Water

Music” composer

5 Sentence stretcher

6 Centerward 7 Vocalized

team spirit 8 Holiday

destination 9 End of a bus.? 10 Lyrical poem 11 Soft metal 12 Eden woman 13 Some

French?

18 Fleming and McKellen

19 Actor Wallach 23 Bandleader

Arnaz 25 Hematite and

galena, e.g. 26 Those op-

posed 27 Neighbor of

China 28 Shoot for

grafting 29 Minuscule 31 Blighted

trees 32 Momma’s

mate 34 December VIP 35 In fl ames 36 Playful

aquatic mammal

38 Seize suddenly

41 Columnist Bombeck

42 Botanical anchor

43 Jacket or collar type

48 Depended 50 Boone and

others 51 Neutral hue 53 __ Antonio, TX 55 Tennessee

player 56 Sharp

57 Fix an open seam

59 Wage-slave’s letters

60 Make less diffi cult

62 Highland hat 63 Think

better afterward

64 Silly billy 65 NASA

orbiter 66 Make up

facts 67 Made tracks

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.

10/12/15

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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