STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Theideas that prod you into ac-tion might only be an illusionand the dreams you hope toachieve might not be entirely realistic. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Your gullibility quotient is at ahigh point. It could be that youare only attracted to somethingor someone because they ex-ude an aura of mystery.GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Don’t sell yourself short. You can convince anyone of almostanything today. Yet you mayconvince yourself that a fan-tasy is real as well.CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be-ing a show-off won’t endear you to a loved one or familymember. A few surprises could impede the even tenor of yourrelationships. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may prefer to hang out with groupsas you believe there is safetyin numbers. Your friendlinessand altruistic ideas can charmothers. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stickto a long-term plan already inplace and have faith in yourco-workers and partners. Don’tmake drastic business changes or decisions. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A fool and his money are soon part-ed. Nonessential items may cost more than you expectedto spend. Remain a bit cynicalabout promises.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Money can be used as a tool or a weapon and it is up to you todevelop a strategy that makes this work in your best interests.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Only time will tell. A family drama might be on your mind,but it will be solved to every-one’s satisfaction if you havefaith in the participants. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):You might experience a briefspurt of rebellion or be chal-lenged to abide by a lack of common sense displayed by anauthority figure.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):You may find that business networks and group activitiestake up too much of your timeand effort.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):View everything through thelens of solid values and youwill see that you can attain yourgoals easily if you take yourtime. IF OCTOBER 20 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: Your ambitionsmay be apparent to everyoneas the next two to three weeks unfold, but your business judg-ment and ability to negotiate isat a low point. Make no majorfinancial decisions and don’tuse your credit card unless youabsolutely must. You are proneto daydreaming in Novemberbut may benefit if you writedown your most creative ideasfor later use. Your focus mayshift to group activities, orga-nizations and clubs in January.You may be pressured to make investments or purchases thatare not in your best interests. Wait until late February orearly March, when your streetsmarts are enhanced.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Slugger

Roger 6 Apt. manager 10 Places 14 Collision 15 Middle East-

ern leader 16 Home of

Zeno 17 Angels or

Giants, e.g. 20 Bradley and

Begley 21 Brazilian

sports legend 22 In

disagreement 26 Forward 30 Author of

“The Man Who Fell to Earth”

31 5 scores 32 Book before

Micah 33 Singing

brothers 34 Defunct pol.

entity 35 Wall of

branches 36 Headmaster’s

domain 39 Apollo 10

astronaut Gene

40 Greenish sloths

41 Seine feeder 43 Mild expletive 44 Charitable

org. 45 Psychologist

Havelock 46 Redgrave and

Williams 48 Refuses to 49 Indian

princess 50 Tenth of MCD 51 Postal

address 59 Ben and

Bobby 60 Singer Laine 61 Mann novel,

“__ Kroger” 62 Social asset 63 Berry and

Kesey 64 Sported

DOWN 1 1900 2 Southern

constellation 3 British rule

in India 4 Late starter? 5 Fragments 6 Envisions 7 Thurman

of fi lms 8 Farm

enclosure 9 Positioned

accurately 10 “My Favorite

Year” star

11 Mod or glob ending?

12 Brewed beverage

13 Patriotic Uncle

18 Mormon abbr.

19 Biblical prophet

22 One-time link

23 Poster paint

24 Infested 25 Impartiality 26 Peruses

again 27 Catches

in a mesh 28 Contacts

a talk show

29 Word ignored when alphabetizing

31 K.C. winter hours

34 __ Salvador 35 London loos 37 Poughkeepsie

college 38 Homily topic 39 405 42 NYC winter hrs. 44 Ribbed fabric 45 Stone tool 47 Nosh 48 540 in letters

50 Corp. honchos

51 Obtained 52 Memorable

time 53 AEC

successor 54 Iniquitous

location 55 U.S. broad-

casting service

56 Completion 57 Carnival city 58 Thither’s

partner?

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.

10/20/16

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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