STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Someone may be insistent upon having his or her ownway, and you could find it isnext to impossible to reason with those who worship theirbiases as gospel.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Some people may deliberatelypoke fun at your sense of de-corum. You may be shocked by someone’s inappropriatecomments. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Youwill learn that you can’t affordto just chat with your friends.It’s a must to also keep the lines of communication open withthose who aren’t your friendsas well.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Stimulating conversations maytrigger creative ideas. Althoughyou are filled with sympathyfor the underdogs of the worldyou prefer practical and usefulways to help. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Pre-pare to make some wise New Year’s resolutions. The seren-ity prayer makes the point thatyou must be wise enough toknow the difference between the things you can change andthe things that you can’t.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Give a hoot. “All the world’s a stage”and you have been chosen to play the role of the wise old owl. Donating to a charity maybe on your to-do list. Your opinions are respected.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Youmay be tempted to set off on a wild goose chase that involvesa family squabble or politicallyfired controversy. It is best to ignore your most adventurousimpulses.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Your awareness of the harmo-ny between you and key peo-ple grows by leaps and bounds.The opinion of others subtly alters your own views.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): You can never be sure of a sure thing. Stay on your toesand don’t take the promises or representations of others atface value. Rely on consensus.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Mix business with pleasure.You possess a head for busi-ness but could meet up withthose who prefer to play as the year winds up. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Friendships sometimes come and go. Don’t let a temporarybreakdown in communicationsinterfere with your ability tosustain a friendship. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Asudden impulse to change yourappearance or to buy some-thing faddish could be regret-ted later. Unusual or fascinat-ing idea exchanges may lead totemporary alliances.IF DECEMBER 30 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Anything worth having is worth waiting for sohold off on taking on new re-sponsibilities or additional debtduring the next two to threeweeks. Wait until late Januaryor early February to make a sig-nificant decision about a majorpurchase, job, relationship orinvestment when your headfor business is at its best.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2015

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Adjusts to fi t 7 Average

score 10 Fine powder 14 Flower that

reeks 15 Long span

of time 16 Abu Dhabi

ruler 17 Los __, N.M. 18 Available for

leasing 20 Start of

a quote by Clint Eastwood

22 High RRs 23 You betcha! 24 Horse

morsel 25 Wetlands

wader 27 Part of NRC 30 Wound

aftereffect 32 Late starter? 33 Hitch 35 With hands

on hips 39 Tree house? 41 Part 2 of

quote 43 Ancient

temple 44 Landed

property 46 Change

for a fi ve 48 King of

France 49 “Orphans of

the Storm” star

51 Old-time underwear

53 Center 56 Pindaric

effort 58 Apply bread

to gravy 59 Opposite of

WSW 60 End of quote 65 __ Coffi n Mott 67 Prayer book

68 Run out of steam

69 Snakelike fi sh 70 Apprehensive 71 Charon’s river 72 “__ Doubtfi re” 73 Fight, in

Dogpatch

DOWN 1 Sistine

Chapel ceiling fi gure

2 Carnegie or Murphy

3 Regardless of expense

4 Beat with one’s fi sts

5 Acting companies

6 Give lip

7 Anorak 8 Go-betweens 9 Las Vegas

competition 10 Earl Grey or

oolong 11 Traffi c

light color

12 French textile center

13 Aquafresh alternative

19 Make minute adjustments

21 The Pentateuch

26 Toothy smile 27 September’s

number 28 Wields 29 Feeds the

kitty

31 Proofreading symbol

34 Logical or physical starter?

36 Tuliplike lilies 37 Benefi t 38 Medical

suffi x 40 Labels 42 Map within

a map 45 Epithet 47 Provencal

verse 50 More cozy

52 States of balance

53 Runs in the heat

54 Indigenous Canadian

55 Condemn 57 Gauges 61 News fact 62 Siberian

river 63 Sports grp. 64 Roy Rogers

at birth 66 Mystery

writer Stout

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.

12/30/15

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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