STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Seek a happy medium between your career and your closest relationships to achieve the greatest success. Be careful not to focus attention in one area tothe exclusion of the other.TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Abicycle built for two is easier topedal. A partner can share theeffort as well as the profits. You may even have more time toenjoy the ride. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Just because someone seems stuffy or disapproving doesn’t meanyou must stop in your tracks. Abrief misunderstanding withina relationship doesn’t mean failure.CANCER (June 21-July 22):Concentrate on the lovedone who is anxious to please you and business affairs thathave always proven to be worthwhile.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The most meager financial opportunity can be turned into somethingworthwhile. You may be in-spired to tackle something younever thought possible.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Youcan start something new, butdon’t expect overnight success. The road ahead is a long onebut if you persevere, you can achieve anything.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Make a schedule and stick to it. Working conditions may seemintense but you can use cre-ative ideas to your advantage.Avoid distractions.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The benefits may outweigh therisks. Initiate a plan that hasbeen brewing in the back of your mind and you will suc-cessfully complete it.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Join a friend or loved one ina concentrated effort. An openmind will gather valuable ex-periences that help you achievefinancial security.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Persevere and you will be sit-ting pretty. Make sure you’vedone the job well before mov-ing on to a new project. A steamy romantic encounter could come your way.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Early to bed and early to risemakes every day run smoothly.Use a positive outlook that willeventually make you healthy,wealthy and wise.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Setreasonable objectives. You will get further by setting the barhigh but you will need the sup-port of a partner to reach it.Assess your situation.IF SEPTEMBER 5 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Focus on the words of inspiring people dur-ing the next three to four weeksand act with integrity. DuringOctober, any matter that youhave not dealt with fully, orwith honesty, may create prob-lems. Stick to what you know and refuse to take on additionalresponsibilities. Pass up a newhookup, scheme or plan in De-cember, because it may wasteyour time. In January you should embrace all opportuni-ties that are offered and follow all advice that is given.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Franklin

with soul 7 Secluded

spot 11 Org. of

Giants and Titans

14 Callas and Shriver

15 Carpeting measurement

16 Period of note

17 Lore 19 Superior

salutation? 20 Nutcracker

suite? 21 Something

to bark? 22 Academy

Award 24 Avarice 26 Swindle 28 Ethereal 29 Above the

horizon 31 Up to the

task 33 “Mogambo”

star Gardner 36 Helps out 37 “Agnes Grey”

writer 40 Removes

impurities 42 Rebounded 43 Additional

charges 44 Oodles and

oodles 45 Ernie of golf 46 Vane

heading 47 Baseball’s

Garciaparra 49 Astronaut

senator 51 Shepard or

Greenspan 53 Stop

gripping 57 Own up to 59 Ray of “God’s

Little Acre” 61 Mardi __

62 Long scarf 63 Motility 66 Choose 67 Contributes 68 Worn rug? 69 Ultimate

degree 70 Relax 71 Black Sea

port

DOWN 1 Mingled in

with 2 More scarce 3 Make blank 4 Leaning one 5 I thought so! 6 Closeout

warning 7 Peoples un-

der a single government

8 University of Maine town

9 “__ the land of the free ...”

10 Boxing win 11 Ignorance 12 Tuck’s title 13 Fine of

The Three Stooges

18 Tears into many pieces

23 Place to get teased?

25 Vreeland and Rigg

27 Detonation din

30 Cancun snooze

32 Inhumanly cruel

33 In existence

34 Irritate 35 Consequence 38 Part

of AT&T 39 Ames and

Koch 41 Tehran

resident 42 Marilyn

Monroe, for one

44 Shrink 48 Repair with

paste 49 Libreville’s

location

50 Vote to accept

52 Alan and Cheryl

54 Excursions 55 Vapors 56 Tessie or

Milo 58 Skier’s lift 60 Direction

for victory? 64 Poem of

praise 65 Mars or

Mercury, e.g.

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.

9/5/16

A DAILY CROSSWORD

PHOEBE & HER UNICORN

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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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