STAR SIGNS
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ev-ery action you take is seen bythe world at large. You can beseen as a mover and shakerif you follow through on yourpromises.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):You can be so friendly and gen-erous that someone may see anopening to take advantage ofyour good nature. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Putpeople in proper perspective.Be generous and fair with those in your inner circle, but don’texpect too much from casualacquaintances. CANCER (June 21-July 22):Your natural instinct is to beattracted to glitterati as well asnew and exciting people. Youare better off being the care-giver and sympathizer.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Dig into a stockpile of knowledge. Build on past data and dare to goone step further with originalconclusions. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Buythe very best that money canbuy. You will find that long-term value rather than price isthe key to a financial bargain. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listento your heart. Your judgment isbetter than usual both in busi-ness and in relationships. Goahead and spread your influ-ence by meeting new people.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Re-lationships and shopping expe-ditions benefit when emphasis is placed on enduring values.Buy things that will last or items that speak to your heart. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Use your imagination to create plans for a brighter fu-ture. You may be more sym-pathetic than usual toward theunderdog. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):The harder you work the fur-ther you will go. A passing in-fatuation or a brief brainstormcould cause you to waste timebetter spent on work.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):A logical mind looks for op-portunities, not obstacles. Youare especially adept at handlingfast-paced subjects and physi-cal tasks. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Share dreams and dare todream big. A significant otherwill have the imagination tovisualize what you are talkingabout. IF OCTOBER 17 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Because your imagination is at a high pointduring the upcoming four to five weeks you could be more creative or romantic. Atthe same time your practicalknowledge is at a low point soavoid making important finan-cial decisions or new invest-ments until February. By nextFebruary and March you mightbe in the mood for an impor-tant change and will find thatpeople view you in a favorable light. This is an excellent time to change jobs, promote yourtalents in public or to make acrucial commitment. A bud-ding romance might blossominto true love. Look for an ex-citing opportunity to improveyour circumstances in April.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2016
— Jeraldine Saunders
ACROSS 1 Downloads for
smartphones 5 Out of kilter 10 European
capital 14 Floating
barrier 15 Spill clumsily 16 Parrying piece 17 Kind of
brat or ant 18 Mare or
stallion 19 Jodie Foster
fi lm 20 Harold
Arlen and Ted Koehler hit
23 Mubarak of Egypt
24 Authority to decide
25 Grounded bird
28 1/2 of a union merger
30 Seiji’s stick 32 TV add-on 35 Department
of State 40 Zeno of __ 42 Floor 43 Relieve 44 Monsoon 47 Ready to go 48 First record
label to use Dolby
49 Municipal vehicle
51 Somewhat: suff.
52 Find a new tenant for a fl at
57 Carvey and Ivey
61 Shawn Colvin song
64 Mach toppers 66 University of
Maine setting 67 Between
ports 68 Sen. McCar-
thy’s crowd
69 Vernacular 70 Flat rate? 71 Safecracker 72 Hotfoot it 73 Attaches
DOWN 1 Disconcert 2 __ Alegre,
Brazil 3 California
tribe 4 Izmir,
formerly 5 Soot-covered 6 Reduces
speed 7 “M.A.S.H.”
setting 8 Written
piece 9 Sharpens 10 Clair or Coty
11 Gilbert and Sullivan shows
12 Brooks or Torme
13 Cave-dwelling fi sh
21 Offend slightly
22 Boxcar rider 26 Bullwinkle,
for one 27 Not fulfi lled 29 Setback 31 Had a little
lamb 32 “La Traviata”
composer 33 Sculptor
Oldenburg 34 Parliament
building in Berlin
36 Phone co. 37 Portuguese
colony in India
38 Time meas. 39 Abbr. on
some invitations
41 N. Mandela’s party
45 Tale 46 Like “David” 50 Large African
desert 53 Carbon
compounds
54 Like some poetry
55 Prefi x for bargains
56 Latin dance 58 Nuzzled 59 Make
minor alterations
60 Places at the table
62 Shore patrol grp.
63 Unproved 64 Diffi dent 65 Take to court
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.
10/17/16
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.
DAILY JUMBLE