ACROSS 1 Of a major

literary work 7 Designer’s

deg. 10 Element fi g. 14 Woolly 15 Internet

letters 16 German

negative 17 Steep without

boiling 18 Italian

possessive pronoun

19 Part of MIT 20 Freeze! 23 Captive of

Paris 24 The French 25 Spiritual 27 Annex 28 “The __ Daba

Honeymoon” 30 Triumphant

cry 32 Sign of a hit 33 Spanish

article 34 Jackson and

Derek 35 So-so 36 Ignore

intentionally 41 Ireland,

poetically 42 Swiss river 43 English

cathedral city 44 Antiquity,

once 45 Female sib 46 WWW

address 47 El __

Campeador 50 Skedaddles 52 Govt. tax man 54 Image: pref. 56 Eavesdrop-

ping spots 59 Portuguese

lady 60 Sleeping

letters 61 Strive toward

62 Roman way 63 Peer Gynt’s

mother 64 One with

a claim on property

65 Advanced degs.

66 Puncture sound

67 Evaluate

DOWN 1 Inventor

Gray 2 Breathed in

short gasps 3 Bend toward

the center 4 Auto model 5 Having

rhyming sounds

6 Suggestive look

7 Swiss city 8 Shaq’s one-

pointer 9 Verbal sigh 10 Subatomic

particle 11 Carpenter’s

tool 12 Showy

ornamental vine

13 Blowup letters?

21 Stevedores’ org.

22 Royal address letters

26 McIlroy of golf

29 Babist faith

31 One of Jacob’s sons

33 Luau strings

34 Qns. or S.I., e.g.

35 Saute 36 Vintner’s

dregs 37 Waterproof

material 38 Established

by decree 39 State of little

diffi culty 40 Three dots

in text

45 Fast plane, briefl y

46 JFK’s service branch

47 Trigonometric function

48 Lead-ins 49 Those giving

shots 51 Rulers before

Lenin 53 Hoarfrosts 55 Gets by 57 Historic

years 58 Festivity 59 Tango move

Answers to all of today’s puzzles are on the comics pages. The New York Times crossword and the bridge col-umn appear in the classifi eds. See A1 index for page number.

8/6/15

A DAILY CROSSWORDSTAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Give in and give it all you’ve got.You’ll never find all the good things at the end of the rainbowunless you keep walking. Avoid initiating new projects now.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):When one door closes, another is sure to open. Rather than becoming depressed about what’as been denied, remem-ber to rejoice in whatever has been freely given. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The devil is in the details. This could be a good time to balance the checkbook or look for errors in a bill. Weigh ideas carefully before jumping into action. CANCER (June 21-July 22):You’ve learned that it takesmore than facts and figures toget a point across. Right now, you have the best chance to let your voice be heard and influ-ence others through the spo-ken word. Don’t waste time.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Roll upyour sleeves, climb to the po-dium and practice what you preach. You can’t count on ev-eryone agreeing with what you say or believe, but you can’tafford to be seen as a hypocrite by those who disagree.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Keep plugging away until you mastera new skill. This isn’t an opti-mum time to acquire new in-vestments. Avoid being pinneddown to an agreement.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Strike a balance between what you want and what you need. Don’t blame others for holding you back because you may suffer from self-imposed limits.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The frustrations and lack of harmo-ny that hold you back will fadesoon. Success depends upon learning to patiently wait forbetter opportunities. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Make money by using your sales skills and persuasive tal-ents. Material ambitions maybe upset by group consensusand agendas. Don’t initiate ma-jor undertakings.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Read the writing on the wall.A relationship or professional partnership may offer over-whelming challenges to your business sense. Handle financ-es carefully.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Don’t let peer pressure inter-fere with family peace and har-mony. You may run into dealsthat are attractive on the sur-face but won’t hold up underscrutiny.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Steer a straight path to finan-cial decisions. Situations mightbring business practices and ambitions into the spotlight. You may be tempted to com-pete on a rocky playing field. IF AUGUST 6 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: Your self-confidence givesyou an edge in any competitivesituation throughout the nextseveral months. You may wantto rid your life of people andthings that have outlived theirusefulness. However, you may feel differently by the begin-ning of the year, so clear thingsaway cautiously.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015

— Jeraldine Saunders

SUDOKU PUZZLEComplete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box containsevery digit from 1 to 9 inclusively.

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