ACROSS 1 $ fractions 4 Cons 9 Momma’s

mate 14 Royal

address letters

15 Cry out excitedly

16 Senator Hatch of Utah

17 Perfect setups

20 “Hud” co-star Pat

21 Hog fat 22 Unhurried 23 Comic strip

pup 26 “The Lion in

Winter” star 28 Unknown

individual 33 Toe lead-in? 34 Sharp tastes 35 Literary

collection 36 Pol’s cash

provider 37 Utter 40 Card-game

displays 43 Region of

France 46 Formulas for

the sake of formulas

50 Disagreeable burdens

51 Verdi opera 52 Ryan and

Tilly 53 Moselle

tributary 56 Money __

everything! 60 Purity ideal 64 Missouri river 65 Greenland

language 66 Wynn and

McMahon 67 Distributed 68 Tennis star

Monica 69 Sopping

DOWN 1 Facial

projection 2 Forceful

trend 3 Mets former

stadium 4 Piercing tool 5 British med.

providers 6 Act of

dressing and grooming

7 Tiny quantity

8 Urge on 9 Poker pool 10 Prayers 11 Certain

computer language

12 Flour of the southwest

13 Response 18 Up in the

rigging 19 Embellish 24 Narc’s org. 25 Trucking

regulating agcy.

27 License plate

28 Mom-and-pop org.

29 A German 30 Victrola mfr. 31 Hoard away 32 Defensive

mil. group 36 L.A. summer

hrs. 37 New World

monkey 38 NCAA

grouping

39 Certainly! 40 Moral of the

story 41 Linguistics

suffi x 42 Cow

catcher 43 Friend in

France 44 Stripling 45 Part of the

way up? 46 Decorative

tuft 47 Constrained

state 48 Tommy

Pickles, for one

49 Quantity of gossip

54 Tropical cuckoos

55 First-class 57 Do a slow

burn 58 Au naturel 59 Examine 61 H.S.

dropout’s second chance

62 Lock horns 63 Part of TGIF

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.

6/26/15

A DAILY CROSSWORDSTAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can reach your goals if you re-main on alert for openings and opportunities. It’s time to put important plans into action orgive birth to original ideas. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Glamorous escapades may becoming on the horizon. Thiscould be a good night for amovie, play or concert. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Any-thing worth doing is worth do-ing well. Shine your shoes, get a haircut, or put together an out-fit that tells the world you’re worthy of notice. CANCER (June 21-July 22):Make every effort to clear up misunderstandings or mix-ups.Call in favors and pull a fewstrings when the time is ripe. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You know you’ll succeed when you butter your bread on the rightside. Your generosity and sin-cerity bring positive results. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The more flexible you are, the more likely you’ll be able to success-fully navigate sudden surprisesand changes. Latch on to a newidea or accept a change of plangracefully.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Kiss it and make it better. Some-one may turn to you when the going gets rough. You alwayshave a spare bandage in thedrawer or a shoulder to cry on. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Concentrate on tighteningbonds with people whose trust and cooperation you need. This is a good time to correct misun-derstandings.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Take advantage of every opportunity to promote posi-tive change. A frank discussion may bring valuable informa-tion to light.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Be a busy beaver in business. Get agreements or contracts signed that have been sitting onthe back burner. Don’t spendtoo much money on hobbies.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Soar above the crowds on a bal-loon of inspiration. Althoughgroups of friends offer safety in numbers, you may prefer some one-on-one time. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Dreams might not match real-ity. Don’t beat yourself up fornot being able to keep up withthe Joneses. Concentrate on showing everyone your best qualities.IF JUNE 26 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: You may put what’s mostimportant to you first through-out the upcoming three to four weeks. Your assertiveness anddesire to succeed are great at-tributes when pursuing busi-ness and career goals. You’re shrewd in financial affairs dur-ing July and can make progresswith career issues. Septem-ber may be the best time to make crucial decisions or putkey plans into motion. Youmight forget to read the fineprint or could be caught up in a romantic fantasy, but you’llhave expert advisers to protect your interests. In October and November, you might not havethe same advantage.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 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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