STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can always find what you arelooking for, whether it is thereor not. If you are looking for afight you will find one, but thesame thing occurs if you lookfor romance.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):You may have a strong intu-ition about someone or some-thing and should act upon it.Misunderstandings can be smoothed out by exerting a little bit of extra effort. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Pullyour head out of the sand. Face your problems head-on.Cosmic conditions are ripe forsetting things right. Whateverthreatened your security is now in the past. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Letunresolved issues remain unre-solved. Don’t stir the pot once it is on the back burner. Serenely accept the status quo and al-low time to pass before seekingsolutions. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Tame your taste for the trendy. Yourneed to be entertained or pam-pered could cause a clash ofwills. Curb your appetite for rich foods and lavish spending.VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Weigh relationships on the scales of honesty. If there is more give than take, then may-be the relationship is not worthyour time and effort.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Show the public a calm and poisedface and it will become reality.Someone in close associationunderstands the true pictureand can give you wise guidanceif needed. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):Your words will be heard farand wide. Speak the truth anduse good judgment. If you fol-low your ideals you can’t makeirreparable mistakes.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Dogs seldom bark at parkedcars. If you are a success youhave to expect a bit of flap orgossip from friends and neigh-bors. Be upbeat and positive.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Research ways to make your money grow. Networking will move along smoothly so this isa good time to discuss partner-ship matters. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Re-examine the facts. If you receive a comeuppance, grace-fully accept it. If you displayhumility others will bend overbackward to accommodate your needs. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Take compliments with a grainof salt. A bit of insincerity orone-upmanship can creep intoeven the best relationships.There is a tendency toward tak-ing unhealthy risks.IF FEBRUARY 11 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Ambitions take precedence for the next sev-eral months. Your motto oughtto be, “start early, stay late,”through June. You may be gathering valuable experienceor just learning how to becomeextraordinarily organizedbut in any case you can achieve whatever goal you have in mind through sheer determination.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Drinks like

a lion 7 Minute 11 That guy 14 Enliven 15 Iditarod

terminus 16 Chapel vow 17 Bold outlaws 19 Hair goo 20 Calendar

info 21 Pastoral

poem 22 Landlocked

African nation

23 Progresso competitor

25 Woven hat fi ber

27 Parabola 30 Individual 32 Pancho’s

poncho 35 Term of

affection 38 Leafl et 39 Conscious of 40 Lieu 42 Middle East

kingdom 43 Counter 45 Weddings 47 Neither

active nor passive

49 Steering mechanism

50 Bottom-line profi t

51 Fill an empty fl at

53 Horse shade 55 Stool

supports 57 Sweet talker 59 Treat with

milk 63 Night fl yer 64 Holdup

gang 66 Ross or

Red, e.g. 67 Russian

saint

68 Simultaneous shots

69 Make a miscalculation

70 Flexibility 71 Port on the

Black Sea

DOWN 1 Alan of

“The Blue Dahlia”

2 Scope of operation

3 Kellogg’s competitor

4 Fantastic! 5 Operate 6 Nearest

points in orbits

7 500-mile event

8 Worker’s equipment

9 Small silvery fi sh

10 Thumbs up 11 Footpad 12 Suggestion 13 Foundry

form 18 Flatter

excessively 22 Guitarist

Santana 24 Bat

material 26 Ring off. 27 Beautify 28 Zellweger

of “Jerry Maguire”

29 Second-story man

31 Reinvigorated

33 “The Power of Positive Thinking” author

34 German Dadaist Max

36 Ways to go 37 One who

makes a point?

41 Mournful, musically

44 AT&T part 46 Thurman of

fi lm fame 48 Fail to forget

52 Country east of Fiji

54 Titled peer 55 Be an

also-ran 56 Bed-stand

pitcher 58 Fine! 60 Tachometer

readings 61 Greek Cupid 62 Mountain in

Thessaly 64 “__ ’til You

Drop” 65 Defective

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.

2/11/16

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.

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