STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Gos-sip may go on behind closeddoors, but you can lock the door. Be open-minded and asfair as possible with those youwork with or love. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Don’t stray too far from a lovedone. Stay connected with thoseyou care about no matter howvast the distance between you. GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Anything worth having is worth testing with the passage of time. It is quite easy to be-come obsessed about obtainingsomething quickly.CANCER (June 21-July 22): Un-settledness and a lack of con-tinuity are not conducive topeace of mind. You may feelthat you are being pressured into doing something.LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): One thing at a time. Stay focused onkeeping your promises even if a previous obligation seems tointerfere. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Find a quiet nook or cor-ner. You might do your bestwork far from noise or withsoothing music playing in thebackground. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Peace and tranquility are in sight, butfor the moment you should laylow. It is a poor day to put fi-nancial irons in the fire.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Useyour mind to develop trust withbusiness and personal contacts. Your charisma, confidence andsharp business sense will come into play as you stand apartfrom the crowd.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): With the right attitude, youcan turn water into wine. Avoiddwelling on fears and doubts.Keep your thoughts focused on being logical.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Don’t stray from the safe andwell-marked path. You will behappiest if you can escape rou-tines but this too may causefriction with others who havehigh expectations of you.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Be contented with what youhave. Your eyes may wandertowards something new anddifferent, but that which will bring you the greatest happi-ness is already yours.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Avoid mix-ups by being veryclear and precise about what-ever you say. It will be possiblefor others to misinterpret yourwords or actions. IF NOVEMBER 12 IS YOURBIRTHDAY: In the next several months an ability to concen-trate on success is accentuatedand will leave you brimmingwith confidence. Each smallsuccess builds another step ofassurance and poise. In lateJanuary and February your ambitions may come to the forefront. Because you can ap-ply unflagging energy to a petproject or important goal youare quite likely to accomplishsomething of significance.Charge forward enthusiastical-ly into greener pastures duringMarch. The opportunities thatappear are very likely to lead toa better position.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Manhattan

neighborhood 5 Uses too

much nose 11 Miss the

mark 14 Dilettante’s

painting 15 Lung

compartment 16 POW possibly 17 Bob Marley

classic 20 __ May Alcott 21 __ prosequi 22 OAS word 25 1-of-a-kind 26 Finn’s friend 27 Sacrifi ce

plays 29 Middle

Eastern rulers 31 Period

pieces? 32 Tall, slender

Egyptian dog 34 Lawyers’ grp. 37 Abbreviated

weapon? 40 Raised

railways 41 Looks

forward to 42 Political

division 43 Severe 44 Fall guy 45 Trouble

oneself 48 Letters in old

atlases 50 Aliens, briefl y 51 Disney’s

mermaid 52 Securely

closed 55 In charge 60 Mich.

neighbor 61 Earned, as

profi t 62 Cassini of

fashion 63 PMs 64 Studio

stands

65 Undesirable plant

DOWN 1 Star Wars,

for short 2 W. Hemi-

sphere grp. 3 Wha? 4 Ancient

Greek coin 5 Became

suddenly alert

6 Nothing, to Nero

7 Miners’ rocks

8 Peak in Greece

9 Exclamation of contempt

10 Plot outline

11 Post of manners

12 Biathlon weapon

13 Olympian Johnson

18 Eighty-six 19 Brawls 22 Too tubby 23 Bucolic 24 Bites like a

beaver 26 Indian

monotheists 28 “The Waste

Land” monogram

29 Pixyish 30 Essential 32 Planter 33 In the

distance 34 Fancy marble

35 Fireworks explosion

36 Williams and Warhol

38 180 degrees from Greenwich

39 Flying letters 43 Illustrator

Silverstein 44 Either G. Bush 45 “Of Studies”

author 46 Praying fi gure 47 Leans to one

side

48 Sub-Saharan region

49 Musher vehicles

52 Lt. subordinates

53 Back of kitchen?

54 Lateen-rigged sailboat

56 Learning org. 57 Corrida

shout 58 Kicker’s prop 59 J. Hancocked?

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.

11/12/15

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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