STAR SIGNS

ARIES (March 21-April 19):Get physical. Kind actions canspeak louder than words if youwant to impress your specialsomeone. Warm hugs and embraces may put everythingback into proportion.TAURUS (April 20-May 20):Tend with care the gardens thatsymbolize your relationships. The most beautiful plants areimproved through carefulcultivation. GEMINI (May 21-June 20):Powerful people might be on a single-minded crusade. Try-ing to appease someone witha passionate desire for privacy might be too big an order foryou to fill.CANCER (June 21-July 22): Use creativity as a comfort blanket.You have talent and resource-fulness to amuse yourself in constructive ways when othersmerely twiddle their thumbs. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are firing on all cylinders. Get theheart rate pounding; shoot some baskets or find anotherform of exercise that allows you to show off your prowess. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):Every hour that passes takesyou an hour closer to what isyet to come. Concentrate onachieving your objectives andhonoring your most crucialcommitments.LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Holdoff on pursuing personal ambi-tions. You may have enthusi-asm but could lack concrete ex-perience and solid know-how in financial matters.SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It is best to color inside the lines.Display your creative genius without disrupting the work-flow or upsetting the guy whois in charge.SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.21): Clear your virtual decks soyou can make progress toward achieving an important goal.People may be friendlier andindicate a willingness to spendtime with you.CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):Remember to write down im-portant phone numbers, ad-dresses and ideas because you may be more easily distractedthan usual.AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):Take the time to catch up withold friends or go out of your way to make new ones. You might meet someone who dis-plays a talent for salesmanship.PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):Take center stage. The spot-light is aimed at you and peo-ple might think you are moreglamorous or energetic than usual. IF JULY 25 IS YOUR BIRTH-DAY: You might only see whatyou want to see in the upcom-ing three to four weeks. You should avoid forming new hookups and sidestep contractsor new enterprises. Put your fondest dreams into motionor make important changes inearly September when LadyLuck is on your side. Some-thing important to you shouldundergo a subtle improvementand if you have a cherished wish you are likely to have itfulfilled.

MONDAY, JULY 25, 2016

— Jeraldine Saunders

ACROSS 1 Swanky hotel 5 Seraglio 10 Turkish title 14 Arthur of

tennis 15 Pathogenic

bacteria 16 Early sch. 17 Some

Picassos 19 Corn Belt

state 20 Comic-strip

crash 21 Expression

of surprise 22 Move with

a rushing sound

24 Leaping antelope

26 Site of an Octavian victory

28 Despondent 30 Certainly! 33 Big wheel

on board 36 Anatomical

pouches 37 Navajo dwelling 39 French

auxiliary verb 41 NYC subway

line 42 Ooze out 43 Words in

“self-help” titles

44 Flying: pref. 46 Caesar’s

existence 47 Former

nuclear agcy. 48 Unfortunately 51 Unspecifi ed

threat 53 “The Devil’s

Dictionary” writer

57 Italian resort 59 Put in a lawn 60 __ pro nobis 61 Smart guy 62 Death

personifi ed

66 Earlier Persian

67 Guiding spirit in Roman myth

68 Highland dance

69 Satisfi es a debt

70 Author of “Dred”

71 How some sit by

DOWN 1 Jewish

scholar 2 Muslim faith 3 Blow with a

blunt object 4 26th letter of

the alphabet

5 Braying sounds

6 Height: pref. 7 Dauphin’s dad 8 “Telephone

Line” grp. 9 Centers 10 Vowel

quintet 11 Mr. Worrywart? 12 Cuts down 13 Asian nanny 18 Ralph

Lauren’s company

23 Tough twig of willow

25 Own up 26 Grow together 27 Cuban leader 29 Water nymphs 31 St. Louis bridge 32 Bygone dagger

33 Laughter sounds

34 Bacchanalian cry

35 Burlesque entertainment

38 Type of daisy

40 Al of the ’50s Indians

45 “Look Back in Anger” dramatist

49 Properly orients

50 Go-fer

52 Basmati and brown

54 Lassoed 55 Angler’s tote 56 Premature 57 Interstate

entrance 58 Lowest parts

of small intestines

59 Old World merganser

63 Boring routine 64 Online 2 cents? 65 Onassis,

to pals

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.

7/25/16

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