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Antelope Valley Press, Friday, January 1, 2021 D3 NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 ___ others 6 Supermarket chain inits. 9 Shortly, for short 13 Part of a fireplace set 14 Onetime court figure 15 Lacking vivacity 16 Classic British rock group 18 Vivacity 19 Pioneering reggae artist whose name is an exclamation 20 Response to an air offensive? 21 Alternative to mushrooms 22 Confused 24 Still has feelings (for) 29 Singer Grande 30 Thanksgiving dinner preference 31 ___ Ren of “Star Wars” 34 Imparts 35 Part of HRH 36 1000 in the military 37 Wise guys? 38 Be sociable 39 Heavenly halo 40 Fruity dessert with a rum-flavored sauce 43 Prime 44 Word that may or may not be a contraction 45 Chihuahua is a Mexican one 46 Attire for some traditional dancing 52 “Me neither” 53 “Bloom County” character whose vocabulary consists mostly of “Thbbft!” and “Ack!” 54 Having moved on from 55 Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings 56 ___ lines 57 Word that may or may not be a contraction 58 Underground org. in NYC 59 Famed Miami golf resort DOWN 1 Feature of Notre- Dame supported by flying buttresses 2 Speck 3 “Enough! I get it!” 4 “99 Luftballons” singer 5 1984 comedy horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating 6 Discoveries of Michael Faraday 7 Type-A type 8 Blond in a bar? 9 Spot removers 10 “Hmm ... all right, I’m in!” 11 Common character in “The Far Side” 12 Make a splash 14 Longstanding disputes 17 Old Testament prophet 20 Chill response 23 Apt ticker symbol for Harley-Davidson 24 Zero on the Beaufort scale 25 Sphere 26 Page seen in a wedding album 27 Michelin offering 28 Echo responder 32 Part of a track 33 Midwest colleague of Representative Ocasio-Cortez 35 Comment that pretends to be subtle, but isn’t 36 Structure near a bed? 38 Pasta in a cheesy dish, informally 39 Harpist’s home key 41 Hillary Clinton ___ Rodham 42 Perches for houseplants 43 Pilot’s place 45 Blanket that won’t keep you warm? 47 Big cosmetics chain 48 It’s a numbers game 49 Cake topper 50 Hindu deity of virtue 51 Equivalent of “cya” in a text 53 [Just like that!] PUZZLE BY ROBYN WEINTRAUB No. 1127 Edited by Will Shortz ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year). Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay. CLASSIC COMICS ZIGGY By Tom Wilson HERMAN By Jim Unger BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker FRANK & ERNEST By Thaves ARLO & JANIS By Jimmy Johnson B.C. By Mastroianni & Hart Lighten up, and refuse to let the little things get to you. Happiness is about living in the moment and recognizing what you have. Embrace life with an open heart. Use your intellect to improve your life and the world around you. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make your debut. Start the year off with gusto. Tunnel vision, coupled with discipline, will get you headed in the right direction. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t be sucked into something that doesn’t offer concrete results. It’s lovely to dream, but realism and intelligence will keep you out of trouble. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are heading in the right direction. Broaden your horizons, gather information and prepare to make the changes that will ensure your happiness, not someone else’s. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Wait for the right moment to introduce a change you are contemplating. If you act in haste, you will cause an emotional situation to escalate and ruin your plans. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Express your feelings. Make decisions that have positive impacts on the way you look and feel, and reach out to someone you love. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stick to what you know, and make only reasonable adjustments. It may be the beginning of a new year, but proceeding with caution will help ward off starting on the wrong foot. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Rethink your strategy, and you’ll discover some- thing you overlooked. You can make adjust- ments if you are willing to do the work yourself. Don’t get into a dispute. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When something doesn’t add up, know enough to back away. Work with what you have instead of taking a chance on something unfamiliar and risky. Trust your intelligence. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s a new year. Concentrate on a new you. Personal improvements look promising, and love and romance are on the rise. A passionate approach to life, love and happi- ness will push you in a favorable direction. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s a new day. Don’t get bogged down with emotional nonsense, arguing and trying to change others. Take a deep breath and choose to be grateful for what you have and responsible for who you are. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A change someone makes may entice you. Live your dream, not someone else’s. Set your own pace, and take the steps that will help you live life your way. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Keep your money in a safe place. Easy access will lead to foolish spending. Don’t count on hearsay or promises. Get what you want in writing before you get involved in some- thing that has underlying implications. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021 By Eugenia Last YOUR HOROSCOPE PUZZLES Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. 1-1-21 KenKen ® is a registered trademark of KenKen Puzzle LLC. ©2020 KenKen Puzzle LLC. All rights reserved. Dist. by Andrews McMeel Syndication. www.kenken.com SUDOKU

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    NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

    ACROSS 1 ___ others 6 Supermarket

    chain inits. 9 Shortly, for short 13 Part of a fireplace

    set 14 Onetime court

    figure 15 Lacking vivacity 16 Classic British rock

    group 18 Vivacity 19 Pioneering

    reggae artist whose name is an exclamation

    20 Response to an air offensive?

    21 Alternative to mushrooms

    22 Confused 24 Still has feelings

    (for) 29 Singer Grande 30 Thanksgiving

    dinner preference 31 ___ Ren of

    “Star Wars” 34 Imparts 35 Part of HRH 36 1000 in the military 37 Wise guys? 38 Be sociable 39 Heavenly halo 40 Fruity dessert with

    a rum-flavored sauce

    43 Prime 44 Word that may or

    may not be a contraction

    45 Chihuahua is a Mexican one

    46 Attire for some traditional dancing

    52 “Me neither”

    53 “Bloom County” character whose vocabulary consists mostly of “Thbbft!” and “Ack!”

    54 Having moved on from

    55 Little creatures recurring in Dalí paintings

    56 ___ lines 57 Word that may or

    may not be acontraction

    58 Underground org. in NYC

    59 Famed Miami golf resort

    DOWN 1 Feature of Notre-

    Dame supported by flying buttresses

    2 Speck 3 “Enough! I get it!” 4 “99 Luftballons”

    singer 5 1984 comedy

    horror film that contributed to the creation of the PG-13 rating

    6 Discoveries of Michael Faraday

    7 Type-A type 8 Blond in a bar? 9 Spot removers 10 “Hmm ... all right,

    I’m in!” 11 Common character

    in “The Far Side” 12 Make a splash 14 Longstanding

    disputes 17 Old Testament

    prophet 20 Chill response 23 Apt ticker

    symbol for Harley-Davidson

    24 Zero on the Beaufort scale

    25 Sphere

    26 Page seen in a wedding album

    27 Michelin offering 28 Echo responder 32 Part of a track 33 Midwest colleague

    of Representative Ocasio-Cortez

    35 Comment that pretends to be subtle, but isn’t

    36 Structure near a bed?

    38 Pasta in a cheesy dish, informally

    39 Harpist’s home key 41 Hillary Clinton ___

    Rodham 42 Perches for

    houseplants 43 Pilot’s place 45 Blanket that won’t

    keep you warm? 47 Big cosmetics

    chain 48 It’s a numbers

    game 49 Cake topper 50 Hindu deity of

    virtue 51 Equivalent of “cya”

    in a text 53 [Just like that!]

    PUZZLE BY ROBYN WEINTRAUB

    No. 1127

    Edited by Will Shortz

    ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

    Online subscriptions: Today’s puzzle and more than 7,000 past puzzles, nytimes.com/crosswords ($39.95 a year).

    Read about and comment on each puzzle: nytimes.com/wordplay.

    CLASSIC COMICSZIGGY By Tom Wilson HERMAN By Jim Unger

    BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker

    FRANK & ERNEST By Thaves

    ARLO & JANIS By Jimmy Johnson

    B.C. By Mastroianni & Hart

    Lighten up, and refuse to let the little things get to you. Happiness is about living in the moment and recognizing what you have. Embrace life with an open heart. Use your intellect to improve your life and the world around you.

    ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make your debut. Start the year off with gusto. Tunnel vision, coupled with discipline, will get you headed in the right direction.

    TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Don’t be sucked into something that doesn’t offer concrete results. It’s lovely to dream, but realism and intelligence will keep you out of trouble.

    GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are heading in the right direction. Broaden your horizons, gather information and prepare to make the changes that will ensure your happiness, not someone else’s.

    CANCER (June 21-July 22): Wait for the right moment to introduce a change you are contemplating. If you act in haste, you will cause an emotional situation to escalate and ruin your plans.

    LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Express your feelings. Make decisions that have positive impacts on the way you look and feel, and reach out to someone you love.

    VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Stick to what you know, and make only reasonable adjustments. It may be the beginning of a new year, but proceeding with caution will help ward off starting on the wrong foot.

    LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Rethink your strategy, and you’ll discover some-thing you overlooked. You can make adjust-ments if you are willing to do the work yourself. Don’t get into a dispute.

    SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): When something doesn’t add up, know enough to back away. Work with what you have instead of taking a chance on something unfamiliar and risky. Trust your intelligence.

    SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It’s a new year. Concentrate on a new you. Personal improvements look promising, and love and romance are on the rise. A passionate approach to life, love and happi-ness will push you in a favorable direction.

    CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s a new day. Don’t get bogged down with emotional nonsense, arguing and trying to change others. Take a deep breath and choose to be grateful for what you have and responsible for who you are.

    AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A change someone makes may entice you. Live your dream, not someone else’s. Set your own pace, and take the steps that will help you live life your way.

    PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Keep your money in a safe place. Easy access will lead to foolish spending. Don’t count on hearsay or promises. Get what you want in writing before you get involved in some-thing that has underlying implications.

    FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021

    By Eugenia Last

    YOUR HOROSCOPE

    PUZZLES

    Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating.

    The numbers within the heavily

    outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.

    Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

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