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Mid Valley News
April 02, 2014
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Sudoku
Crossword Puzzle solution in issue 4.09.14
Solution for Sudoku solution in issue 4.09.14
What's in the Stars?? Aries You're feeling lively, restless and not eager for anything even remotely resembling routine.
Taurus If you've had your fill of mediating sensitive family issues lately, try to be patient because there may be one more on the agenda before you're done.
Gemini Despite the work that's accumulated over the past few days, you're ready for a break. Can you take one? Is there someone you can call on to fill in for you?
DOUBLE-DUTY WORDS
ACROSS 1. Wanderer 6. Equinox mo. 9. *Healing sign or picket line crosser 13. Rossini's offering 14. Big-headedness 15. Wilderness Road trailblazer 16. Show opposition 17. "High" drink 18. What Pinocchio was doing? 19. *To alter or coins 21. *Shape where A=a² or town gathering place 23. Romanian money 24. Small ornamental case 25. Make lacework 28. Applies makeup, e.g. 30. In R.E.M. stage 35. *Regrets or streets in Paris 37. Giant kettles 39. What helicopter parents do 40. Eurasian mountain range 41. Anemic-looking 43. Delhi dress 44. _____ congestion 46. Arid 47. Children's author ____ Blyton 48. "Not my brother's ______" 50. Small mountain lake 52. *Seat of a bishop or to regularly date 53. London subway 55. Variable, abbr. 57. Follows teeter 60. *Far away or couch potato's controller 63. Star bursts 64. *To take drugs or to employ for a purpose 66. Nail salon board 68. *Where happy person walks or Jimmy Fallon works 69. Definite article 70. Rental agreement 71. *Good or water source 72. Long fish 73. Yesteryears
DOWN 1. Affirmative action 2. Oil group 3. "Breaking Bad" product 4. "He's _ ____ nowhere man" (The Beatles) 5. Repaired by stitching 6. Dole 7. Sensitive subject? 8. _____ beef 9. Miso bean 10. Coconut fiber 11. "Green Gables" girl 12. "Don't make me ___!" 15. Resembling ocean's color 20. Jelly fruit 22. In so far as 24. Another spelling for aesthete 25. *Elephant's appendage or luggage 26. Saints' lights 27. Badger and bug 29. *Fish or Chaliapin's voice 31. Fail to win 32. Famous restauranteur Bob 33. Bone-chilling 34. *Deadly sin or pack of lions 36. Lover's blow? 38. Evening in Italy 42. *Audacity or bundle of axons 45. *Infamous scarlet symbol or word from home 49. Part of Parisian address 51. That is to say 54. Beastly person 56. Young Montague 57. Voice quality 58. Like West Wing's office 59. *One side of a coin or a spy 60. *Spool of film or lively dance 61. *Product of lacrimation or a rip 62. Gaelic 63. Right away 65. Mother, sister or daughter 67. Word for a nod
Cancer Now here's a day you can live with -- so make the most of it. Your quest is to find a suitable playmate.
Leo Whatever -- or whoever -you want will be impossible to stop thinking about now, so don't even try. You may want to distract yourself with a little something called work.
Virgo This isn't the calm before the storm. It's the calm during the storm. Oh, and remember: storms can be quite wonderful.
Libra You've got one more day to take care of your errands, clean the house and make those phone calls you've been putting off.
Scorpio An ongoing argument may not get any better, but if you're smart -- and careful -it also won't get any worse.
Sagittarius A secret is about to be illuminated, and it's probably going to involve a friend who's just made noises to indicate that they'd like to make a major change.
Capricorn If you're not really interested, don't flirt too heavily. You'll have a much easier time turning this energy on than turning it off.
Aquarius The emotional intensity -- to be turned way, way up during a conversation with a dear one. That doesn't mean a peaceful ending isn't possible.
Pisces It's storming all around except where you are. How is that possible? If you weren't such a rock, you might be involved in the intrigue.