10A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN ENTERTAINMENT SUDOKU Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 3x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty square so that each of each row, column and box contains exactly one number. The difficulty level of the Conceptive Sudoku increases from Monday to Sunday. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 2006 Conceptis Sudoku by Dave Green 9 1 6 4 2 9 7 8 5 4 2 7 2 8 8 7 9 3 9 7 1 6 2 6 4 Answer to previous puzzle 8 7 2 6 9 5 4 3 1 9 3 5 1 8 4 2 6 7 4 1 6 7 2 3 8 9 5 2 4 1 8 2 5 6 3 7 9 6 9 7 4 3 2 1 5 8 3 5 8 9 7 1 6 2 4 5 6 9 2 4 8 7 1 3 7 2 4 3 1 9 5 8 6 1 8 3 5 6 7 9 4 2 Difficulty level 2022 Difficulty Level ★★★ FANCY COMIX Andrew Hadle/KANSAN Wes Benson/KANSAN SQUIRREL ▼ FRIEND OR FAUX? Seth Bundy/KANSAN COLLEGE RULED COMICS "Ode to Family Circus" Sam Patrick/KANSAN ▼ HOROSCOPES ARIES (March 21-April 19) **★★** You are on top of your game. Listen to others' opinions. You need to be sensitive to them. Think carefully. Your intuition comes through if you use it. You will be pleased. TAURUS (April 20-May 20)***** Do your own research and find out the facts. Others might not intend to, but they mix up your priorities. Friends tend to act out of the blue. Talk about your feelings. Bright ideas come forward through discussions. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) ****** Togetherness happens easily, and you relate to someone more clearly than you have in a while. Sometimes you might wonder what your limits are and what is important. Discussions help you isolate this fact. CANCER (June 21-July 22)***** Others are demanding, and you can meet their demands - if you so choose. Laughter could be the response to sharing some heavy feelings. Investigate and make decisions that work for you. You don't have to please everyone all the time. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)★★★ Expenses keep bubbling forth, hitting a new crescendo. You might wonder how you are ever going to get this all under control. Discuss this issue with those who are most affected by it. They might have some good ideas. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)*** Chill out with the knowledge that you are getting as much done as possible. You might get sidetracked by a conversation or two. Listen to the feedback you get involving a situation or project. Be forthright. CAPIRCORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ****** You are a star and accomplish a lot no matter what you do. Others will go along with your ideas and considerations. Others are unusually verbal. Brainstorm. Open doors. You'll make headway. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)***** Let your creativity direct you to the right avenue. You will like what happens. Not everything needs to be dreary and serious. You can add a lot to your environment and relationships to perk them up. LEO (Julv 23-Aug. 22)★★★ SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)***** You might be more vested in the outcome of a situation than you realize. Understand more of what needs to happen within an important relationship where creativity and ingenuity dominate. Return calls. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)★★★ The less said, the better. You have a strong intuitive sense, though you might be not willing or able to act on it just yet. You are in a position to judge a risk and find alternatives if you aren't comfortable. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)★★★ Handle a personal matter with the dignity that your sign is known for. Realize that your limits will help you understand what needs to happen for a situation or project to work. Spontaneity energizes you. Take a walk. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)***** You playfulness comes out in meetings and in nearly any situation that comes along. Inevitably, there are limits to what works. You might need to calm down in order to achieve long-term results. ACROSS 1 Billy Ray Cyrus series 4 Assessment 8 Put an end to 12 Magda's sister 13 Grad 14 Machu Picchu's home 15 Semi-aquatic rodent 17 Verve 18 Turn on the waterworks 19 "At last!" 21 Outpatient facility 24 Dutch river 25 Cartoonist Chast 26 AAA job 28 Ticket 32 State with confidence 34 Cratchit tyke 36 Senate staffer 37 Lower the lights 39 Trump casino- 41 Wrestling victory 42 Young seal 44 Put one's foot down 46 Tuneful 50 "— semper tyrannis" 51 Writer Kingsley 52 Team leaders 56 Delta deposit 57 Curved molding 58 "— and Sympathy" 59 Eyelid affliction 60 Rend asunder 61 Archery-bow wood Solution time: 25 mins. A D D B A S S L L A P B I O O B O E H O W E U S E S A L T W A T E R T H R O W S O D F E D S W E B T S S A L T L I C K S H O W E R E L O R I S A G A A C E S S S A L T T A W A Y S H R U B M O O T B U S R E B E L S A L T N P E P A E V A E V I L A G O G L E D C E D E D N O P T R Y DOWN 1 Calendar abbr. 2 Eggs 3 Overturned 4 Hasen-ppeffer base 5 In the style of 6 Sod 7 AOL delivery 8 Say something 9 He got the point across to his son 10 Exam format 11 Slight 11 Thither 12 Actor Beaty 21 Grouch 2 Eros' specialty 2 Barracks bed 27 Oscar Wilde's sine qua non 29 Maximum contents 30 Not "ter" 31 See to 33 Retaliatory response 35 Frenzied 38 Pie filling? 40 Court clown 43 Edging loop 45 Ms. Farrow 46 Component of "E = mc²" 47 Send forth 48 Easter symbol 49 "Raising Arizona" star 53 Shell game need 54 Born 55 2004 movie 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 MISS. 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