TAKEABREAK YOUR STARS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ARIES ( MAR 21 – APR 20)
Whether you’re setting professional or personal resolutions, this is going to bring the confi dence to take your power back.
TAURUS ( APR 20 – MAY 21)
This year the door is open to new beginnings and second chances as well, with the stars reminding you that it’s never too late for a second chance.
GEMINI ( MAY 21 – JUNE 22)
If you’re listening to your fi nancial instincts and not your head you’ll sense a strong underlying sense of fi nancial confi dence.
CANCER ( JUNE 22 – JULY 24)
Make 2014 a year where you work less and play more and where having the right work/ life balance isn’t just a lofty concept but a reality.
LEO ( JULY 24 – AUG 23)
There is a need to move forward aware of and ready to do more than simply pay lip service to a need to fi nd a balance between work and play.
VIRGO ( AUG 23 – SEP 23)
There is a new sense of playfulness in the air that is reminding you of a need to have some fun, making any downtime over the holiday period count.
LIBRA ( SEP 23 – OCT 23)
In a year where both home and family and relationship matters are going to feature strongly, communication is going to be even more important.
SCORPIO ( OCT 23 – NOV 24)
A mix of intuition, logic, objectivity, desire and intellectual savvy are all coming together to give you a chance to take your power back.
SAGITTARIUS ( NOV 24 – DEC 21)
The more you can move forward with confi dence the bigger the jump start you’ll get on the coming year. It all comes down to believing in yourself.
CAPRICORN ( DEC 21 – JAN 20)
You have a chance to stay in the moment, listening to what your intuitive and imaginative responses tell you and to what excites you.
AQUARIUS ( JAN 20 – FEB 19)
What is making you more likely to want to hold onto a sense of nostalgia is the fact that you can already hear the future calling.
PISCES ( FEB 19 – MAR 20)
There is just the right mix of nostalgia and new energy to appreciate old friends, but also get excited about the new people you’ll meet.
ACROSS 1.
Proper conduct of 4 turns curious ( 7)
It is roughly here and there ( 5)
Abnormally large storm Northeast is suffering ( 7)
Students’ club shows Jack the fl ag ( 5)
Tip one for MC: modern English arrangement ( 9)
Horse will move to the right of East, for example, backing ( 3)
Barnaby’s companion rapped at Poe’s door ( 5)
Fairylike child almost ran away backwards ( 3)
Sort of joint found all over the world ( 9)
Firmly place one’s foot on a growing thing ( 5)
One rejected is no longer fashionable with the players ( 7)
Sailor will dry right out if behindhand ( 5)
Broken reed any might have longed for ( 7)
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Perhaps rude about half of them being so modest ( 6)
Seeing no good in New York, California and Channel Islands ( 7)
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The rubbish one wrote about it ( 3)
Sam devised a code for the Carpenter’s companion ( 5)
A whist call that’s in plentiful supply ( 9)
Having wig on that’s somehow not yet paid for ( 5)
Boat’s smaller craft one will offer for acceptance ( 6)
Attempt to follow car brand with decorative work in wood ( 9)
Look with contempt on how it did a sin ( 7)
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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across
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Poet at variance with Dormouse’s situation ( 6)
With grooves it sounded mellifl uous ( 6)
Faculty for nosing out fi rst fox’s hiding- place ( 5)
Off- white and gold Aralia is around ( 5)
Two Scots in an American airline ( 3)
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1. Brown 4. Bucolic 8. Inept 9. Grown- up 10. Due 11. Component 12. Note 13. Opal 18. Battalion 20. Eve 21. Opening 22. Edict 23. Kitchen 24. Tower
1. Building- block 2. Overeat 3. Notice 4. Bigamy 5. Croton 6. Lance 7. Capital letter 14. Preview 15. Parish 16. Virgin 17. Invest 19. Theft