Manawatu Standard

TAKEABREAK YOUR STARS CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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ARIES ( MAR 21 – APR 20)

TAURUS ( APR 20 – MAY 21)

GEMINI ( MAY 21 – JUNE 22)

LEO ( JULY 24 – AUG 23)

VIRGO ( AUG 23

LIBRA

2014 is a year for living out your dreams, with a chance to take your power back and to draw a new line in the sand from the get go. This is the perfect day to begin the journey that 2014 will take you on, getting excited about the stories, adventures and opportunit­ies that await. You know you can’t change the past, so it’s all about looking to the future and making the choices and decisions that puts the power back in your hands.

CANCER ( JUNE 22 – JULY 24)

With the doors open to both new opportunit­ies and second chances, this is a chance to invest into your relationsh­ips what you most need to get back. Whether relaxing or in holiday mode you can’t avoid keeping your head in the game or the chance you have today to draw a new line in the sand.

– SEP

23)

You’re not going to get away with paying lip service to matters of the heart with a chance to make some new resolution­s as you move into the New Year.

( SEP 23 – OCT 23)

Today’s New Moon gives you a chance to draw a decisive line in the sand, with a New Year offering an opportunit­y for a fresh start.

SCORPIO ( OCT 23 – NOV 24)

Communicat­ion is key to creating phenomenal relationsh­ips that are now possible, while also maintainin­g your personal integrity.

SAGITTARIU­S ( NOV 24 – DEC 21)

Start the year with a belief in yourself and in what you deserve, at a time when you have the mental acumen to walk the talk.

CAPRICORN ( DEC 21 – JAN 20)

Pick and choose what you take with you into the New Year and what you leave behind. This is a day for taking your power back.

AQUARIUS ( JAN 20 – FEB

19)

Pleasure can be found from escaping life’s realities as your imaginatio­n takes you on a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

PISCES ( FEB 19 – MAR 20)

This is a chance to move into 2014 with a sense of what’s possible, focusing more on the ‘ what’ than on the ‘ when, where and how’.

ACROSS 1.

Immediatel­y this rag is made for a swell ( 8,3)

Take out another insurance policy to get over it ( 7)

End section of music had occasional­ly to be written back in ( 4)

Set straight profi t made – about a pound ( 5) Flowery sort of red ( 6) Umpire not at variance with arrangemen­t of numbers in set ( 11)

Respect one of the best trumps ( 6)

It satisfi es me, breaking up the set ( 5)

Sound mad about a lively celebratio­n ( 4)

In time, bar will change into a haven ( 7)

Intensive period of training might scare chorus into it ( 5,6)

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24. DOWN 2.

Take part wearing a hat recognisab­le by touch ( 7)

Any departure from European country can infect one ( 4)

Bottom level taken by one rising to speak ( 5)

A woman in America may be strong in dialect ( 5)

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How convenient it dexterous ( 5)

Poisonous move we French made ( 8) A veteran clepsydra? ( 3- 5) How one used to climb to a fi lthy place ( 3)

Oppressive, the way our nose is put out of joint ( 7) Tope like an extortione­r ( 5) American panel didn’t start with such money- lending ( 5)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Across

is to be so

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At no time will the North veer round to it ( 5)

Fashionabl­e section of machicolat­ion ( 4)

1. Decorum 5. About 8. Monster 9. Union 10. Recommend 12. Gee 13. Raven 17. Elf 19. Universal 21. Plant 22. Outcast 24. Tardy 25. Yearned

1. Demure 2. Cynical 3. Rot 4. Morse 5. Abundance 6. Owing 7. Tender 11. Marquetry 14. Disdain 15. Teapot 16. Fluted 18. Flair 20. Ivory 23. Twa

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