Wednesday, November 21, 2012 CYPRUS MAIL
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CRYPTIC 2242
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7 PREVIOUS DAY’S SOLUTIONS
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1 Girl thought to be like
Queen Victoria (8)
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6 Not the bottom team (4) 8 Leading seaman leaves
cold part of Russia for the peninsula (6) 9 Current cut-off point (6) 10 Made jumpy progress in the game? (4-7) 11 Piece also contained by brigand (6) 14 Attempt to hide another wad that is cheap and showy (6) 16 Not a place of higher education (5,6) 20 Points indiscriminately but will not go out? (4,2) 21 Capital of Tobago? (6) 22 Dry part of the Sahara ridge (4) 23 Noted lie somehow had been removed from printed matter (8)
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15 HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1-9. There’s no maths involved, you solve the puzzle with reasoning and logic. With the ‘X’ sudoku, the shaded X must also contain the numbers 1-9.
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13 Herd not stampeding whilst seated! (7) 15 Beaten into shape (7) 17 During Wednesday I gently cleaned (5)
MEDIUM
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18 Accountant and graduate left small party (5) 19 Topless drunk had a game (5)
Down Answers to crossword 2241
Rating EASY Rating HARD
QUICK: Across – 1 Standardised; 7 Unending; 8 Vice; 9 Wing; 11 Saturate; 12 Branch; 14 Rubble; 16 Eggplant; 19 Reno; 21 Alto; 22 Screamed; 23 Right-hand man. Down – 1 Squaw; 2 Nonagon; 3 Aries; 4 Dogstar; 5 Saver; 6 Decathlon; 10 Irregular; 13 Headset; 15 Barmaid; 17 Prong; 18 Terra; 20 Olden.
Rating HARD
CRYPTIC: Across – 1 Devil-may-care; 7 Pittance; 8 Deft; 9 Hair; 11 Redirect; 12 Format; 14 Darwin; 16 Remained; 19 Cher; 21 Sago; 22 Burgundy; 23 Differential. Down – 1 Depth; 2 Interim; 3 Manor; 4 Yielded; 5 Adder; 6 Effective; 10 Aforesaid; 13 Tenable; 15 Racquet; 17 Aloof; 18 Dirge; 20 Royal.
Rating MEDIUM
2 Impressive-sounding prize (5) 3 French sea girl? (7) 4 It’s worn in John’s car for warmth (5) 5 Divert Sidney coming up with a drink (7) 6 Smart cheat (5) 7 The winner of French drink (7) 12 Heavenly cast? (3-4)
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1 Saw-edged (8) 6 Search thoroughly (4) 8 Terror (6) 9 Shortage of food (6) 10 Number below the line (11) 11 Became threadbare (6) 14 Windward Island (6) 16 Counterbalanced (11) 20 Small hollow (6) 21 Maintain (6) 22 Ward off (4) 23 Removed whitewash (8)
2 Sinned (5) 3 Temporary rule (7) 4 Motet (anag.) (5) 5 Extinct (7) 6 Starlike body (5) 7 Mosque turret (7) 12 Accept (7) 13 Part of a swimmingpool (4,3) 15 Herts town (7) 17 Motor-cycle (5) 18 Small firework (5) 19 Search (5)
HOROSCOPE
Across
ARIES March 21 - April 20
LEO July 23 - August 22
SAGITTARIUS November 23 - December 21
Uranus in your sign for the last nineteen months, has been involved in a very challenging Square with Pluto for some time. But today, it also clashes with Mars and will do so through to the 27th of this month. What does this mean? Well, you may find yourself feeling particularly restless, and may find any kind of authority very hard to take.
For some time, balancing duty and obligation with your desire to be a free spirit has been proving really quite tough. If you have been actively trying to find some solutions, perhaps through greater delegation, or getting others to take a fairer share of the domestic or professional burden, great. If not, you must really take this seriously now.
What you think you are worth can be quite a theme from now until the middle of next month. Now, this can be reflected over your stance towards money, and any bargaining that goes on, but equally, it can relate to your self esteem. But the old maxim of earning rather than demanding respect may be something you should bear in mind Archer.
TAURUS April 21 - May 21
VIRGO August 23 - September 23
CAPRICORN December 22 - January 20
If you have been finding a romantic partnership heavy going, you may find your mind wandering. There is even the possibility of a secret attraction or involvement developing in the next week. Someone from your past can also come to mind, giving you a tingle of excitement. Charm can get you everywhere, but also into the wrong type of clinch.
If you’re working on any kind of creative project, be it a hobby or professionally, be conscious that someone may be harbouring a serious amount of jealousy towards you - particularly if a lot of acclaim or recognition is coming your way. However, the surprise can be just who this is, and it may not be the first person that comes to mind. Be watchful.
No doubt about it, you are being giving a wonderful burst of energy from Mars’ newly established residency in your sign. But this is also the planet of ego, and whilst you may be relishing the extra confidence that this is giving you, there is a thin line between feeling better about yourself and riding roughshod over the feelings and rights of others. Proceed with caution.
GEMINI May 22 - June 21
LIBRA September 24 - October 23
AQUARIUS January 21 - February 19
However much you like someone, or if you are in a love partnership, you do have a need to breathe. And if the situation is too full on, possessive or controlling, even in subtle ways, you can find yourself feeling a sense of injustice. If you feel too stifled like this, it could also see you develop a huge sense of frustration. If so, lay down clear boundaries.
You can be one of the most self-depreciating of the zodiac signs, but if your ability to be accommodating towards others has led to one person becoming almost blithely unaware of your needs whilst taking you for granted about theirs, then you may figure that a more robust approach is now necessary. This may cause ructions, but greater respect will ensue.
You have many sides to your nature, and one of them in the past was to be very outspoken. Neptune gently finessed and softened this for some years. But even so, if something requires you to speak out and show your more radical tendencies, then you will. And if an injustice has been long left unresolved, it may be about to burst back into life.
CANCER June 22 - July 22
SCORPIO October 24 - November 22
PISCES February 20 - March 20
The chances are your work or professional situation has been very unsettled in the last couple of years. And if it seems that a boss, company or organisation you work for keep changing the ground rules, you may find yourself embroiled in a testy stand-off. You will want to feel recognised and appreciated. If you feel taken for granted, the stakes can ramp up.
Your co-rulers of Mars and Pluto, are set to have an enormous influence on the heavens from now until the end of the month. And the way in which they can affect you, is all around the way in which you express yourself, your beliefs and your ideas. You can often be blunt, but be prepared, because others may be about to be blunt to you in return.
Have you been too passive around one situation or person? If so, in order to ensure the esteem of this peer, might you have been blunting your own needs, identity and drive? In the next week, you can find yourself keener to cast off the shackles, and show the true authentic side of your persona. If you can, it’ll be one of the best things you ever do.