18 METRO Friday, October 23, 2009 D Listen to the stars and to your instincts, which are sure to be giving you a short sharp, nudge. Wear red for luck to gain the upper hand in current dramas. Dont trust that ex again. You have a really fun day ahead, with plenty of familiar faces dropping by to make sure that you are filled in on all of the latest gossip and scandal. Just dont repeat it yet! Pay attention to what Scorpios have to say, their insight can help you to save both money and face. Your career steps up the pace, dress accordingly. Phonecalls and texts boost your love life. You are certainly a sign who knows how to spend money, especially when its not yours. Careful, you are making a close one think youre not all you said you are. Its time to prove otherwise. People, you thought were on your side in a professional matter, may well be saying what they think is necessary, to stay in your favour; so dont count on their support. Independent actions equal success. The real friends come to the fore and pull through for you today. Your love life has enough activity in it to be attracting the attention of faces from your past youve been hiding from. You must be careful that you dont paint yourself in a poor light. I know you dont carry out what you say, but others might be getting the wrong impression. Time for a fresh approach. With the Sun now in your sign, you start to get back your lust for life and your joie de vivre. What isnt working in your life you will have no hesitation in getting rid of. Your ruling planet Saturn can offer you sound advice so listen to your gut instincts please. Follow your heart after 7pm as its set to push you into the arms of a beautiful face. You may think that you have no way out of the emotional crisis, which seems to have befallen you, but I can tell you that you are wrong. Help offered later today proves this fact. Not only do you have many choices to choose from, but you also have the financial flexibility which last month was so obviously absent from your chart. Use it with care and thought please. Health checks need keeping if you are to fine-tune both mind and body. There are so many people that you want to see and so much work you want to get done, so focus. Start The Day Complete this Metroku grid to reveal the digits that should go in the shaded squares. CLOCKWORD THIS LIFE by Rick Brookes NEMI by Lise METROKU metro.co.uk/metroku QUIZ 1. Boarding house 2. Genuine 3. Disclose 4. Trial 5. Edible seed 6. Fuel 7. Small mammal 8. Middle East country 9. Bay tree 10. Amble 11. Type of soup 12. Usual The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter L in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the other circle will spell out the name of a British prime minister. L Yesterdays solution: Kaiser Chiefs ANSWERS:ENIGMA:Hydrogen.WHOAMI?TomStoppard.WHO,WHAT, WHEREANDWHEN?Greece;A;RoystonVasey;1974. Difficultyrating:Easy Difficultyrating:Challenging Difficultyrating:Moderate ENIGMA Element thats very light. Careful, though, dont strike a light! It helped the Hindenburg to fly, But also made it burn and die. WHO AM I? A playwright, I was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937. I was knighted in 1997, and have been involved with human rights issues, especially those concerning Eastern Europe. My plays include Arcadia and Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead. WHO, WHAT WHERE AND WHEN? WHO... won footballs European Championships in 2004? WHAT... letter is represented by a dot then a dash in Morse code? WHERE... was The League Of Gentlemen set? WHEN... did Gerald Ford become US president? Scribblespace Scribblespace For solutions to the metroku, log on to metro.co.uk/metroku index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html