18 METRO Tuesday, December 22, 2009 D Your confidence is given a boost by Mars, and you find yourself ready to face the very situations you have been running from. News, of a face from the past, gives you reason to get excited. You know you can love someone, but not like them. You are dealing with not just one, but several issues at the moment. Talk to someone you trust, its sure to give you clarity and satisfaction. Early Christmas gifts come your way, and you find yourself having to deal with people you dont usually see in a social situation. New friends come from this, and for some of you, something even deeper. Dont focus on the bad, but look to all of the good things life has in it. By doing so youll be able to enter the Christmas spirit with much to celebrate, and believe me theres plenty. Lies you tell come back on you today, so be ready with your explanation and dont even think about telling more to cover your tracks. Fun times link to last minute invites you get after lunch. I have a feeling you know that your life is about to enter a romantic phase. Its as if you can finally see whats right for you. Truths, which you discuss this week, change your destiny. I love that you wear your heart on your sleeve. Dont change your ways because a friend tells you to. If you do, youll miss out on entering the most exciting chapter of your life yet. This is a time for finishing projects, not starting new ones. By tying up what you are doing, you can sort out a financial problem which was beginning to get on top of you. Your feelings and emotions are pretty mixed right now. You dont seem to know how you are feeling about many matters in your life. Talking to a younger face in the family brings clarity. Charity begins at home, and this is one day where you need to make yourself a priority. By tying up your own issues you will be free to enjoy this Christmas, as you had originally intended. Its time to do some honest sums, so that you may work out exactly how much you can afford to spend over Christmas, without having a guilty conscience. New career opportunities beckon far away. You find yourself mixing better with some friends than others, and its quite clear that youve outgrown certain faces in your life. You dont have to fall out with them; you just have to move on. Start The Day CLOCKWORD THIS LIFE by Rick Brookes NEMI by Lise QUIZ 1. Cruelty 2. Attest 3. Recover 4. Refuge 5. Gas 6. Large bottle 7. National song 8. Naturism 9. Incendiary liquid 10. Badge 11. Beat 12. Infrequently The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter M in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a British TV actress. M Yesterdays solution: Howard Donald ANSWERS:ENIGMA:Lip.WHOAMI?IrisMurdoch. WHO,WHAT,WHEREANDWHEN?GeorgeMeredith; Adye-producingplant;France;1991. ENIGMA Giving this means being rude. Two will help hold in your food. Cups have one, and dishes too. Precedes stick; comes after tu. WHO AM I? An author, I was born in Dublin in 1919. My novels include The Sandcastle, The Good Apprentice and the Booker Prize-winning The Sea, The Sea. I have been portrayed on film by Kate Winslet and Judi Dench. WHO, WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN? WHO... wrote the novel The Tragic Comedians? WHAT... is dyers rocket: a dye- producing plant, an early steam engine or a weaving machine? WHERE... in Europe is the town of Cluny, associated with lace manufacture? WHEN... was Alan Bleasdales television series GBH first broadcast? Complete this Metroku grid to reveal the digits that should go in the shaded squares. METROKU metro.co.uk/metroku Difficultyrating:Easy Difficultyrating:Challenging Difficultyrating:Moderate Scribblespace For solutions to the metroku, log on to metro.co.uk/metroku Q12: William Trevor was longlisted for the Booker prize for Love And Summer. Which of his films was made into a film starring Bob Hoskins? P19 Scribblespace index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html