16 metrolife Friday, January 29, 2010 D You may feel as if close ones are trying to get your money from you, and youd be right. If its for the home though, they may have a valid point, so talk and dont argue. I love it when you are in this type of mood, but I just know that your close ones are going to hate it. If someone tells you not to do something, youll do it anyway. Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. You dont have to spend to look good, bear this in mind when entering new business deals with attractive faces at this time. Mars brings an unexpected feel to your day, and will be forcing you to say exactly what is on your mind, whether close ones think it is polite or not.. Youve kept quiet long enough. You are taking on too much, both at work and in the home, and sometime this week you need to sit down and have a serious discussion about where things are going to give. Your love life is looking more and more like a soap opera every day, and you are now beginning to be the main topic of a friends conversations. Dont lie when asked, they already know! Your chart indicates that you are over reacting about a recent misunderstanding, and it really would be much better to let bygones be bygones, unless you want a past issue dragged up unnecessarily again. You must not make life more difficult than it needs to be for yourself. You have promised to do more things than are humanly possible, rather than build on that reputation. Take back control of your life. The chance to take on a new responsibility at work comes before you, but may prove a little more frightening than youd originally thought. Go for it, you are more than capable. Dont continue with this game playing for too long. You are missing out on the real action that wont get offered unless you come to your senses by 3pm. Aries link to interesting romantic proposals. Dont rush, or you may miss out on the real prize, which will not be showing up in your life until next month. Lifes one big competition! Today you find out who your team is. Someone, who you have recently met, is still weighing heavily on your mind, and that has obviously made quite an impression. Take your own advice, not friends, and decide the next move yourself. Start The Day Complete this Metroku grid to reveal the digits that should go in the shaded squares. CLOCKWORD THIS LIFE by Rick Brookes Difficultyrating:Easy Difficultyrating:Challenging NEMI by Lise METROKU QUIZ Difficultyrating:Moderate 1. Servile 2. Beast 3. Xmas decoration 4. Excite 5. Boarding house 6. Rebuke 7. Beetle 8. Worldwide 9. Type of soup 10. Trial 11. Maiden 12. Tooth covering 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 outer circle will spell out the name of a British actor. L Yesterdays solution: Sophie Aldred ANSWERS:ENIGMA:P(ipe)L(ine)U(nder)T(he)O(cean).WHOAMI?Ennio Morricone.WHO,WHAT,WHEREANDWHEN?Dr.L.L.Zamenhof;Dojo; UpperBavaria,Germany;1987. ENIGMA On D-Day, 1944, This carried fuel to the shore To help Allied forces advance. This acronym reconquered France! WHO AM I? A composer, I was born in Rome in 1928. I have composed the score to hundreds of films including Disclosure, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly and Lolita. I received an Honorary Academy Award in February 2007. WHO, WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN? WHO... invented the international artificial language esperanto? WHAT... is the name of the hall in which judo is practised? WHERE... in Europe is the village of Oberammergau? WHEN... did Pat Cash become Wimbledon mens singles tennis champion? Scribblespace For solutions to the metroku, log on to metro.co.uk/metroku 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