Evening Standard from London, Greater London, England • 27

razrava standard Thursday juke 14 wit 1 rrVjs' Sh "I designed a better mousetrap and someone beat a path to my front door and stole the blueprints in addition to the fringe benefits there is a tiny five figure salary just to keep the tax man happy Here is my forecast for Friday: CAPRICORN (December 21-January 19) give way to a pessimistic take a positive not a negative attitude to matters now on Sur mind If plans seem to ve come to a standstill they will soon be moving ahead again AQUARIUS (January 20-Febraary 18) Money you are expecting to receive be -forthcoming today and this might raise some problems about how to cope with current expenses However in other respects a good day for you ana one when you should do particularly well at work cancelled due to a problem -Romance also seems to be afr a standstill today eo you went be feeling too happy about about the way things are going in your per sonal life an investment is not showing vexy good returns at present take heart from the fact that ycull be getting better news of stocks end shares during the last week of the month GEMINI (May 21-Jnne 20) to bring something to a successful conclusion be fruitless you will have to face up to a disappointment today Very sluggish atmosphere working surroundings and a very torpid atmosphere at home too All in all likely to be a very dull day CANCER (June 21-Joly 21) Ylou start the day feeling a bit miserable maybe because news expecting fads to arrive news received is a bit depressing Keep your mind off personal matters while weridfag as the tendency to dwell on them wifi be hampering your driving-force LEO (July 22-Augusi 21) Disappointing day from the financial where you expected profit loss is more likely Business negotiations end on a negative note Plenty of action though in working sixmundtogs though not altogether the fckad expecting and likely to he some tension in working reHationships VIRGO (August 22-Septem-ber Others around you seem to be leaving you to do most of the work today be Slogging away from the time you get up to the time you retire to bed tonight Partnerships seem to be nothing but a source of problems you ooudd be feeling that be much better off without them LIBRA (September 22-Oeto-ber It's a case of all work and no play for Librans today it looks as If you might have to do acme backtracking to correct mistakes of oversights SCORPIO (October 23-November Good far wok and business purposes but the personal side of life leaves much to be desired today es it seems to be a ds takes a depressing be that it Could re missing old lelped by the people around you today and they are more likely to deflate rather than raise your spirits So make it a go-it-alone time when you hold fast to your own optimis-r tic outlook on life ARIES (March 21-ApriI 20) you want to leave work in good order before signing off for the weekend you will haivo to put in extra time on -ft today It will take you longer to get through Jobs partly because it requires extra effort to nuke up sufficient energy TAURUS (April 21-May 29) social date may have to be XN some situations a defender -win often be In possession of Information as yet unknown to declarer When this Is the case may be necessary to make declarer choose his option before he learns more about the hand deal was suob an example Dealer North North-South game North A 10 9 8 7 3 10 7 4 3 West East A 4 3 2 5 0 9 8 -y A 8 5 6 9 I 6 4 2 6 5 3 2 AQ642 South 4 6 0 2 6 A 10 7 4AKJ1087 South West North East 4 Pass 4 NT Pan 60 Pan 8 NT Pan Pan Pan response of Six Diamonds showed one ace and a void To avoid a passible dls- sstrous bead through his king of hearts South correctly settled for Six No Trumps -West led -the nine of hearts East won and lastly returned the queen of hearts Declarer won and cashed the ace and king of spedfis disclosing toe bad break Declarer's only chance now wee to play for six club tricks Accordingly he cashed the queen of spades and led the nine of duhs which he successfully finessed Another olub finesse followed and twelve tricks were soon recorded Where did East go wrong? He should halve hoped that the spads suit would misbehave but he knew tost the club suit was lying badly for declarer At 1 truck two he should therefore have switched to a club R1XI MARKUS MODESTY BLAISE hr KTEI riONKU OmIvJNINW CRYPTIC PUZZLE ACROSS 4 Ith lucky mother has someone with her (6) 7 Tfoetetntaai name for a corny actor with an item of drug (8) 10 Huutoed6 13 GtoentitaKkBe of the road! (4) 14 Ring Henry love (4) 15 Bwfai lite a right fish! (4) 16 Dadb to uncles Shop! (3) 'so 17 Irish mail sorter? (4) 19 Woman getting a pole balanced (4) 21 One who arrives outside a fort to give solace (9) 23 Tool me raps with? (4) 24 Vkginia Street Is positively enormous! (4) 26 never find Mm in tbs red (3) 27 He means lot to Ada (4) 29 Creature caught with an oar? (4) 1 32 Examination of the mouth (4) 33 Aches to reform the bunt (5) 34 AntaL musician avaiHaM from tredto (6) 35 Usually smeUtog quite nice they dont make real poos (8) 36 Are such magarinea produced with poiUfih? (6) down --1 Demonstrate paltestrilaatem (6 2 Ffadl 3 I go dentils (4) 4 I get a horse out for her (5) 5 Old Bob and George the novelist (4)- 6 Ktog taking the Queen to heart (6) At which to make silent entry? (6) 11 The French way as a rule (3) 12 wapoteonh unaflaed efforts (5) IS The Shifting again of a Mb of I CD Use the same diagram for either the Cryptic or the Easy puxxle ACROSS 4 TMoe into custody 7 Reaps (8) SCroctoecy EASY PUZZLE DOWN 1 Portion (5) 2 Fad (6) 3 Timidity 4 Tree (5) 5 Genuine 6 9 (6) (4) (4) (6) aid 0 A wood (4) 11 Hall (3) 12 path1? (59' crossed out (7) 15 Small pdece (8) cross-gleoe(4) 16 Affirmation (3) It 14 15 Curve (4) 16 Still (3) 17 Wicket of friends with whom lost touch or news of or from friends wifi be casting a damper on your spirits Sagittarius (November 22-December 20) Nothing much going on to working imran Typings to fact it looks as though there will be one holdup after another there Partner may take you by surprise he or she wifi be Udy to be anting on impulse nri than could throw joint plans into confusion FRIDAY'S BIRTHDAYS ending one particular chapter of your life and starting another now so you will be doing a lot of reorganising Looks as though you will be moving house or moving to different working surroundings either in the Immediate future or around December Family matters come much to the fore at one or both of tfMMM periods and you may be faced with extra family responsibilities tracks like Star and In The current hit Boogie Wonderland dialogue the Mad of form that has new of the top selling black JAMES JOHNSON 19 Act (4) 21 Hearers (9) 23 Beds (4) 24 Ripped (4) 26 MS prurider 21 WBe in debt i 29 Talk (4) 32 Type of nail (4) S3 Gass fixedly (5) Me port Read desultorily underpart of foot (6) (4) JWL THE American band Earth Wind and Fire produce a very superior style of disco music with a degree of class and finesse that many of their contemporaries lack It is music that can and deserves to be played and enjoyed beyond the realms of the discotheque On I Am (CBS) the band's flashy staccato rhythms their melodies and precise production adds no to another tie album The slightly curious cosmic overtones of their smooth melodies and DU so Inaotntotate aoesv hire (5) 18 Convey with devilish skill? (6) 20 A figuns to draw on a plant (8) 21 A vchfele for French (3) ES Oouutry (taemaHoentre (3) 23 A kick to the shoulder? (6) 25 aaxmot such bags be shut up? (3) 28 Doesn't she exist during the night? 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