Puzzle Solutions

Your partner may push buttons that infuriate you, or make you angry if they steal your thunder or embarrass you. Look for alternatives that enable you to raise donations you need. You need to concentrate on business more than your relationship this week.

Don’t let others bully you into agreeing with them. You will be able to get along well with colleagues. Love can be yours if you get out and about. Insincere gestures of friendliness are likely to occur.

Problems with in-laws may cause friction in your personal relationship. Be sure to find out all you can before you commit to anything. Deceit with co-workers is apparent. Opportunities will come through behind the scenes activities.

Your diplomatic nature will help you in straightening out unsavoury situations. Partnerships may be plentiful. Your mate needs extra attention and is feeling rather insecure when you’re not in sight. Your support and concern will help.

Your energetic personality will make you the centre of attention at social gatherings. Educational pursuits should help you develop your hobbies. Get together with friends and do something entertaining but not too expensive.

You may be able to get some good advice about your personal problems. Pleasure trips will be emotionally favourable. Don’t deny yourself this week. Problems with in-laws may cause friction in your personal relationship.

Across

You may be likely to have difficulties with females. Changes regarding family members will set you off. Don’t give them the use of your credit card. Consider a conservative investment that will stay solid when everything else goes sour.

You need to spend time with friends and family. Put your efforts into your work rather than your emotional life. Don’t be afraid to talk to close friends or relatives about pressing personal problems. Talk to the party involved and make sure that they are informed as to what happened.

Be careful how you deal with colleagues. this week will be rather hectic on the domestic scene. You may be ill-treated if you must deal with institutional environments. You need an energetic outlet that will help you dissipate your anxiety.

Time is money and you must be ready to act in order to reach your highest potential. Be cautious handling tools, machinery, or dangerous objects. Travel will be exciting. You are apt to meet someone special on your journey.

those in a position to support your efforts. Be sure to cover all the necessary groundwork before signing binding contracts. Don’t let others put unreasonable demands on you. You should develop that creative idea.

1. a person employed to protect a building against intruders or damage (8,5)

10. a small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear, transmitting vibrations between the malleus and stapes (5)

11. a person or thing that can no longer hope to succeed or be changed for the better (4,5)

12. spoken or done without preparation (9)

13. inquired too closely into a person’s private affairs (5)

14. operation involving rhinoplasty or cosmetic surgery on a person’s nose (4,3)

16. use up the supply or resources of (7)

18. to retain for future use (7)

20. a veil concealing all of the face except the eyes (7)

22. producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind (5)

24. a species of serviceberry, Amelanchier alnifolia, of Western Canada (9)

26. not making or conducted primarily to make a profit (9)

27. any of a number of unreactive gaseous compounds used in fire extinguishers (5)

28. a named period into which a year is divided (8,5)

Down

2. to cause someone to feel very enthusiastic and eager (7)

3. a constellation of the northern sky, known as Greater Bear (4,5)

4. a type of dome-shaped shelter built from blocks of solid snow (5)

5. on the day before today (9)

6. remove the lid or cover from (5)

7. a sequence of actions regularly followed (7)

8. an engraving made from a metal plate on which lines of varying thickness have been incised (4,9)

9. the process of calculating one’s position at sea, by estimating the direction and distance travelled (4,9)

15. (of a baby) fed with milk from the breast (6-3)

17. the edible pale green seed of an Asian tree (9)

19. a grassy plain in tropical and subtropical regions, with few trees (7)

21. lit by the moon (7)

23. a lament for the dead, especially one forming part of a funeral rite (5)

25. one of a class of lustful, drunken woodland gods in Greek Mythology (5)