HOROSCOPE

By Horoscope.com

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Aries: Feel free to upset the equilibrium in order to have your needs met, especially in the bedroom, Aries. In an effort to maintain the peace and keep everything on an even keel, you’ve neglected your desires for the sake of pleasing someone else. Making compromises for others can be noble, but it may never get you exactly what you want.

Taurus: Nothing is too hot for you to handle, but why do you insist on burning your hand when you don’t have to, Taurus? Are you trying to prove to someone that you can take the heat without being affected by it? You can get burned just as easily as anyone else even if you deny it. Do things for you and not to prove something to other people, especially when it comes to matters of love and romance.

Gemini: Your physical energy is strong. Your desire for passion and love is intense, Gemini. Combine these two forces for a passionate night of love and romance. No one will be able to resist your power. The key now is to make sure that you aren’t giving yourself away to someone who’s unworthy of your love.

Cancer: Matters of the heart may not be going smoothly, Cancer. Perhaps someone’s approach has been too aggressive. Maybe you’ve been too pushy about what you want. Tension builds up and creates disharmony instead of love. Perhaps you need to examine the dynamics of the relationship.

Leo: When it comes to love and romance, you’re probably on fire, Leo. You have an incredible passion for love now, making you one of the most desirable catches around. Partner with someone who shares your thirst for adventure, spontaneity, and the bizarre. You need someone who can keep up with your erratic and powerful energy.

Virgo: If things aren’t going smoothly in a romantic relationship, be careful about blaming yourself, Virgo. A partnership means that two people work together equally. If this isn’t the case, let your partner know how you feel. While the passion may run high between you, the real glue that will hold you together is sincerity, sensitivity, and mutual understanding.

Libra: Your sex drive is apt to be strong today. This could be the only thing on your mind, Libra. Every person you see may stir feelings in you, even though you may already be committed to someone. If you aren’t in a relationship, this is the time to make a move.

Scorpio: Bring more fire and passion to your love life, Scorpio. Spark things up by being more adventurous. The bolder you are, the more response you will get. Even though you may like to plan ahead and take things slowly, your romantic life is one area where you might do better taking the opposite approach.

Sagittarius: Recent conflicts may stir up some anger in you, Sagittarius. This is a powerful force, and you could be tempted to get into a big fight. Put the weapons away and bring out the olive branch. Take that energy that has built up and use it to fuel your romantic affairs instead of warlike ventures.

Capricorn: You may not be having the best of luck when it comes to matters of the heart, Capricorn, and you may feel you need to take some sort of action. Be careful of acting just for the sake of creating movement. Perhaps the best policy for you now is to relax where you are and wait for the perfect love to come to you.

Aquarius: Love and romance are in the air tonight, so feel free to let loose, Aquarius. Instead of being a passive, gentle, soft kind of love, the emotion you feel may be more forceful, passionate, and aggressive. Roll with this feeling as you seduce the object of your desire.

Pisces: If you haven’t gotten the love you want lately, Pisces, perhaps it’s because you haven’t asked for it. If you’re involved with someone and feel unfulfilled, consider having a heart-to-heart talk about your needs and what you want out of the relationship in order to be happy. If you aren’t in a relationship now and want to be, you need to be more aggressive about getting to know the one you want.

Daily Bridge

By FRANK STEWART Tribune Content

Agency

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

In today’s deal (reported by Barry Rigal) from the Life Master Pairs at the ACBL Fall Championships, East had options at his first turn to bid and chose a preemptive lift to three spades. He failed to shut out South, who came in with four diamonds (a lusty 3NT was possible) and was raised. West led his singleton club: deuce, queen, ace. South drew trumps and next led the jack of hearts, putting up dummy’s ace when West played low. Fine so far; but then declarer tried a spade to his king, He lost two spades and later a club. Down one.

11th Trick

It’s sad to see this quality of play in an event for Life Masters. After South takes the ace of hearts, he has an extra chance by cashing the king and ruffing a heart. The fall of East’s queen makes dummy’s ten high for the 11th trick. When I became a Life Master in 1972, the title had some prestige. But now with masterpoint inflation plus the proliferation of events, players can achieve LM ranking without ever playing in tough competition.

You hold:

You open one diamond, your partner responds one spade, you jump

Sudoku

Codeword Puzzle

INSTRUCTIONS

Fill in the grid so every row, every column and every 3-by-3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9. that means that no number is repeated in any row, column or box.

Sudoku puzzles appear on the Diversions page Monday through Saturday.

Crossword Puzzle

Answers to previous CODEWORD

How to play Codeword

Codeword is a fun game with simple rules, and a great way to test your knowledge of the English language. Every number in the codeword grid is ‘code’ for a letter of the alphabet. Thus, the number 2 may correspond to the letter L, for instance. All puzzles come with a few letters to start. Your first move should be to enter these letters in the puzzle grid. If the letter S is in the box at the bottom of the page underneath the number 2, your first move should be to find all cells numbered 2 in the grid and enter the letter S. Cross the letter S off the list at the bottom of the grid. Remember that at the end you should have a different letter of the alphabet in each of the numbered boxes 1- 26, and a word in English in each of the horizontal and vertical runs on the codeword grid.

Puzzle

to three diamonds and he bids three hearts. You try 3NT, and partner goes to four diamonds. What do you say?

ANSWER: Partner has a good hand with shortness in clubs. Since your ace of clubs is a good card and your king of spades may fill in partner’s long suit, slam is likely. Cue-bid five clubs or just jump to six diamonds.

West dealer

Both sides vulnerable