DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Old AT&T rival 4 __ Na Na
7 Pigsty
11 Least used 14 Nightmare
reaction 16 “Collages”
author 17 Grammy winner for “I Believe
I Can Fly” 18 Part of a
Requiem Mass 19 Name suffix 20 Ukr. and Georgia, once 21 With legal
tender
23 Even prime 26 2016 World Series Champions 28 Locale
29 Con target 30 “The Hunger
Games” nation 32 Pianist
Templeton 33 Estadio shout 34 Formal reply to
“Who’s there?” 35 Foul line shots:
abbr.
36 “Too rich for
my blood” 38 Loose
39 “__ and the Real Girl”: 2007 film 41 Judicial attire 42 Altar
constellation 43 Hudson Bay
native
44 Like kittens 45 Honda
subcompact 46 Actor Culkin 48 Some NCOs 51 Nipper’s brand 52 Saint of
“On the Waterfront” 54 Something to
exercise 57 Particularly
noxious 58 Cialis
competitor 59 Periodic table
listing 60 Numbered
piece 61 Obstinate
critter
62 That, in
Tijuana
DOWN
1 Alumni
2 North African capital 3 Government revenue generator, aptly 4 Emphatic Acapulco assent 5 Rousseau et al. 6 Like many elephants
7 Eins und zwei 8 Google find 9 Basic chem. unit
10 Ask too many questions 12 Cold sufferer’s boxful
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Many good bridge books appeared recently, including “Battling the Best,” Sartaj Hans’ penetrating and award-winning account of a major tournament, and “The Abbot’s Return to Earth,” rib-tickling humor by David Bird.
“Judgment at Bridge
2” by prolific author Mike Lawrence has solid, practical advice on bidding.
Lawrence notes that when your partner preempts and the next player doubles, your bid in a new suit should be lead-directing. If today’s East raises to three hearts at his first turn, West will lead a heart — disastrously — against the eventual four spades.
But East’s three clubs shows heart tolerance and club strength, so West 13 Hillary’s feat,
aptly
14 Sad, to Sartre 15 Retailer’s
increase, aptly 22 Is out sick, say 23 What Red Bull
provides, aptly 24 Pixar title
robot
25 Slanted pieces 27 Scale a cliff,
aptly
30 Rice dish 31 Longtime video
game name leads the jack of clubs. The defense takes three clubs, and when East leads a fourth club, they also get a trump.
Baron Barclay has everything in print, instructional software and other bridge-related items. See baronbarclay.com.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ AQ974 ♥ Q7◆ K53 ♣ 8 4 2. Your partner opens one heart, you respond one spade and he rebids two hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Partner’s two hearts promises six or more hearts. He would never be compelled to rebid a five-card suit here. He could instead bid 1NT or bid two of a minor suit or support the spades. You 35 For the taking 37 On the market 40 Singer Grande 44 Certain drums 47 Walled Spanish
city
49 Colors
50 __ precedent 51 Fixes, in a way 53 Fall bloomers 54 Lacto-__
vegetarian 55 Domino
depression 56 Sigma follower have enough strength to invite game, but your club weakness warns against bidding 2NT. Raise to three hearts.