DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Stay in the big
house
10 Beach
pretender 15 [Yawn]
16 Many a Studio
Ghibli film 17 Fund for
incidentals 18 Character who dances on the beach at Stavros 19 Supporting 20 Evil skill 22 Talbot Jr. or Sr. on “Rectify” 23 Obstacles on
the set 25 Confident response to “Your opponent is ready” 26 Funeral rite
heap
27 Poet Thomas 29 “Baby Blues”
baby 30 Maranjab Desert country 31 Empty out
badly? 33 Repertoire 35 Skeleton’s
place?
38 Do maintenance on, as a putting green 39 Card carrier 41 Convene 42 Chill (with) 43 Kate of “House
of Cards” 45 Grouses 49 Welding
sparks 50 Better
52 Tar on the
ocean 53 Compete 54 Like free-range
chickens 56 West of
Tinseltown 57 Country
album? 59 History buff’s
artifacts 61 Tearful queen 62 Big brother,
often
63 First chips 64 Chaotic places
DOWN
1 Nursed
2 Zip
3 Overhaul the plant
4 Old hand 5 Dessert company founded in 1928
6 Shells from stands 7 Sequentially 8 It runs in the shower 9 Short-lived things 10 Indistinct 11 Noted resident of The Dakota in Manhattan 12 Singer?
13 Pale order 14 Tone down 21 Washes out
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“The man is in need of professional help,” a player at my club told me with a heavy sigh.
He was talking about Joe Overberry, who thinks it’s nobler to go down in pursuit of an overtrick than to make what he bid. That costs him tons of points.
Joe was declarer at today’s four hearts, and West led the queen of spades. Joe took his ace and hurriedly played off three high diamonds to pitch his spade loser. Alas, West ruffed and led another spade.
Joe ruffed, forced out the ace of trumps, ruffed the next spade and drew West’s last trump. He then led a club to dummy’s king. East took the ace and returned a club: 10, jack. Down one. 24 South Seas
cover-ups 26 They’re beaten
at parties 28 Intrusive 32 Tough guy’s
exhortation 34 Church of
country 35 Allergy sufferer’s choice 36 Legendary
court figure 37 Mine carriers 40 “As if!” 42 Caribbean city
“He’s fixated or delusional or who knows what,” North growled.
To protect his contract, Joe leads a trump at Trick Two. When West wins, the defense cashes a spade, but South ruffs the third spade and draws trumps. Then he can discard a club on the third diamond, losing only three tricks in all.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ A5 ♥ KJ10842◆ K3 ♣ Q 10 2. Your partner opens one club, you bid one heart and he raises to three hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your partner has a hand worth about 17 points in support of hearts with four-card support. Since you have good trumps, help for his clubs and controls in the unbid
with cocotaxis 44 German chancellor Merkel 46 City west of
Baghdad 47 Mercury, e.g. 48 Bargains
beyond belief 51 Teammate of Mariano for 19 years 54 Exploits 55 Small change 58 #16, familiarly 60 Booking
agent? suits, to take over with a Blackwood bid of 4NT is fine. If he shows two aces, bid six hearts. He may hold J4,AQ93,76,AKJ76.