DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Brainiac Campus eatery, for short Flying Solo? Brewpub brew Auburn University home
#2 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time 18 Burger bun
flavorings 19 Out-of-date 20 Usual people in a
roundup?
22 Small dogs 24 Trafficking org. 25 Insisted on it 29 Gaming rookie, in
slang
31 “Treasure Island”
author’s initials 33 Cape
34 Six-sided state 36 Steinbeck’s “__ of
Eden”
38 Simple card
game
39 Pal of Sleepy 41 “Taras Bulba”
novelist Gogol 43 Org. with Thunder and Heat 44 Eggs in a lab 45 Amino __
46 Chew (on)
48 Male bodybuilder 50 Uncle, in Mexico 52 Homecoming
figure
54 Rock show
venues
56 U.K. country 58 Palm smartphone 60 Welcomers at the
church door 63 Car seller’s
employer: abbr. 64 Like some celebrity memoirs 67 Desperate 69 Salaries 70 Composer Puccini 71 28-Down,
essentially 72 Solid __ rock 73 Steams up 1 8 11 14 15 17
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 21 23 26 27 Spaceship Earth locale
Unit at the pumps *Friendly words to departing guests Old-school “cool” Has Spoken
More heavily populated Attorney’s assignment Smart guys? *Like medicine that works quickly Smoked meat Zion Church letters
“One Mic” rapper Pasta sauce herb *Extremely retro food regimen? Drunkard Common yoga pose ... and a hint to hidden names in the answers to starred clues Former Swedish automaker
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Look at today’s West hand and the auction. Choose your opening lead against 3NT.
“I’ll admit my dummy play isn’t sharp,” Cy the Cynic told me, “and my bidding can be slapdash. But I’ll match my opening leads against anyone’s.”
Cy went off to prove his point in a Chicago game and soon faced a lead problem as today’s West. He opened one club, but NorthSouth bid strongly to game. Cy led ... a club. South won and forced out the ace of diamonds, and all the Cynic could do was cash his other aces. Making four.
“What about your knack for finding a killing lead?” I asked mildly.
Cy must have thought “fourth from the longest 28 30 32 35 37 39 40 42 47 49 51 53 Southern veggie *“Cruel Summer” band Mineo of movies Hyphenated fruit drink brand Droop Qatar’s capital Done Young fox Hotel lobby hangings Prefix with Saxon Nervous Remove calcium and strongest” was automatic. But South appeared to have the clubs well stopped, and North had shown a good hand with long diamonds. Cy needed fast tricks; his best hope lay with the spades. Since East was marked with nothing, Cy had no cause to lead low to keep communication. He should lead the ace of spades — a big success in this deal.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ AJ92 ♥ 72 ◆ A 8 ♣ A 10 8 7 2. Your partner opens one heart, you respond two clubs, he bids two diamonds and you try two spades. Partner then rebids three hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your partner suggests six hearts, four 55 57 59 61 62 64 65 66 68 deposits from Tennis great Monica
Area below the abdomen Cookie bits in some Milka chocolate bars “Born Free” lioness
Fly high Gratuity Rock producer Brian
HDTV choice HDTV brand diamonds and better than minimum values. If he had a minimum, he would have rebid two hearts to limit his strength. Bid six hearts.