DAILY CROSSWORD
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Type of coordination Wolverine rival Hidden 3-D image State as fact “A Hard Road to Glory” author 16 Coffeehouse draw 17 Sagacious 18 Lacking in some
way
19 Checkout choice 20 “Roar” singer 22 Large pipes 23 Malfoy, to Potter 24 Attention getter 26 Sign on a highway 30 Binging
34 Order to a
sea dog
35 Genesis victim 38 Quinnipiac University product 39 “Kid-Tested, MotherApproved” brand 40 Scornful glance ... and a hint to completing 12 aptly placed answers
Soul seller Sooner State city Jodie Foster title role
Slogs Antarctica, for example Domains Coop cries Really big stretch E alternative? Chip topper Pilot that can’t fly Favorable thing to be on Halliwell once known as Ginger Spice
Rte. that crosses Lake Michigan by ferry Sighed line Course that may cover a crash: abbr.
71 Intuition 72 Batter’s command 1 5 9 14 15 43 44 46 47 49 51 53 55 56 59 65 66 67 68 69 70 of the strike zone, in baseball lingo 73 Pacific salmon
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 25 26 27 28 29 Iowa athlete New Balance competitor Incubator site Subject of Zola’s “J’Accuse...!” Whalebone Certain surfer Arctic trout “Out of Africa” setting Drama set at an advertising agency Hotel handout Silk Road desert “Let’s do it!” Reflective semiprecious stone USB and others Toledo opening? Unassisted peeper
Like Lamb Chop Prepares to take off One-named Nigerian
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
As I’ve reported, the Bermuda Bowl final at the 2017 World Championships — United States vs. France — was desperately close. The U.S. won by just two IMPs, and any of the 128 deals could have reversed the outcome.
In today’s deal, North for France bulled his way into six clubs after extracting a club bid from South. North’s first double was for takeout; his second and third suggested great strength and put the burden on South to do something intelligent.
West led a diamond, and declarer won, cashed the ace of hearts and led the ace and a second trump, losing to West’s king. South could ruff the next diamond in dummy, reach his hand with a trump and lead a 31 32 33 36 37 41 42 45 48 singer Batman nemesis, with “the” Similar Physical feature of Peter Falk and Sammy Davis Jr. “The Fresh Prince of __-Air” Charged fish? Van Morrison’s “__ the Mystic” Set of values Bush 43, so he said, with “the” Goes back (on) spade. When West’s king appeared, South claimed for plus 1,370.
It would have been asking a lot for the U.S. NorthSouth pair to duplicate that result, and indeed, after the French East opened his hand (!) with an artificial pre-empt, North-South had a mix-up and didn’t even reach game. France gained 15 IMPs.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ J875 ♥ 108543 ◆ Q2 ♣ J 9. Your partner opens two clubs (strong, artificial), you respond two diamonds (negative or waiting), and he bids two spades. What do you say?
ANSWER: Bid four spades. This is a textbook action. You show spade support but deny any sidesuit 50 52 54 56 57 58 60 61 62 63 64 French epic hero Prepared to eat, as a banana Skin-and-bones sort
Z’s
Nibble Fighting Relative of a Yodel
Big Bird buddy Chrysler Building style
__-Z: classic Camaro Conjunctivitis control: an ace, king, void or singleton. Your bid discourages slam, but if all partner needs from you is a spade fit, he can go on.