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Color in the brown family Dusty trail figure Board that decides without voting Flow hindrance Not expected Ducklike bird Company that pioneered metal drivers in golf 19 Perrier units 21 Only one fed. holiday falls on it annually
A hockey player may check with one
Thing to get one’s claws into Often-glazed delicacy
Tail of a cartoon dog?
29 Actress __-Margret 30 Hosp. areas 31 Lake Itasca, vis-àvis the Mississippi Out indefinitely Certain landing aid
Sara Roosevelt’s maiden name Gordon Shumway’s title alias, in a sitcom
“I didn’t need to know that” Book after Exod. Settled things They go on until dawn
More at the end? Many a boat, to its skipper Strong denial Fulfill, as a promise Advanced Pac-12 student Colon, in analogies Parachute fabric Bldg. units Pipe organ component 1 5 9 14 15 17 18 22 23 27 28 35 38 39 40 41 42 43 46 50 51 52 54 58 59 60 61 62 63
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1 OT book 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 20 24 25 26 27 Fancy enamelwork Endodontic therapy
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Tries to pick up Political commentator Navarro Drummer’s creations 2010 Commonwealth Games host city
One making a splash?
Rail stop between Stuttgart and Munich
State in both the Pacific and Mountain time zones “A __ Fury”: “Star Wars” DVD segment More than competent They may involve cheap shots Urban omnivore Word of amore Mob hiree Show displeasure Carefully timed
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“Simple Saturday” columns focus on basic technique and logical thinking.
The defenders have the advantage of knowing whether declarer’s key suits will break well and whether his finesses will win. A tenet of deceptive defense is to let declarer win his first try at a repeatable finesse (unless a compelling reason exists to win immediately).
Against 3NT, East takes the ace of spades and returns the three. South wins and leads a diamond to dummy’s jack. If East takes the king, the defense can cash two spades, but South will win the club shift, lead a heart to his king and finesse with the jack to win nine tricks.
The result will be different if East ducks the first 32 33 34 36 37 38 40 44 45 operation Worst of the worst
Flirts with Lover of Geraint Bad state for sailing
Seat for a priority boarder
Part of a bargain, maybe Hyper
“__ be a shame if ...” Mediterranean sauces diamond (with no revealing pause). Declarer could still succeed, but in practice he will come to his king of hearts for a second diamond finesse.
Then East wins, and the defense takes two spades and leads a club. South has no more entries to his hand and loses a heart to West’s queen at the end.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ A763 ♥ 1075◆ K104 ♣ K 7 2. The dealer, at your left, opens one heart. Your partner doubles, and the next player passes. What do you say?
ANSWER: Partner asked you to bid, no matter how weak your hand. You would bid one spade with this same pattern but no points. Since you actually have 10 46 47 48 49 53 55 56 57 Do only what he says “Rescue Me” star Denis
“Did I do that?” TV nerd Sitcom with a 1974 wedding episode Sporty car roof A big one might be fragile Geometric suffix Eighth mo. in the old Roman calendar points, game is likely. Jump to two spades to invite. Partner’s double implied spade length; what you are doing is “raising” his suit.