DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Harry Potter’s forte
USAF officer Some spouses Susan’s “All My Children” role Memorable time Has __ up one’s sleeve Antisocial type Term start? Swamp snapper Mantra syllables In good spirits Cause one’s stomach to turn Monthly util. bill Goof up
Off the straight and narrow Natural source of paper or rope Actress Vardalos Not hurting for space Heavenly body Less extroverted QB’s stat Center of attention 44 Japanese straw
mats 47 One-eighty on
the road 48 Patron saint of
Norway
49 Read a clock 54 Gridiron goof 57 Bedevil
58 Treat like a
pariah
59 Maris, to
“the Mick” 60 Afghan’s
neighbor 62 Attend the homecoming game, say 63 Inseparable 64 Things to shun 65 Use at the table 66 Pricing word 67 N.Y. or S.F. athlete known for the beginnings of 21-, 31-, 42-, and 54-Across? 1 6 9 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 26 27 28 31 36 37 38 39 41 42
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 22 23 25 28 29 30 Honeydew or cantaloupe Pleasant smell Infomercial knife Sign in a hotel hallway Regular Martha’s Vineyard arrival “Glengarry Glen Ross” playwright David Nimble Obi-Wan, for one
Like a happy dog’s tail Shortly, informally 1960s ecumenical council of the Catholic Church MBA subject Dry as a desert Wyatt of the Old West Tidy
“I __ to recall ...” Connecticut Sun’s org. Nothing, in Nice Tavern missile
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Unlucky Louie is a busy man: He has a big family, business interests and hobbies aside from bridge. Yet he shows up at my club on most days.
“I don’t see how you cram it all into one life,” I said.
“The only thing I can seem to find time for,” Louie admitted, “is procrastination.”
Louie would do well to procrastinate as declarer. He plays first and thinks later. Against today’s four hearts, West led the K-A and a low diamond, and Louie ruffed East’s 10 and promptly took the A-K of trumps. When West discarded, Louie was doomed: He lost a trump to East’s queen plus a spade.
How would you handle Greek campus group
Itty bit Reach the lowest level “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” novelist Anita Eyebrow shape Grade school subject
40 Axton of country 42 Marching band
wind
43 Slow period 45 White mouse, e.g. 31 32 33 34 35 39 the contract?
South makes four hearts if he procrastinates in trumps. After he ruffs the third diamond, he can take the A-K of clubs and K-A of spades, ruff his last club and ruff dummy’s last diamond. At the 10th trick, South exits with a spade.
Both dummy and declarer are left with three trumps, and with a defender to lead, declarer is sure to win the rest.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ K106 ♥ KJ76
◆ 9542 ♣ A K. You open one diamond, your partner responds one spade, you bid 1NT and he tries two hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: In “Standard” methods, partner’s two hearts is not forcing or 46 “On the Waterfront” co-star Karl 49 Steakhouse order 50 Itching to go 51 The first
Mrs. Trump 52 Runners occupying bases Have life
Cab cost Optic layer including the iris Go down Louis XIV, par exemple 53 54 55 56 61 encouraging, but since you have so many working cards, game is possible. He may have A J 7 5 4, A 10 5 4, 3, 8 7 6. Bid three hearts.