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Game fish Body wrap spot Clams up, with “down” Jaunty tune Like a dotted note, in mus. Overflowing (with) Sign of spoilage Ending with Wal High-calorie cake Kontinental Hockey League trophy named for an astronaut Wrangler maker Homer’s neighbor Have grand plans Airport area with carousels Pulitzer Prize-winning author James One of a clashing pair, perhaps 33 Gobbled up 37 Moral misstep 38 Planning to wed 41 Glorifying homage 42 Do a bakery job 44 Part of pewter 45 Olympian
warmonger 46 One arranging gigs
1965 Yardbirds hit Corrosive substance Fruity beverages Joke used repeatedly ... and aptly found in 19-, 26-, 38-, 46- and 54-Across 60 “The Kiss”
sculptor
62 Old Royale 8’s 63 Jessica of
“Dark Angel” 64 “Ready Player One” novelist Ernest
65 Eye protector 66 Clout
67 Missouri River
tributary 1 5 8 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 24 26 31 32 50 52 53 54 68 Seeker of intel 69 Eye woe
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 20 21 25 26 27 28 29 30 Paperless journal “Radames’ Letter” musical Trudge (through) Off-the-wall Getz of jazz Pique-nique place Bona fide One way to stand WWII flag-raising island Peeling gadget Big name in makeup Smith of Fox News Wee bit Stephen of “Counterpart” “Don’t text and drive” ad, e.g. Mottled Enjoy the sun Feudin’ with Heredity unit Albumen container Tropical raccoon relative
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Cy the Cynic, who seems to have a new love interest every week, told me he had gone to a comedy club where a ventriloquist was performing.
“He had a dummy that was so beautiful I was infatuated with her,” Cy admitted.
“You could have asked her for a date,” I said gravely.
“I would have,” Cy said blandly, “but she was already spoken for.”
Cy became declarer at today’s four spades after West bid hearts and clubs. Cy took the ace of clubs and cashed the K-A of trumps. When West showed out, the Cynic tried a diamond finesse with his jack. West produced the queen, and the defense also got a Zoomed Garden in a Sistine Chapel mural Source of some tweets
38 Genesis kingdom 39 Gimlet liquor 40 World’s thirdmost spoken language 43 Belittling 45 Inevitable generational differences Dinghy implement 34 35 36 47 trump and two hearts.
I’m afraid Cy played like a dummy. Eleven of West’s cards were spoken for: West had one trump and surely had five hearts and five clubs on the bidding. So Cy’s diamond finesse couldn’t gain. If East had, say, Q-9-7-6, he would always win a diamond trick.
Cy’s only chance is to cash the A-K, hoping the queen falls from West.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ 5 ♥ AQ1093
◆ Q7 ♣ KQJ92.Your partner opens one diamond, you respond one heart, he bids one spade and you try two clubs. Partner next bids two diamonds. What do you say?
ANSWER: If partner holdsQ742,5,AKJ942, 48 Small knobs 49 “We the Living” writer Rand 50 Megastars
51 __ blitz
53 West Coast gas brand 55 Twice-monthly tide
56 Prone to prying 57 Market surplus 58 With skill 59 Powerful wind 61 Name change indicator A 4, you have a slam, but if you bid two hearts or three of a minor, he might wrongly treat it as not forcing. Jump to four diamonds.