DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Smartphone call record, say Wet-Nap unit Utterly beyond repair
Part of a foot St. Clare’s town Carrie who was a friend of Susan B. *See 64-Across “Shove off!” Summer footwear Suggestion *See 64-Across Ruddercontrolled movement Beckett’s “Endgame” has one 30 7Up moniker 32 Narrow inlet 34 *See 64-Across 37 Strikes lightly, as
a window
38 Sexy
40 Rap sheet letters 41 *See 64-Across 46 SFO info
47 Sci-fi good guys 49 Prove equal (to) 50 Take quickly 51 *See 64-Across 56 Christian official 59 Laundry
convenience 63 Alpine retreat 64 *Foundation ingredient of a treat built upward in the answers to starred clues and spelled downward in the circles Guitar, slangily Needle part Really enjoyed Little bit Spotted
How farmland is populated Dr.’s group 1 5 11 15 16 17 18 21 22 23 24 28 29 69 70 71 72 73 74 75
DOWN
1 Country kid? 2 See 56-Down 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 19 20 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 33 35 36 Doodle site “Precisely so!” Formal agreement Grill remnants TV forensic series
Many holiday guests Anka’s “__ Beso” Involuntary motions
Plot outline Seasonal frontier challenge José’s “other” Texter’s signoff Hardly a gulp Loft bale Philadelphia-toAlbany dir. Golden State sch. in Davis Young one __-mo
Open one’s eyes Plotting Take down __ Emotional distress Half a tuba sound Tense beginning?
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
If the “Conclusion Jump” were an Olympic event, Cy the Cynic would be a lock for the gold medal. Cy habitually seizes on the first line of play he sees.
“Saves wear and tear on the brain,” Cy says with a shrug.
Cy was declarer at today’s four hearts. North’s raise to two hearts was heavy; if his king of clubs had been the ace, he would have been worth a limit raise to three hearts. West led a spade: three, jack, ace. The Cynic drew trumps and let the queen of diamonds ride. East took the king and returned a spade, and West won and shifted to a club.
Cy mulled over what to play from dummy — and East said, “Guess this one.” He took two clubs for Jersey casino, with “The” 39 Bus alternative 42 Half of hexa43 Able-bodied 44 Initials on American vessels 45 Org. concerned
with meth 48 “Stan Against
Evil” airer 50 Shining example 52 Deeply disturbs 53 Take the top off 54 Big name in
moving 37 down one.
Cy jumped to the conclusion that the diamond finesse would win. He should have been worried about what might happen if it lost. Cy is safe unless West gets back in to lead a club through dummy, hence Cy must let East’s jack win the first spade. The correct play may cost an overtrick or two but safeguards the contract.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ KJ52 ♥ 87 ◆ K4 ♣ A Q 9 8 7. Your partner opens one heart. The next player passes. What do you say?
ANSWER: The proper response is two clubs. Since you have the strength for several bids, show your suits in the logical order: Like TV’s “Batman” With 2-Down, Latin hymn “May It Be” co-songwriter 58 Once more 60 Hiking spot 61 Final, for one 62 Correct, in a way 65 Org. dealing with
brownfields 66 EMT proficiency 67 High-__ monitor 68 Stamp addition? 55 56 57 longest first. If partner rebids two hearts, as is likely, you can continue with an economical bid of two spades.