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Muslim pilgrimage Made docile Valley with a Wine Train Melville’s “Typee” sequel Limber Malicious Bandit band Jackrabbits, e.g. Minimum __ *Niacin and riboflavin 7UP competitor since 1961 Harbinger *Twenty Questions question “I could be wrong” Knocks firmly Pseudonym Part of LACMA *Earth, Wind & Fire hit album whose title means “everything considered” “Nothing to shout about” Some llama herders Nuclear reactor component Ceylon, now *Fighter pilot’s sensation 45 Kikkoman sauces 46 Medical lab
specimen 47 *Bravura performance reaction, briefly
51 Copies
54 Pogo stick sound 55 Pac-12 team
since 2011 59 Mule team beam 60 The way we word 61 Snapper rival 62 Baaing mas 63 Domingo, for one 64 Whack 1 5 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 25 28 29 33 34 35 36 38 39 41 42 43
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1 Ungenerous sort 2 Physicians’ gp. 3 Trevor’s predecessor on “The Daily Show” 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Women’s sportswear South Seas island Striped quartz Actress Sorvino Grade sch. level Lucie’s dad Rather and Cronkite Gardner of the silver screen Sty denizen Tavern offering Vitality Prestigious prize They’re not selfish
The Supremes, e.g. Captivates What the ruthless show Gets a present ready to present Exodus sustenance “That’s a shame” Fashion initials Giggle
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“My cousin the Queen of Diamonds is such an idealist,” the Queen of Hearts told Alice. “She thinks it’s better to lose a trick than to win one. What nonsense.”
“Yes, your majesty,” Alice sighed.
“Deal and you’ll see.” So Alice became declarer at 3NT. West, the Mad Hatter, led a spade. Alice won and was about to lead the queen of diamonds. But if a finesse lost, East would return a spade, setting up the suit, and then if the Hatter held the king of hearts as an entry, the defense might prevail.
So Alice instead led the queen of hearts!
“Good!” the Queen of Hearts roared. “No ace or king dares capture me.”
The Hatter played low; Reactive criticism Salt’s “Halt!” “Hamilton” creator __-Manuel Miranda 40 Once-banned James Joyce novel
41 Weak excuses 43 __ snap 44 Mariner’s hazard 46 Winning exclamation aptly arranged and spelled by the 34 36 37 to take the king, leaving no entry to his hand, would be no better. Alice then finessed in diamonds and had four diamonds, two hearts, two spades and a club. She goes down if she finesses in diamonds at Trick Two or leads the ace of hearts, then the queen.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ AK6 ♥ AQ ◆ Q J52 ♣ A 6 3 2. Both sides vulnerable. The dealer, at your right, opens three hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Drat those pre-empts! Bid 3NT. If your partner has nothing, you won’t make it. But the preempt has left you with no room for investigation, so you must take a chance. If partner has his fair share standalone letters in the answers to starred clues 48 Adjoin 49 Bridge site 50 Primatologist
Fossey
51 Pro vote 52 Comics punch
sound 53 Scrape (out) 56 Little kid 57 Historical
period
58 Cry out loud of the missing points, you should win nine tricks. An option is to double for takeout, but to aim at the ninetrick game is more realistic.