DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Vote to accept Sincerely asks for Vicki Lawrence sitcom role Harley owner “This is __ a test” Flower painted by van Gogh Roadblocks Friendly
Win the affections of “__ lost!” Mental flash Be rude to Doc’s org. Good name for many a tree-lined street Energy Barely sufficient “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” co-creator Fey Crossed (out) Prepare, as Romano 40 Womb-related 42 Crowd control
weapon
44 Part of TNT 45 Trace amount 47 Not tacit 48 Ledger column 50 Charlotte-toRaleigh dir. 51 Did nothing 52 Calypso-influenced genre 53 __ of March 57 Minor argument 60 Baseball bat
wood
62 In the center 64 Airport idler 65 Gambles in a church basement, maybe 67 Golfer’s
selection
68 Easy gait 69 Winemaker with 1900 acres of vineyards in California
70 __ a bell:
sounded familiar 1 6 10 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 29 33 37 39 71 Short-horned bighorns
72 Lid inflammations
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 25 Clerics in un monastère “Outlander” novelist Gabaldon Gumbo pods Salon jobs Crosby, Stills & Nash, e.g. Fancy neckwear Final stage of a chess match TV series with choreographed numbers Word with metric or merit Wawa and 7-Eleven Bone-dry Attic pests Topside, perhaps Cowardly With 38-Down, bar offering found in each set of circles
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
It takes only a moment to boot a good slam. Against today’s 6NT, West led a diamond, and when dummy hit with great trick-taking power, the contract looked easy. Dummy played the jack, East’s queen covered and South took the ace.
South next led the king of spades, and West won and led another diamond to the king. Declarer cashed the ace of hearts, led a club to his ace and took the Q-J of spades and the king of hearts, discarding dummy’s low diamonds.
South then led the queen of clubs, and the slam began to take on water when West discarded. South couldn’t afford to overtake with the king, and he went down a few. Big name in small construction “Poker Face” Lady Needle case Tear to bits Sushi option “For real?” Brooklyn NBA team 36 Captivating 38 See 25-Down 41 Greek letter 43 Support group? 46 Mold into a new
form 27 30 31 32 33 34 35
South’s slam was sunk without a trace but in fact was cold. South must win the first diamond with the king. He takes the A-Q of clubs, leads a heart to the ace and runs the clubs, pitching two spades and two hearts. He can then lose a spade to the ace and claim.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ KQJ52 ♥ KJ93 ◆ A4 ♣ A Q. You open one spade, your partner bids 1NT, you jump to three hearts and he tries three spades. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your jumpshift was forcing to game. You can bid four spades now, but partner is unlikely to have three-card support since he didn’t raise directly. Since your pattern 49 Paper clip alternative 53 Senseless sort 54 Shabby 55 Sharp-eyed hunter 56 Astringent plumlike fruits 57 Prepare, as a 25-/38-Down 58 Prefix with graph 59 Neural transmitter 61 Hoping for more customers 63 Drops off 66 “Amen!” is almost balanced and your high-card values are scattered, bid 3NT to give him the option of playing there.