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41 Of help 42 Slugger Barry 43 Big fusses 44 Remnant 45 Buffalo NHL
player 48 Trainer’s reply
to 37-Across? 53 Photographer Alda married to Alan
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con affetto 61 Arroz con __:
chicken dish 62 Horseback
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Torts enrollee Actor James or singer Jimmy 1971 Sutherland title role Chilean year
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“It ain’t like football. You can’t make up no trick plays.” — the late Yogi Berra on baseball strategy
Bridge has nothing like the old hidden-ball trick, but it does have misdirection plays. In today’s deal from a team match, both Souths played at six spades.
At one table West led a club, and declarer won and saw he only had to worry about two trump losers. In case East had all three missing trumps, South played safe by leading the jack and letting it ride when East played the four. West showed out, and South congratulated himself and claimed 12 tricks.
At the second table, West’s opening lead was the 10 of hearts. South also spotted the best play in 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 38 39 43 44 Intent or intend Nipper’s label Bank job NHL’s Thrashers Meditation setting with rocks and gravel Exhaustive ref. Black __ Sporty ’60s Pontiac MGM mogul Marcus Stadiums Totalitarian leader trumps, but when he took the ace of hearts, East followed with the queen!
Now South was afraid to adopt his safety play. If he let the jack ride, losing, West might give East a heart ruff. So South led a trump to his ace at Trick Two — and found himself misdirected. He lost two trump tricks and went down.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ A76532 ♥ 63
◆ AK ♣ K Q 9. You open one spade, and your partner bids 1NT. What do you say?
ANSWER: You have a six-card suit and 16 highcard points, and a jump to three spades would show a hand of that type. But most experts would want better spades for a jump. Many 45 Vanzetti’s partner 46 Like Times Square on New Year’s Eve 47 Book jacket
entry
49 Swift Northeast
train
50 Ship stabilizers 51 Red Square
honoree 52 34-Down
teaching aids 54 Athlete’s award 58 Row maker 59 Pitcher’s stat experts would bid two clubs, pretending to have a four-card suit and giving partner room to make another descriptive bid.