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The __ Man: Major Arcana card “Nixon in China” tenor role Multiple of LXVII Mobile maker Flirtatious bat 1983 Streisand film
Spy novelist Deighton “Clerks” clerk Gandhi family notable Exposes “The Card Players” artist Positive Contract with a flat fee? Sweetly, in suites
36 Dizzy genre 37 Secret targets? 41 Old senate
setting
42 Japan, to natives 44 Roof, e.g.
45 PC space bar
neighbor 46 Homer, in
baseball lingo 47 Pieces for one 48 Historical role played by Sally Field in 2012 51 Coral relative 52 Dr. Scholl’s
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Is It Anyway?” host Tyler Like gong sounds Space shuttle gas Contagious enthusiasm Couples of golf “Help wanted” sign?
Test taker What letters need
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Like film in a camera Composer Debussy
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“Simple Saturday” columns are meant to help aspiring players improve technique.
Setting up a long suit is a basic play technique. But establishing long cards won’t help if the hand that has them can’t gain the lead.
At 3NT, declarer has eight top tricks. For one more, he looks to dummy’s long diamond suit. If he wins the first heart in his hand and takes the A-K of diamonds, West will win the next diamond and lead another heart to force out the ace, dummy’s last entry. Though South can concede another diamond to set up the fifth diamond, he can’t reach dummy to take it.
South must preserve a link. At Trick Two he plays a low diamond from both 23 25 27 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 Put on notice Blank state Ted of “The Good Place” Eponymous 2001 pop album Barnyard sound Coconut source Early transatlantic flier Nuclear reactor need Golden Globes genre Potential stock buyer hands. When East leads a second heart, South plays low and wins the third heart.
East follows suit, so the defense can take only one more heart trick. South can safely lead a second low diamond from dummy to cope with a 4-1 break. After West wins and cashes a heart, South has the rest.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ 84 ♥ A63 ◆ AK 643 ♣ 5 3 2. Your partner opens one spade, you respond two diamonds and he bids two hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: This problem has no good solution. You will often encounter such problems. You have enough strength to invite game but you lack a descriptive bid. 1962 Lawrence portrayer Painting supply 40 Pleasant rides 42 2007 #1 hit for
Alicia Keys 43 Put in one’s two
cents
46 Classic muscle
cars
47 Andy Murray,
by birth 49 Soprano Sumac 50 “The Puzzle
Palace” org. 38 39 Some players might take a “false preference” to two spades. My reluctant choice would be a bid of 2NT despite the weak clubs.