DAILY CROSSWORD
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health? 45 Kiddie-lit brutes 47 “Famous potatoes” referred to in a license plate slogan 49 Rubble-lifting
machine
50 Movie theater 52 __ bath:
therapeutic soak 53 Energy unit 54 Pretend to be wealthy, in old slang
... and a hint to words that end answers to starred clues 60 Arnaz of
early TV 62 Anwar of Egypt 63 U2 lead singer 64 Sufficient, briefly 65 Bike for a tyke 1 5 10 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 27 30 32 33 34 37 38 41 42 66 Shamu was one 67 Rooms with recliners
68 Take the wheel 69 RR depot posting
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DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
As the players at the Mad Hatter’s took a tea break, the two Red Queens kept bickering.
“My cousin will never learn,” the Queen of Diamonds told Alice. “She can’t stand to be captured, but losing a trick can be better.”
“Of course, Your Majesty,” Alice sighed.
As today’s South Alice zoomed into a slam. West, the Dormouse, led his singleton diamond, and the Hatter, East, took his ace. Heeding the Queen of Diamonds’ words, Alice followed smoothly with ... the queen.
The Hatter paused. If AlicehadAKJ108642,K 4 2, Q, 7, she would make the slam on a diamond return. So East led his ace of *Photogenic evening event Western plateaus Like overworked muscles 33 Houston MLBer 35 You, quaintly 36 Cold War
country: Abbr. 39 Drains of energy 40 One in a comb row 43 Glorifying verse 46 Open-sided structures also called summerhouses 29 30 31 clubs, and Alice ruffed and claimed.
“Off with his head!” roared the Queen of Hearts. “With two singletons, South would use Blackwood to ask for aces.”
“See?” said the Queen of Diamonds. “If you play the jack or king on the first diamond, East will know what to do. West wouldn’t have led the three from K-Q-3 or Q-J-3.”
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ 7 ♥ J108 ◆ A10 972 ♣ A Q 8 2. Your partner opens one spade, you bid two diamonds and he rebids two spades. What do you say?
ANSWER: You have enough strength to try for game. Even though you don’t have a solid heart 48 Sound system part
49 Leave a paper trail?
50 Formally gave up 51 Goddess of peace 52 Slithering reptile 55 Fruit pastry 56 Drooling toon canine
57 Nerdy sort 58 Back in the day 59 Egg on
61 “No __, ands or buts” stopper, bid 2NT. A bid of three clubs would commit you to game. Where two diamonds would have been game-forcing, respond 1NT.