DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Title toon toy-fixer with a magic stethoscope Short-distance fliers Philosophical consoling words __ hall Tony-winning 2017 play about international diplomacy Lead-in for time or point Diamonds, in slang
Texas art patron __ Hogg 21CorP,ona
diamond
23 Lab workers
25 It means nothing
in Paris
27 Jolie 2010 title
role
31 Pakistani prime
minister __ Khan 32 Lock expert? 34 “Cool beans!” 35 Prefix with grace 36 Valletta’s island 37 Journals 39 “Little Miss Sunshine” Oscar winner
40 Runner on
runners
41 Jewish youth
org.
43 Monopoly
figures
44 __ hug
45 Letters associated with a lion 47 German grandpa 48 Lose focus,
with “out” 51 Rested
53 Female in WWII 54 Track star? 58 Action movie cry 59 Audio feedback? 1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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1 Moves in for a short time? 2 Special __ 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 22 24 26 27 28 One on top of an org chart 1983 comedy about a stayat-home dad Salad choice Flower pot holder State enforcement group Prosperous times
Lab annoyances Securely Advised of Friend of Dory Abbr. aptly found in “compasses” Done in fragments Penned works “Wrong!”
Not in fragments Not at all popular
“In a perfect world ...” Long look Omniscient
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
A winning player is not somebody who can pull off a complex squeeze or knows how the cards lie immediately after they are dealt. A winner is somebody who never boots an easy deal.
At 3NT, South won the first heart in dummy to lead a spade for a finesse with his jack. West took the queen and found a good shift to a club. South won in his hand and led the king of spades, but West grabbed his ace and led another club to force out the ace, dummy’s last entry. South never got the nine of spades and won only eight tricks.
A capable declarer sees nine winners and makes sure he takes them. He wins the first heart in his hand and leads the king “That’s not worth getting riled up over” Carry on, as business Unction Reduce to bits Norse war god Granada gal pals 44 Uncle Miltie of
early TV 46 Annoyances in
clouds 48 Ardor 29 30 33 35 38 42 of spades. If West wins and leads a club, South wins in his hand and leads the jack of spades to West’s queen.
South can win the next club, unblock his 10 of spades and go to dummy’s king of hearts to take the good spade.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ 9532 ♥ K43
◆ 653 ♣ A 7 3. Your partner opens one diamond. The next player bids one heart. What do you say?
ANSWER: You have the strength to act, especially since your king of hearts — located behind the heart bidder — should win a trick. To respond one spade is possible, but your best call is a “negative double” to show four cards in spades. 49 50 52 54 55 56 57 Quadridoubled Grounding rule, perhaps Inclined to fight Homer stat Many a “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” character: Abbr. River in Mexico Long or short unit Then a bid of one spade would tell partner you have five or more. Discuss negative doubles with your partner.