DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Cuba, por ejemplo Uncanny Hard-to-describe sensation Évian evening Levels of society A party to Facial feature with a bridge MI5 headquarters named for a London river From Canada’s capital Genre that represents things as they are
TV show intro tune Asian kebab “Who wants my jellyfish? / I’m not sellyfish!” poet Seeker of “the way” Door hardware Amount defined by a small sewing gadget 37 Play a part (in) 38 Boardroom VIP 40 The Beatles’
“__ Mine”
41 Santa __ winds 42 Boss Tweed’s
caricaturist 46 Splash sound 47 On the same
wavelength 48 Meticulous to a
fault
50 Humana rival 53 Pushed-in bulletin board hardware 57 Stars and __ 60 Dragster, e.g. 61 Bouquet garni
bunch
64 Maggie Simpson’s sister 65 Avatar of Vishnu 66 Chef’s array 67 Browse
(through) 68 What “lama” has, as opposed to “llama” 1 5 10 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 26 27 28 31 33 69 Implant (in) 70 Type of prof.
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 19 21 24 25 29 30 31 32 33 Childish comeback Truth, to Shakespeare Hears out Tourist’s guide Prefix with centric Historic time span Los Angeles NFLer
Old Roman road Let up Break, as laws Aleut relative __ nova: Brazilian dance
Foe Hidden loot Red tape, e.g. Director Craven Utmost degree Moo goo __ pan Fail to include “Big Blue” Bowler or derby Otto’s “Oh!” Theater award named after Antoinette Perry
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Few chess masters have also been adept at bridge. Samuel Reshevsky, an American grandmaster, tried bridge. He learned the basics of bidding and play, but because his mind was oriented to abstract analysis, the personal element of bridge was beyond his grasp.
Some dummy-play problems mirror chess; declarer must look several moves ahead. In today’s deal, West leads a heart against 3NT. (Six diamonds would be a fair spot.) Declarer has ample winners, but if he plays low from dummy, East may win and shift to a damaging spade.
Say South takes the ace of hearts, unblocks dummy’s ace of clubs and continues with the A-Q of Misconceptions Game with Wild Draw Four cards Drink like a cat Savory finger food
39 Wits’ end? 43 Least possible 44 Tiny army crawler
It might be elementary: Abbr. 46 Kneecap 48 Stockpile
49 “Will & Grace”
network 34 35 36 38 45 diamonds. East will play low, and then South can’t untangle all his tricks and will fail.
South must time the play perfectly. To handle his entry problems, he leads the queen of diamonds at Trick Three and, when East ducks, the jack next. If East ducks again, South leads a heart. He is sure of three diamonds, two hearts, a spade and three clubs.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ A42 ♥ Q4 ◆ 98 2 ♣ K Q 7 4 2. Your partner opens one heart, you bid two clubs and he rebids two hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Partner isn’t expecting you to pass after you responded in a new suit at the two level. A bid of 2NT or a raise to three 50 51 52 54 55 56 58 59 62 63 The Jetsons’ dog Wharton’s
“__ Frome” “I’m almost afraid to tell you” response Encouraged Barcelona abodes Cheez Whiz maker In __: existing Inbox annoyance Spice mix for ribs Limited-life sculpture material hearts is acceptable. In a style where a response of two clubs would force to game, you would have responded 1NT.