Crossword Puzzle 1
ACROSS
1 Pacific island called “The Gathering Place” 5 Lots of land 10 Workshop
gadget 14 Cold-shoulder 15 Material from the French for a Scandinavian country
16 MLB shortstop who agreed to play third because Jeter was already the shortstop
17 King
20 Used, as china 21 Belief ending 22 Mudville dud 23 Theater section 25 “Queer Eye” fashion expert __ France
26 Clara Bow
nickname
29 By the seashore 33 King
35 Society newbie 37 Kuwaiti ruler 38 Name synonymous with synonyms 39 Frosty glaze 40 Place to relax 41 King
43 Disco lights 45 Pressing
46 “Who now the price of his dear blood doth __?”: Shak.
47 Roman
commoner
48 Part of a 13-piece
suit? 51 19th-century mystery writer with just one complete novel 53 Ristorante order 57 King
60 Short mystery
writer?
61 Patch plant 62 23rd-century
captain 63 Unfreeze 64 Golfer’s set 65 Relaxing spots
DOWN
1 Job safety org. 2 “It’s __!”: SRO
show headline 3 Very significant 4 Less saintly 5 Obstinate mount 6 __ pie 7 Touchdown
signalers
8 Dutch cheese 9 Champagne
label word 10 Unoccupied 11 Some S&L plans 12 Ticked off 13 Water whirled 18 3-Down,
poetically 19 Cybercurrency 24 “Hallelujah!” 25 Diplomatic 26 Chatted with, but
not IRL 27 Subdues 28 Shimmer
29 Pet store array 30 Snack with
Red Velvet and Key Lime Pie varieties 31 Acrobat maker 32 Absorb 34 “Ain’t gonna
happen” 36 Frank’s cousin 39 Ridges with steeply sloped sides
41 Loom
42 French pancake 44 Capybara, for
one
47 Praline nut 48 Unwanted email 3/25/21 49 Fried Dixie bread 50 Badly off base 51 Sound of a
contented cat 52 Medley
54 Decide not to
go to
55 Giga- x 1,000 56 Sacred cabinets 58 “The Sopranos”
org.
59 Store door nos.
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The fourth senryu by Anne Maverick of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, mentioning a bidding convention was: A major-suit bid / With five-five in the minors / Unusual two.
It must be admitted that the Unusual NoTrump, showing at least 5-5 in the two lowestranking unbid suits, is less effective than the Michaels Cue-Bid (see yesterday’s column). You are always having to go one level higher to outbid the opponents. But the UNT does have an occasional day in the sunshine — not that today’s deal is necessarily one of them!
What do you think of the bidding, and how should South plan the play in five clubs after West leads the heart king? What should North do if
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West opens four hearts?
After North used the Unusual No-Trump and South expressed a preference for clubs but limited high cards, North should have continued with three hearts. Then South, holding a heart stopper, would have bid three notrump and had nine top tricks: one heart, three diamonds and five clubs. When North invited game by raising to four clubs, South moved on because he seemed to have two useful honor cards and a ruffing value in diamonds.
Since declarer’s trumps are so low, South should assume diamonds are 4-3 and allow for a 4-1 trump break. Win with the heart ace, unblock the diamond queen, play a trump to the dummy, ruff a diamond in hand, draw the remaining trumps and run the diamonds. Declarer loses only two spade tricks.
Finally, if West opens four hearts, North overcalls four no-trump to show at least 5-5 in the minors.