Crossword Puzzle 1
ACROSS
1 Merged thespian
union
6 Stares
11 Sault __ Marie 14 Show fear 15 Draw in the air 16 Disadvantage 17 Nightspot in “A
Bug’s Life”? 19 Throw __ 20 Meditation
sounds
21 “__ Alyscamps”:
van Gogh work 22 Canon competitor 24 Hang out in the
sun
27 Purse in “A Bug’s
Life”?
29 “Star Wars” droid 30 Normandy battle
town
32 “Raising Buchanan” star Auberjonois 33 Not-so-VIP group 34 Garlicky sauces 36 Private __ 37 Fancy dance in
“A Bug’s Life”? 39 Disfigure 42 Skeleton’s place? 43 Hopping mad 45 Mythological ship 48 Recipe info: Abbr. 49 Frozen custard
chain in 14 states 50 Queue in “A
Bug’s Life”? 52 Swallow 53 Winged, perhaps 54 Down
56 Zip
57 Member of the
fam
58 Fruity beverage
in “A Bug’s Life”? 63 Day before
Thanksgiving, e.g. 64 Woolly, say 65 Ancient
Peruvians 66 Actor Benicio __
Toro 67 Alprazolam brand 68 Believes
DOWN
1 Four-star review,
e.g.
2 At one time 3 Flexible fastener 4 __ hall
5 Ancient
sanctuary
6 Box office take 7 Rainbows, say 8 Party pro 9 Earthbound
bird
10 Valuable fur 11 Professional
copyist 12 Colorful bird 13 Occupy 18 Tarzan player
Ron
23 Good listeners? 25 They’re
allowed 26 Cracking-up
letters 27 Fountain orders 28 Veg out
30 Bully’s reply 31 Land with yaks 35 Like a pelvic
artery 38 Advance
39 Tried to get along 40 Irregular 41 Fidgety
42 Tab, e.g.
44 Org. with an elephant in its logo
45 Put down
46 Bring back
47 Dr. Seuss’ real
last name 3/26/21 51 Mail collector 52 Had a bite 54 Italian hot spot 55 “Jeopardy!” name
for 36 years 59 Actress
Longoria 60 German article 61 Brand “choosy moms choose,” in ads
62 French article
DEAR ABBY » I used to be a successful working woman until I lost my husband of 30 years. After I became homeless, I met “Tom.” It’s a platonic relationship, but we rely on each other.
I receive Social Security survivor benefits now, and I want to move on and get my own place. He says he’s fine with it, but I feel terribly guilty. He gets a small disability check but is not wise with money. How can I comfort him?
DEAR GUILTY » Tom has told you he is fine with you upgrading your living situation. I presume that you
Following the bidding convention senryus comes this logical follow-up from Charlie Smyth of Urbana, Illinois: Hours spent playing bridge / Learning all the conventions / But I’m still lousy.
Gnash! But keep applying yourself with a likable partner with whom you can have success.
Some conventions are easy at the start, but as you unpeel the layers, they get more complicated. Roman Key Card Blackwood is one example. Most players can handle 14-30-20-21. Five clubs shows one or four key cards (counting the four aces and the trump king as key). Five diamonds indicates zero or three keys; five hearts don’t intend to desert him. Believe him and stop flogging yourself for your good fortune. Help him when you can and encourage him to contact an agency that helps the homeless so he can get his life back on track, too.
DEAR ABBY » I’m in a samesex relationship with a woman I love and admire. But five months in, sex is becoming impossible because I think I’m heterosexual. Leaving this relationship scares me because I can’t imagine a life without her.
I told her I didn’t know if, for several reasons, sex would be a part of our relationship, promises two keys but no trump queen; five spades announces two keys and the trumps queen. However, when a minor is agreed, especially clubs, you should instead use 30-14-20-21.
In today’s auction, five but that I do love her. She doesn’t seem to mind at all. I’m not sure what to do. Please help.
DEAR LOVING » What you need to do is be honest with your partner. It is possible that you are bisexual and need to explore relationships with men before making up your mind about any permanent relationship. If sex is important to you, then the person you wind up with may not be this woman, but someone else entirely. hearts told North to pass with zero key cards, or to treat the bid as the trump-queen ask with three keys. North’s five no-trump denied the key queen.
Against six hearts, West led the club queen. How did South play?
After winning with the club ace, declarer planned to ruff his diamond losers in the dummy and concede only one trump trick.
But he had to be careful. After cashing the diamond ace-king, declarer ruffed the next diamond with the heart ace. If he had ruffed low, East would have overruffed and returned a trump, with fatal consequences. Here, caution was duly rewarded.