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Words spoken with one’s hand raised
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62 __ jump 63 Unexpressed 64 Pulitzer poet
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65 Work hard (for) 66 Aboveboard 1 4 9 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24 27 29 30 32 33 36 38 41 42 43 55 57 58 59 67 Handle 68 Ajar, in verse
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 21 25 26 28 Suit part Former French president DNA sample source Sound with tears Pitcher’s surprise Kitchen brand Mufti issuance “Here’s the scoop” letters Tokyo-based game company They’re thin at budget motels Email adornment Weakened, as currency Legal add-on Siberian freeze-out? Mottled equines Routine Crichton novel set in Africa Longboat in Florida, e.g.
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Today’s South saw only three losers at his four spades. When West led the jack of hearts, South took the ace and led a trump.
West saw little chance of beating the contract unless East had the ace of clubs. If South held a minimum handsuchasJ9832,A2, K 5 2, A 10 4, he would not have bid game.
So West grabbed his ace and shifted to the king of clubs. East won the next club and returned a club, and West ruffed for down one.
“Nice defense,” South said grudgingly.
The bottom line was that South lost a contract he should have made. South can fail only if the defenders get a club ruff, so he must lead a diamond to dummy’s Singled out Mazda two-seater Hexapod worker Cause of a blinking “12:00” Tibia Emulate a little brother, maybe 40 Ham’s creation 41 Tarry
45 Author Robert __
Butler 47 Unhands
48 Affix to a
corkboard 31 34 35 37 38 39 ace at Trick Two and next discard a club on the king of hearts.
South can then afford to start the trumps. If West wins and the defense plays three rounds of clubs as before, declarer can ruff high, draw trumps and take the rest.
DAILY QUESTION:
You hold: ♠ A6 ♥ J108 53 ◆ J976 ♣ K 8. Your partner opens one club, you respond one heart, he bids one spade and you try 1NT. Partner then bids two hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: After your 1NT, which showed at most nine points, your partner wouldn’t speculate by supporting hearts with a minimum hand. Moreover, his Castmate of Doohan and Nimoy “Cross my heart!” Male on a pond View from Schönburg Castle Gossip Diminutive, diminutively 60 Main delivery 61 Cold-sounding
product prefix 50 52 53 54 56 59 hand is short in diamonds, and you have little “wasted” diamond strength. Bid four hearts. He may hold K 5 4 2, KQ4,2,AQJ76.