DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Lower one’s
credit rating? 9 Complain. All.
The. Time. 15 Accessory seen in a loge
16 Scour, say 17 Soft drinks with lime juice
19 Cash bar? 20 Investment
option
21 Short way? 22 “Likewise no” 26 “The Da Vinci
Code” priory 27 Miracle-__ 28 Feel pity 29 Water
conduit 30 Water holders 31 Great guy? 32 “I’ll have the
last laugh!” 34 Prairie home 35 Internet
annoyance 36 Just passed 37 Longest river
in France 38 What’s worn when you’re out?
41 One often thrown from a horse 42 Exorcist’s
concern 44 “WWE Raw”
airer
45 __ Four 46 Solemn song 47 Many UFO
videos
52 Small racer 53 What “instant”
may mean 54 Happens next 55 Cocky walks,
maybe
DOWN
1 Member of TLC 2 Contributor of two cents Artist Aragonés of Mad
4 Grain bane 5 Like some private school curricula 6 Philip __, first Asian-American film actor with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star Two-timer American posting, for short Arizona people
10 Touch
11 ER test
12 Omni
alternative 13 Bleep
14 Feel offended by 18 Player for a
39-Down 23 Type type 24 Fall back (on) 25 FireDome and
Fireflite 3 7 8 9 26 Give away, in
a way 29 Pares proportionately 30 Cocoon
occupants 31 Cursed 32 Astronaut
transports 33 Leon on many spines
34 “Am I early?” 36 Unhealthy
thing to hold 37 Stud site your hand for the good diamond.
Win the first heart with the ace and lead the queen and another diamond. Take the next heart in your hand and pitch dummy’s last heart on the high diamond. Then you can ruff your last heart in dummy and start the trumps safely.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ KQ1073 ♥ K83 ◆ KJ4 ♣ 7 2. Your partner opens one club, you respond one spade and he bids 1NT. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your partner has a good 12 to a poor 15 points with balanced pattern. Your hand is worth about 13 points, and your pattern is also balanced, hence just raise to 3NT. It’s possible you 38 PNC Park
player
39 One on the run 40 Scornful
looks 42 Dealer’s
supply 43 Occupy, as
a bar
45 “Look out!” 48 Fraternity
character 49 Courtroom VIPs 50 OTC drug
overseer 51 Norfolk sch. might belong at four spades if partner has three-card support, but to look for a spade contract would be speculative at best.