DAILY CROSSWORD
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“No problem” You can only get one if you’re near home, briefly “What are you asking?” Salon inventory Taunts on the field
Doing business Fast period Loiter Showing a ’tude Emotional Confused conditions Social media movement since 2017
Bat coating D12 comedy hip-hop song produced by Eminem
One of two raised when rearing
Like Dorothy’s slippers Tough situations 38 Oprah, at times 39 Linguine sauce 40 Non __
41 Largest USA
steel producer 43 Subway gate 47 Foxglove
51 Part of rock’s
CSNY
53 Corner piece 54 Causes second
thoughts 57 Off-rd.
transports 58 Fair
59 Friend of Wyatt 60 Relaxed 1 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 24 25 27 31 34 35 36 37
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1 2 3 4 5 JFK __ Airport Worries
Big brand in appliances Anthills and beehives, e.g. Morse character 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 20 22 23 26 28 29 30 31 32 Go (for) Airport transport Attentiongetting marker “Supernatural” co-star Jensen __ Electric car maker Former security, for short French flag couleur
“__ that special?” Depart, in totspeak Base kid Spend, often begrudgingly Eastwood’s “Rawhide” role Half an upwind sailing route Sailors People Roulette choice Sweater outlet?
Eye part
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
A chess dictum: If you find a good move, look for an even better move. Finesses work half the time, but some finesses gain nothing even if they win because a better play was available.
At six spades, South takes the king of diamonds, draws trumps and can succeed if he wins a finesse in hearts or clubs. If he leads a club to dummy’s jack, East wins, and South goes down when West has the king of hearts.
If some finesses will work, you need not try them. After South wins the first diamond and draws trumps, he leads a diamond to the ace, ruffs dummy’s last diamond and takes the A-K of clubs. When East’s queen falls, South is home. They’re constantly picking up Their ancestry is often uncertain Data transfer initials
Co. that introduced the 45-rpm record 38 Makes it
40 Cut to a field
reporter
42 One eying a
basket 44 Nonsensical 33 34 35 36
If East-West played low clubs, South would exit with a club. If West won — a finesse would have worked — South would be safe anyway since West would be end-played, forced to lead a heart into the A-Q or yield a ruff-sluff.
DAILY QUESTION:
You hold: ♠ QJ652 ♥ 5 3 ◆ A54 ♣ K J 5. Your partner opens one heart, you respond one spade, he bids two diamonds and you try 2NT. Partner then bids three hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your partner’s bidding suggests six hearts, four diamonds and extra strength. If he had a minimum opening bid such as7,AQ10862,KQ76,
7 6, he would have rebid Three-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion Niki __ Sassafras foursome 47 Uninspiring 48 Very small bit 49 Type of agcy. 50 Shipped 52 Lamarr of early
Hollywood 55 Anonymous seashore vendor? 56 Bachelor __ 45 46 two hearts. His actual sequence is forcing. Raise to four hearts. Partner’s handmaybe7,AKJ1072, KQ32,Q4.