DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Top that turns Fictional brother with a green hat Like some snowsuits Lacks the wherewithal to Vacant, as positions Sets free General who’s the subject of the 2012 biography “All In” Org. whose employees may have to lift 70-lb. bags Country star at age 13 State secrets “Va-va-__!” “You got that right!” Puck, say Bouquet __ Resting place Raymond James Stadium pro Some stingers Took off, slangily Nice, for one Holy smoke Lines of thought?: abbr. 39 Long on-screen 40 Feature
41 Hits hard
43 Bad thing to
catch
44 Mirror image 45 Have trouble
with chess? 46 “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact” author
47 Gain
competitor 48 Frequent Robert De Niro co-star
50 Bar supply 52 Portrayer of Nero in “Star Trek” (2009) 1 9 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 35 36 38 56 57 58 59
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 19 Skateboard moves Bright lipstick color President who had 15 children Subarus named for an NYC area Measly amount Jake Tapper’s channel Court official Camp nurse’s item Cunning Gael or Breton Tart Piano trio The elephant is its national animal Game with a colorful deck Marketing limitation Faces a jury Alleged perp’s denial Driver, e.g. Pricing word
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“Simple Saturday” columns are meant to help players improve technique.
As declarer or a defender, you may have to make a wish. Unless the cards lie a specific way, you will have no chance to make or beat a contract, so you will assume they lie just so.
Today’s North-South reach 3NT after East overcalls in spades. West leads the eight of spades: a high spot to deny strength in the suit. East takes the ace, and South plays low. How will East continue?
East knows that South, who bid notrump, has the king of spades. Dummy’s diamonds will produce six tricks even if South lacks the queen, and the A-K of clubs will win two more. If East continues spades, 21 22 23 25 27 28 30 32 34 37 Furry talisman “Seriously?!” Insurance may cover one Handymen’s transports Lemons Maddux in Cooperstown Like paper clips Valuable rocks First name in early exploring Lake in four states and Canada South will make 3NT. Instead, East must assume that West has the king of hearts. East leads the ace, queen and a third heart, and South goes down.
My friend Eddie Kantar says he used this deal in a 20-table intermediate class. Not one East found the correct defense. Did you?
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ J3 ♥ J4 ◆ AKJ 1092 ♣ A K 4. You open one diamond, your partner bids one spade, you jump to three diamonds and he rebids three spades. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your three diamonds promised 15 to 17 high-card points with six good diamonds. Partner’s three spades is forcing. If he had a weak hand, he could Chinese ruler until 1912 Facet Minor flaw Perfect season spoiler
46 1983 Mr. T
comedy 48 Raspberry 49 Multilingual
assistant 51 Compete 53 Parabolic path 54 “Read Across
America” org. 55 Showstoppers? 38 42 43 45 pass: Your three diamonds suggested a strong suit, so he wouldn’t need to rebid his own suit. You should raise to four spades.