DAILY CROSSWORD
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11 Tried hard 12 More substantial 14 Sea of Azov
peninsula 15 When many
photos are taken 17 Some therapeutic applications 18 Didn’t get in the
way of
20 Brand with an orange-andyellow bull’s-eye trademark Conversation on the go
X or Z preceder Stella Artois product Waiters stand in them Product of sugar and heat Real go-getter Retrieved at an airport carousel Pet holdable in one hand Critical sounds Took turns Energized Cleanser compound Saint, in Brazil What you’d better have if you miss work Highest Italian peak south of the Alps
Like yummy desserts, sooner or later
48 Fit to serve 49 Separate 51 Metaphors, e.g. 53 Homicide official 54 Event associated with a blue moon 55 Concretereinforcing rod 56 Kind of question 1 6 21 24 25 26 28 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 45 47
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Bay Area city Female R&B group with the ’80s hit “I Miss You”
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
“Simple Saturday” columns are meant to help aspiring players improve technique.
Bridge has many “nursery rhymes”: adages that guide your play. Good players know when to ignore mere guidelines.
At today’s 3NT, declarer should play dummy’s ace on the first spade; he has no hurry to try winning a trick with the queen. The old rhyme about “eight ever, nine never” tells South to take the A-K of clubs next instead of finessing for the queen, but South doesn’t want West to get in. Another spade lead may be fatal if East has the king.
South should instead take the ace and let the jack ride. If East had the queen, he couldn’t lead another 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 35 37 MIT part: abbr. Of concern to the Weather Channel Twelve-step helper Start the day Requirement for statistical analysis Tried to catch Massive group Fan Flat-topped straw hat spade without giving South a ninth trick. If East exited with a heart, South would win and safely let the queen of diamonds ride. He would be sure of four clubs, two diamonds, two hearts and a spade.
As the cards lie, South’s jack of clubs wins. He can then finesse in diamonds and end with an overtrick.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ AQ3 ♥ 72 ◆ A7 52 ♣ K 9 4 3. Your partner opens one heart. The next player passes. What do you say?
ANSWER: It would be nice to respond 2NT, natural and forcing, showing a balanced hand with 13 to 15 points. But many pairs treat a 2NT bid as a conventional forcing raise in hearts. If 40 Davis with a recurring role on “Grey’s Anatomy” 41 Denver’s __ Field 42 Remove from the bulletin board
43 Take care of 44 Unchallenging 46 A football field is about 32% larger than one Not take well Female name that’s a body part backward 50 52 that is your agreement, respond two clubs, leaving room for your partner to bid two diamonds if he has length there.