DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Dip with a kick Highest Video segment “A Lesson From __”: Fugard play Electronic music effect Helper Social media buzz about Alfred E. Neuman? Labor Montgomeryto-Macon dir. Founded
Tie feature Fiscal exec Removes from the exchange It’s not an equine Directed Forceful “There’s many __ ’twixt the cup and the lip”: old proverb About one-third of Earth’s land area
39 Slyly disparaging 41 Monopoly pieces 42 Tops
44 Like some posters 46 Windows
competitor
48 Big name in auto
racing
49 Chicago mayor
since 2011 53 Addams cousin 54 Actress
Helgenberger 55 Case, often 58 Hanoi holiday 61 Radar readout
feature
62 Jalopy that still
works? 65 “Frozen” princess 66 Grandson of
33-Down exiles 67 Grade describing the four longest puzzle answers? 68 Marsh plant 69 Case, for
example: abbr. 1 6 9 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 24 26 31 32 34 38 70 Permissible
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 17 22 23 25 26 27 28 Matching Jackson of country Pay dirt Holding-on period? 49-Down remnant Expos, now Rough material Taking more time, probably, as a test Vegan regimen for a willowy look?
Ford Field team Nitwit Trapper’s collection Athletic org. founded by Billie Jean King Ends prematurely Trysting place? Pro
Mike Trout’s team, on scoreboards Swedish auto Latin I verb Craigslist caveat
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Cy the Cynic says you should never put all your eggs in one basket — unless they’re chocolate, and it’s his basket.
Cy was declarer at 6NT. Playing with his usual impulsivity, he won the first club in dummy and let the queen of hearts ride.
West took the king and placed all the missing points from the bidding. He shifted astutely to the nine of diamonds, and the Cynic had to guess. He could succeed if the 10 of hearts fell under the A-J or if a diamond finesse won, but he couldn’t try both chances. He took the ace of diamonds and relied on the hearts, and down he went.
Cy should put his eggs in more than one basket. He wins the first club in his Sloth and the like Musical narrated by Che Paradise Rhythmic cadence
36 Tracy Marrow’s
stage name 37 Salon offering 40 Outcome 43 Trifling amount 45 Old PC monitor 47 Marsh plants 49 Eventual 5-Down 29 30 33 35 hand and leads a low heart. If West takes the king, Cy has 12 tricks. If West plays low, the queen wins, and Cy finesses in diamonds for 12 sure tricks.
If East had the king of hearts, Cy would still have two chances: He could try to drop the 10 of hearts, and if that chance failed, he could finesse in diamonds.
DAILY QUESTION:
You hold: ♠ KQJ73 ♥ Q3 ◆ A53 ♣ Q 4 3. You open one spade, your partner responds two hearts, you bid 2NT and he rebids three hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Partner has six or maybe seven hearts but minimum high-card values for a two-level response. He could have jumped to four hearts at his second “Atlantic City” director Louis Stand
More than a little silly Angels Landing’s national park Nation borders? Soothing application 59 Notions case 60 Acid __
63 Half of D 64 Hudson Riv. engineering school 50 51 52 56 57 58 turn but preferred to sign off. You could justify a raise to four hearts with A 10 9 7 3,K4,A53,K43,butyour actual hand is nothing special. Pass.