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ACROSS
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Rope fiber plants Shell game, e.g. Hodgepodge Wedding Somewhat, in music Blockhead Ulan Bator residents Electrical unit “Citizen Kane” director
Fill with love Flower part Philosophy suffix Antediluvian Talk, talk, talk Drive away With the bow, in music
“__ Lisa” Share good fortune, as suggested in four sets of circles Ore bed Multivitamin ingredient Compare Fielder’s strong throw
46 Cultural Revolution leader 47 Recede
49 Does some
mending 51 Disaster area
thief
56 Gauguin’s island
retreat
59 Bayou critter 61 Wedding party
member 63 Inevitable
outcome
64 What Benjamin Button did backward
65 Not windy
66 Side squared,
for a square 67 Like Santa’s
cheeks
68 Eyelid woes 69 Metallica drummer Ulrich 1 5 10 14 15 16 17 18 20 22 23 24 26 28 29 32 36 38 39 42 43 44 45
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 19 21 25 27 29 30 Age of Enlightenment philosopher Do-or-die Texas Hold ’em bet String quartet instrument City destroyed in Genesis Caters to Carbon compound Freebies near the register Faddish ’90s disc Road maintenance vehicle Mop target Shade of black Proactiv+ target What some proverbial stones don’t gather Detective’s need “And there you have it!” Epoch in the Cenozoic Era
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Get the pot going
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
At the Spring NABC, Jeff Wolfson-Steve Garner, Michael Becker-Michael Kamil and Peter CrouchAlex Hydes won the venerable Vanderbilt Teams, beating Nick Nickell’s perennial contenders in a well-played final, 127 to 102.
In today’s deal, NorthSouth for NICKELL reached four spades. West cashed the K-A of diamonds, then led the nine of clubs, ducked to East’s king.
South could have succeeded by unblocking his queen. He could later finesse with dummy’s 10 and pitch his heart loser on the ace.
Instead, South followed with the deuce, won the club return and ruffed his queen of diamonds in dummy to throw a heart on Madeline of “Blazing Saddles” “Let us know if you’re coming” letters
33 Duel tool 34 Uptight type 35 Bard’s nightfall 37 Density symbol, in physics
38 __ tai
40 Nin and Frank 41 Macaroni shape 46 Pal at the barbie 48 Turbine parts 31 32 the ace of clubs. East got his king of trumps: down one.
In the replay, WOLFSON’s South raised North’s 1NT response to 2NT, maybe a better bid with all those secondary honors. North went to 3NT! East led a heart, won by the 10, and when the spades came in, North had nine tricks, 10 IMPs to WOLFSON.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ K93 ♥ KJ64
◆ 1052 ♣ K 6 5. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond one heart, he bids one spade and you try 1NT. Partner then bids two hearts. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your partner has extra strength; after your discouraging 1NT bid, he would not act a third 49 One of Sean Combs’ stage names 50 Hair-raising 52 Butcher shop byproduct Sparkly crown Perfume compound Relatives of emus Lift up the slope Golden Fleece ship Goes quickly, quaintly Ascend Bumped into 53 54 55 56 57 58 60 62 time with a minimum hand and persist in trying to reach game. You have 10 points when you might have had fewer. Bid 2NT.