DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
Barbecue glowers Priestly robes Cobblers’ tools Neighborhood map on a city map, e.g. Java neighbor Former Iranian ruler Classroom text Deep sleep Represent Like a bike Goes on to say Summer on the Riviera
MLB Network analyst Martinez Twinkling in the night sky
On bed rest, say Lupino of “High Sierra” Bird’s crop Colorado native Relief from the daily grind
“__ Am”: Alicia Keys album 43 Screen material 45 Sinus doc 46 Growing weary 48 Office spot with
a coffee pot 51 Landlord’s
income
52 Tell tall tales 53 Field of study 55 Pays some of 59 Closed in on 62 Cut __: dance,
in old slang 63 Start of a sports season, and what each half of 17-, 28-, 39and 48-Across can have 66 Hightail it 67 Trait carrier 68 Mozart’s
“Così fan __” 69 Spill the beans 70 Taiwanese PC
maker 1 6 10 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 23 24 25 28 34 36 37 38 39 42 71 Most common roll of two dice
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 22 25 26
Prefix with gender
How software was once sold Queens tennis stadium Johnny’s “The Big Bang Theory” role Was conspicuous Convent leader Language of Southeast Asia Hard punch Many a Punjabi One leading a Spartan lifestyle Healthy bread type
Like a weak excuse
Roe source Inc., in the U.K. Slender aquarium swimmer __ bob: vertical measuring tool Diner
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Attending the ACBL’s Youth NABC in Las Vegas were Zain Mahmood, 18, and Anders Brogeland,
14. Both have famous bridge-playing fathers: the charismatic Pakistani Zia Mahmood, and Norway’s Boye Brogeland.
The kids have struck up a partnership and did well in limited events prior to the YNABC. Zain was declarer at today’s four spades, and West led the deuce of hearts. East took the ace and returned a heart: queen, king, ruff.
Zain next led a trump to the ace and a trump to
... dummy’s 10! He took the king, ran the diamonds to pitch his club loser, ruffed a club and cashed his last trump. East erred by throwing two hearts, so
Gas at a truck stop Connect with Big deal Whitewater ride
“Who __?!”: “Join the club!” 33 Small sticks 35 Jetty
40 6, on a cellphone keypad 41 Insects with a
painful sting 44 Stylist’s supply 47 Debate again 27 29 30 31 32
Zain took 12 tricks.
I’m not sure why South finessed in trumps. Maybe he judged that West might have led a trump unless he had the queen. If the young man did draw that delicate inference, he may eventually eclipse his dad.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ Q76 ♥ K62 ◆ 8 65 ♣ A Q 10 3. Your partner opens one spade. The next player passes. What do you say?
ANSWER: In “Standard” methods, respond two clubs and support spades cheaply next. In a gameforcing two-over-one style, bid 1NT, forcing. A drawback to “2/1” is the inability to temporize — show where your side strength lies — 49
Hawaii’s Mauna __ Style Camping gear brand
Inane Mystery writer Gardner Tranquil exercise On __: without a contract
60 1999 Ron
Howard film 61 Go out with 64 WSW’s opposite 65 Japanese money 50 54 55 56 57 58 with an invitational hand. Whether such information is of more help to your partner or the defenders is debatable.