DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
“Dust yourself off and hang tough!”
Ford muscle cars, familiarly Reluctant acquiescence Walk-off hit situation, perhaps Note-taking aid Country by the River Shribble “Hands off!” in an ad slogan “Hamburger Hill” setting, briefly
Clue room
For __: not gratis Had to miss school, perhaps 26 All over
27 Rare color 28 Bismarck’s realm 30 Sworn statement 31 Fit
32 Having memorized the script, in theater lingo “Funky Monkeys” musical Pipe edge Was unmanageable 40 Schnitzel meat 41 “__ seen better” 42 Ready
44 __ pocket
47 Start of
something 49 More than fishy 50 Traje de __:
Seville swimsuit 51 Indian
improvisations 53 __-country: music
genre
54 Boston and Chicago, but not San Francisco 55 Negative feeling 57 Triumphant GIF
phrase
59 More intricate 60 “Hate to run,
but ...”
61 Small suit maker 62 Suit seller 1 9 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 34 37 38
DOWN
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 21 24
Priesthood symbol Michael of “Caddyshack” Went back and forth
How a sommelier might sort wine Peace Prize city “You betcha!” Heaviest naturally occurring element They often get depressed Stop on a line: Abbr.
“__ wondrous pitiful”: “Othello” Vital supply line Unorganized, in a way Unticketed plane passenger Be sensitive to social injustice, in slang Middle: Pref. Brand that sells Arnold Palmers
Holds another view Top-drawer Key of Chopin’s first Opus 25 étude
Flier for 71 years Acct. amount Most phone button groupings Drop off midday, say Fill with life Hindu god of desire
40 Trace 25 28 29 31 33 34 35 36 39 come from East — quickly, before South can draw trumps and use the clubs.
East must lead a diamond at Trick Two. Since he has the ace of trumps, West’s ruff can wait. East doesn’t know that West has the king of diamonds, but East must so assume. Otherwise, his play is moot.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ Q9632 ♥ A7
◆ 64 ♣ A 6 4 3. Your partner opens one heart, you bid one spade, he jumps to three diamonds and you try 3NT. Partner then bids four spades. What do you say?
ANSWER: Partner’s jump-shift forced to game. He has a huge hand with four-card or strong threecard spade support. Since you have a fair five-card suit
Notorious B.I.G. discovered her in 1994
44 Storm on ESPN 45 Purplish blue 46 After surg. 48 Bess, __, Jackie ... 50 Pushes the buttons of Started an action Layered lunches
Sign of being packed? Actor Chaney 43 52 54 56 58 and two side aces, and your ace of clubs is ideal opposite partner’s shortness, bid six spades or cue-bid five clubs.