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supermodel 33 Sevilla’s country 37 Has a bug
39 Tally
41 Brawl souvenir 42 Come back 45 Lemonlike
48 PC “oops” key 49 Spec for a large
loafer
52 Mover’s transport 55 Brewpub lineup 56 Wrestler’s goal 57 The tiniest bit 59 As you like it,
foodwise 63 Firefox or Chrome 65 Renegade on the
road
66 Suffer defeat 67 First in line 68 Fronton game
word
69 Smeltery refuse 70 Pre-coll. exams 71 Latin Grammy
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DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:
Cy the Cynic says if you’re going to do something you’ll regret in the morning, you should plan on sleeping until noon. But some problems are not easily ignored.
Cy played at today’s four spades, and West led the 10 of hearts: deuce, king, ace. Cy saw no problem. He had three losers: a heart and the minor-suit aces. So Cy drew trumps, but when the suit broke 4-1, he had only one left. (West threw clubs.)
When the Cynic led a diamond next, East won and returned the jack of hearts, and West overtook and led the nine, forcing out Cy’s last trump. Cy took two diamonds, but then he had to lead a club, and West had the rest. Down two.
Cy succeeds by guessing
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feature
38 Go after in court 40 Chinese leader
who hosted Nixon 43 Quick comebacks 44 “How cool!” 46 School
assignments 47 Annoying sort 30
34 35 to lead a club at Trick Six, but the play he should have regretted was winning the first heart. If he ducks and wins the heart return, he is safe as the cards lie.
If Cy draws trumps and leads a diamond, East wins but has no more hearts. He must give back the lead, and Cy can force out the ace of clubs safely.
DAILY QUESTION: You hold: ♠ 6 ♥ Q10984 ◆ 8 74 ♣ A 9 8 3. The dealer, at your left, opens two spades. Your partner doubles, and the next player bids three spades. What do you say?
ANSWER: This is a hairline decision. Your partner has a good hand with support for the unbid suits. Bid four hearts. Both three spades and four
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60 Ward of
“CSI: NY”
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59 hearts might fail, but you have much to gain bidding. Sometimes opposing preemption will oblige you to stretch your values slightly.