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Went 60 in a 30, say Expression of anger, maybe Deli device
__ stick Double agent Sense of __ Has a contagious smile, say Whitlock Jr. of “Cocaine Bear” Seal Beach’s location, informally Self-care destination Gym top Prefix with Pen Italian bubbly Parties like there’s no tomorrow 34 Feature of some
kaleidoscopes 35 Google Maps
suggestion 36 Resting on 39 Mary Roach book subtitled “The Curious Life of Human Cadavers” “Good going!” Keep from expiring
R&B singer Braxton
Gets ready for action
51 Enjoy
52 Spanish “that” 53 __-Ida Tater Tots 56 Get older 59 Airport postings 61 Turkey neighbor 63 Remodeling projects, or a tongue-in-cheek title for this puzzle
66 Nepali or Laotian 67 Country singer
McCann
68 Bird house 69 “Dunno” gesture 70 Social sci. major 71 Auth. unknown 1 5
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Gymnastics move Equanimity Like challah, compared to white bread Qatar’s capital Texting tech Worst
Dog food brand Willow, to the Biden family Bus stop fixture Hostile dog Famous __ cookies Coaster feature Bombeck who said, “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it” Nonbinary possessive Word with tag or mark Trident-shaped letters
Like a big dog named Tiny Attraction Singer Patti who wrote the memoir “Just Kids” 31 32
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Arles aye
How homeopathic remedies are sold, for short Shipping charge Path of a three-pointer Contact no. Small number Climb El Capitan without ropes, say Crazes Putting pen to paper
Come to an end Milk choice
Previous Puzzle Solved diamond if East plays low. If West won, the Cynic would discard another diamond on the 10 of hearts and rely on the diamond finesse.
If East covers the jack of hearts, Cy is home. He ruffs, leads a trump to dummy, throws a diamond on the 10 of hearts, ruffs a club and passes the nine of diamonds. When East wins, he is end-played.
DAILY QUESTION:
You hold: ♠ 8 ♥ Q632 ◆ K10 4 ♣ K 7 5 4 2. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond one heart, he bids two clubs and you raise to three clubs. Partner then bids 3NT. What do you say?
To pass might be right, but your raise to three clubs was based more on distribution than on
ANSWER:
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The Pantheon, e.g.
Like kimchi Drummer Starr Consumed Cries of clarity “Oh, golly” Gulf States title Writer/illustrator Carle
Party song title spelled out with gestures
__ Claire, Wisconsin Moving vehicle sound high-card values, and if partner has something in spades, the defenders may attack hearts successfully. Bid four clubs.