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DAILY CROSSWORD

- BY FRANK STEWART

ACROSS

1 “Marriage Story” actor Alan 5 Indian flatbread 9 Lhasa __ 13 Tournament rank 14 Makes level

16 Sty supper 17 Anti-war demonstrat­ion 19 Didn’t discard 20 Ejectable part of a computer tower 21 Rove

23 Tuna type 24 Phoenix’s birthplace 25 Talks incessantl­y 27 James of jazz 29 Respect 30 “Hold your horses!” 33 Abbr. on a business card 35 __ salts

37 Carpool lane

initials

38 Person who doesn’t eat meat, informally, and a feature of 17-, 25-, 51-, and 62-Across 41 401(k) kin 42 Doglike scavenger in Africa

44 Old AOL exchanges 45 Steep, as tea 46 “Now!”

49 “Ah, gotcha” 51 Local watering hole

53 British strollers 57 “Rugrats” grandpa 58 Vend 59 Cocktail with lime juice

60 Not busy 62 “The Big Bang Theory” actress who voices Harley Quinn 64 Pest on a pet 65 Marvel superhero who can control the weather 66 Art __

67 Suffix with love or nerd

68 Emoji that may mean “Don’t miss this” 69 “Don’t delay” letters

DOWN

1 Pet rescue org. 2 West Yorkshire city

3 “Till __ do us part” 4 Spread of commercial marketing into new spaces 5 __ Martin cognac 6 Lab eggs

7 __ cotta 8 Wages 9 Inquire

10 Start of Oliver Twist’s request 11 10th grader 12 Sign up for newsletter­s, perhaps 15 Fancy pillow covers 18 West’s opposite 22 Doled (out) 25 Bowen of “SNL” 26 Sales agt.

28 Link (to) 30 “Quiet you!” 31 Curly-haired dog that fits in a purse 32 Uses veto power 34 The WNBA’s Sky, on scoreboard­s 36 Gaping mouth 38 Rooftop spinners 39 Gulf States ruler 40 Stubborn animal 43 Opposite of “oui” 45 Island with a namesake Triangle

Cynic said.

When Cy takes the ace of diamonds, he can place South with three hearts, four diamonds (from Wendy’s “count” signal with the seven) and four clubs, so two spades. If Cy shifts to the 10 of spades, 3NT fails. Incidental­ly, South’s play of dummy’s five on the first spade was an insult to Cy’s defense.

DAILY QUESTION:

You hold: ♠ 10842 ♥ Q9764 ◆ A ♣ 5 4 3. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond one heart and he bids two clubs. What do you say?

ANSWER:

It’s conceivabl­e that partner has a hand such as3,AK5,J9653,AKQ2, and four hearts would be a good contract, but that possibilit­y is remote. Pass. Two

47 Expedition­s 48 Not perfectly round 50 Massive in scale 51 Steep drop-off 52 Stainless steel, e.g. 54 Houseplant­s with healing properties 55 Muslim pilgrim’s destinatio­n 56 Entrance porch 59 Fitness centers 61 “I could __”: “I’m not not hungry” 63 Before, in verse clubs isn’t the spot of your dreams, but you can’t justify a further bid, especially not two hearts or 2NT. Partner’s hand may be a minimum.

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