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ACROSS
1 Questions
5 Caesar’s river
10 Chanel’s
nickname
14 Allot
15 Small pansy
16 Surrounded by
17 Took a card
18 Thresholds
19 Wine and —
20 Fiery horse
22 Use up
24 Old Norse
poem
27 Garish light
28 Actress Angela
32 Eggs purchase
35 Fruity drink
36 Fine violin
38 Lionesses’ lack
40 Met celeb
42 Put in crops
44 Dress fastener
45 Clairvoyants
47 Steel rod
49 Ms. Hagen
50 Sudden
impulses
52 Length of time
54 West Coast sch.
56 Dice throws
57 Small drums
(hyph.)
60 Burglary
64 Distribute
65 Like some
communities
68 Game plan
69 Smile
70 Cordial
flavoring
71 Outer coat
72 Haze
73 DEA agents
74 Dick Tracy’s
wife
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DOWN
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At no time
1 Increases
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Fishtailed
2 Kind
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Indifference
3 Painter Paul —
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“Peachy!”
4 Garment
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Coming out
makers
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Period of time
5 Sports bar
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Dispute
fixtures, for
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Challenge
short
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Denomination
6 Clock numeral
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Carry on
7 Audacious
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Motto
8 Ms. Burstyn
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Light top (hyph.)
9 Sounded
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Fridge maker
hoarse
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Actress — Garr
10 Showy solo
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Name in
passages
elevators
11 Fail to include
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Recipe verb
12 Film
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McClurg or
13 Tribute in verse
Brickell
21 Makes a knight
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Bogs
23 Weaving
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Kids
machine
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Where the lion
25 Pistachios
roars
26 Boo-boo
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Bailout key
28 Fellows
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Some, to
29 Word of parting
Yvette
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Unscramble these Jumbles,
one letter to each square,
to form four ordinary words.
UMYGM
PMILE
HNIKRS
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LRYASA
2^
v 2
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All Rights Reserved.
to form the surprise answer, as
suggested by the above cartoon.
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SUDOKU
DIFFICULTY RATING: ★★★★★
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BRIDGE
WEDNESDAY
TOMMY’S DISAPPOINTMENT
North-South vulnerable, North deals
NORTH
A Q 9 6
VAKQ
O A J 9 8 4 3
♦ 6
WEST EAST
A Void A 10 5 4 3
S? 10 8 5 4 S? J 9 7 2
O 10 7 6 5 2 OK
♦ K Q 10 4 *J975
SOUTH
A A K J 8 7 2
063
OQ
♦ A832
The bidding:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
10 Pass 1A Pass
36 Pass 3 A Pass
4<? Pass 4NT Pass
5A* Pass 7A All pass
*2 key cards, among the 4 aces and
the king of spades, plus the queen of
spades
Opening lead: King of ♦
Trump Coup Tommy was very
pleased at the sight of dummy.
Partner’s four heart bid was clearly
a cue bid in support of spades, as
he would have bid two hearts rather
than three diamonds with a heart suit.
It looked like it would only require
pedestrian play, but a grand slam was
money in the bank!
Tommy won the opening club lead
with his ace and ruffed a club with
dummy’s nine of spades. His plan
was to ruff two clubs in dummy and
eventually discard his remaining low
club on dummy's queen of hearts.
This plan came crashing down when
he led a low spade to his ace and
West showed out. Tommy was
strangely happy, as he now had a
chance to demonstrate his specialty
- a trump coup. This would require
that he reduce his trump length to
the same as East’s which meant two
diamond ruffs. He would still need
East to follow to three rounds of
hearts, but the first step was to ruff
two diamonds.
Tommy led the queen of diamonds
to dummy’s ace and was sorry to see
the king fall from East. That made the
play pedestrian again. He was tempted
to go for the trump coup anyway,
but he decided that his partner might
kill him if it didn't work. He simply
cashed dummy’s queen of spades,
ruffed a diamond to his hand and
drew the outstanding trumps. He was
able to discard one club on the queen
of hearts and the other on the jack of
diamonds. No trump coup this time,
but money in the bank!
THURSDAY
NO GOOD PLACE
East-West vulnerable, South deals
NORTH
A K 10 5
9? A 6 5 4 3
O AQ J53
♦ Void
WEST EAST
A 9 7 2 A J 6 4
<?J7 <?10982
O 10 9874 OK6
♦ 10 32 ♦ Q J 9 8
SOUTH
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♦ A K 7 6 5 4
The bidding:
SOUTH
WEST
NORTH
EAST
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Pass
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Pass
2A
Pass
30
Pass
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Pass
3A
Pass
3NT
Pass
6A
All pass
Opening lead: 10 of O
North-South had the values for
slam but they couldn't find a good
place to play it. Six hearts looks best
to us. Assuming a club lead from
East: ace of clubs, ruff a club, king
and queen of hearts, ruff another
club, ace of hearts. Now a spade to
the queen and run clubs until East
ruffs. Six hearts making six. What
about six spades?
South won the opening diamond
lead with dummy’s ace, led a heart
to his king, then cashed the queen
of hearts and two high clubs. He
ruffed a club with dummy’s five of
spades and ruffed a diamond with
his three of spades as the king fell
from East. A club ruff with the 10
of spades was followed by the queen
of diamonds. East ruffed with the
jack and South over-ruffed with ace.
A club was ruffed with the king of
spades, leaving a three-card ending
with West holding the nine-seven-
two of spades and South the queen-
eight plus a club.
South led dummy’s ace of hearts
and discarded his last club. West
ruffed but had to lead a spade from
the nine-seven into declarer’s queen-
eight. A remarkable ending. Well
done! Note that had South led a high
diamond in the end position instead
of the ace of hearts, East could defeat
the slam by ruffing with a low trump.
(Bob Jones welcomes readers’
responses sent in care of this
newspaper or to Tribune Content
Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove
Dr.. Suite 175, Addison, TX 75001.
E-mail: tcaeditors@tribpub.com)
FRIDAY
DIFFERENT STROKES
Both vulnerable. North deals
NORTH
A K Q 6
Q 10 9 8
OK953
♦ 52
WEST
A A J 8 3
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O Q J 10 8 4
♦ 10 6
EAST
A 5 4
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O A762
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SOUTH
A 10 9 7 2
OAK J75
OVoid
♦ A K Q 7
The bidding:
NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
Pass Pass 1<2 Pass
2A* Pass 3A Pass
3A Pass 69 All pass
*Drury - heart fit w/10-11 points
Opening lead: Queen of O
Hard Luck Louie ruffed the
opening diamond lead and led a
spade to dummy’s king, winning the
trick as West ducked his ace. This
did not guarantee that the ace was
onside, of course, as East might have
been the one who ducked his ace.
Louie now tried to cash three rounds
of clubs. His plan was to discard a
spade from dummy and lead a spade.
He could then make the rest of the
tricks on a high cross ruff, even if the
opponents shifted to a trump. Good
pian, but West ruffed the queen of
clubs. Louie still had chances, but he
needed another entry to dummy to
ruff a diamond. When he eventually
tried another spade, West rose with
his ace and gave East a spade ruff for
down one. "Yeesh,” said Louie. “All
I needed was a 4-3 club split. Was
that too much to ask!”
Lucky Larry also ruffed the
diamond lead and led a spade to
dummy’s king. Instead of Louie’s
line, Larry ruffed a diamond with a
high heart, led a low heart to dummy,
and ruffed another diamond high. He
led the jack of hearts to dummy's
queen, drawing the remaining enemy
trumps, and now cashed three rounds
of clubs to discard dummy’s last
diamond. He then led the 10 of
spades, relying on his ability to guess
the suit. There was no possible mis-
guess on this lie of the spades and
Larry scored up his slam.
(Bob Jones welcomes readers'
responses sent in care of this
newspaper or to Tribune Content
Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove
Dr., Suite 175, Addison. TX 75001.
E-mail: tcaeditors@tribpub.com)
SATURDAY
WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ
Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South,
you hold:
AK10 8543298OKQA985
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
1A 36 Dbl* Pass
4A Pass Pass ?
*Negative
What call would you make?
Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as
South, you hold:
AAK86549AK10 4O8A10 4
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1A Pass 1NT 26
9
What call would you make?
Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South,
you hold:
AQ89A20AQJ5AKJ754
Partner opens 1C and right-hand
opponent passes. What call would
you make?
Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you
hold:
AAJ9764980K8753A6
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
1A Pass 16 ?
What call would you make?
Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as
South, you hold:
AAQ1069Q10O7 2AAJ753
Partner opens 1H and right-hand
opponent passes. What call would
you make?
Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South,
you hold:
AAK9 9A8653 07 42AA8
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
Pass Pass 1A 19
20 Pass Pass ?
What call would you make?
Look for answers on Monday.
SOLUTIONS
FOR TUESDAY PUZZLES
VIDEO HIKER DUPLEX LAVISH
He wanted to buy the bookcase, but his wife —
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FOR WEDNESDAY PUZZLES
IMAGE EMPTY SONATA BAMBOO
If you get tagged while playing tag, just accept
the fact and think - SO BE IT
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FOR THURSDAY PUZZLES
POISE BEVEL MELODY SPIRAL
The politician’s words couldn’t be trusted, and
therein - LIES THE PROBLEM
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AGILE ORBIT EXCITE SOFTEN
In order to pinpoint the problem, the auto
mechanic needed to — GET A FIX ON IT
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