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ENTERTAINMENT The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Midweek Edition - September 2-3, 2020 5 B SATURDAY Friday’s answers under “Solutions” 9-5-20 © 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Cab driver 5 Where Anna met a king 9 Writer — St. Vincent Millay 13 Band instrument 14 Lone Ranger’s friend 15 Drop anchor 16 Theater award 17 Parting word 18 Cannon’s sound 19 Fail utterly (2 wds.) 21 Prickly 23 Cartoon shrieks 24 Molt 25 Bassinet 28 Melodious 32 Evergreen tree 33 Locate, perhaps 36 Swiss capital 37 Informal talk 39 Type of guitar 41 Aria performer 42 Composer — Anderson 44 Body temperature 46 Female relative 47 Retired professors 49 Shrine 51 “Iliad” or “Odyssey” 52 Durham university 53 Speechless 56 Rite 60 Modem-speed unit 61 Lengthwise 63 Turquoise 64 Brat in Blondie 65 Gossipy 66 Noted island of exile 67 Wapiti 68 Filleted fish 69 Poison ivy symptom DOWN 1 Pony foot 2 Mr. Eban 3 Spiral 4 — over (fainted) 5 Soft drinks 6 No future 7 Gulped down 8 Garrulous 9 Personified 10 Cabinet part 11 Time to eat 12 Ant horde 14 Motormouths 20 Had a hunch 22 Mint or cumin 24 Get some rest 25 Go biking 26 Shorten a skirt, maybe 27 Not in the dark 29 Brisk 30 Blacksmith’s need 31 Auto option 34 Upper room 35 So-so mark 38 Cape waver 40 Ritual 43 Small barks 45 Hockey feint 48 Gaea’s children 50 Club joiner 52 Compressed 53 Under the covers 54 Squall 55 Actor — Cronyn 56 Part of Batman’s garb 57 Earthenware pot 58 Worn-down pencils 59 You bet! 62 Name for a lion Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. | SFINF UGYBG TRECIM BFAULI ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek r Wow, John! You did it! You must be so happy! How’ could you | tell? IT TOOK HIM A YEAR TO LOSE 100 POUNPS, WHICH RESULTEP IN A — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Ans. here: r'YY'' ^ JL yE y ^ 'Y 'T N L ^ SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: iMr&lMr 9/5 © 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMccl Syndication for UFS FUN + GAMES Find answers to the above puzzles in the weekend edition, along with more puzzles ONLINE PUZZLES Go to gainesvilletimes.com/puzzles to access interactive puzzles online, including multiple varieties of Jumble, Sudoku, and crosswords as well as Hitori and Futoshiki. Once there, click the “More games” button at the top left to view the options. Once a puzzle is selected, learn how to play by clicking the question mark. BRIDGE WEDNESDAY THE EXTRA ENTRY Both vulnerable. South deals NORTH A AJ95 <775 07642 *642 WEST EAST * 10 8 6 3 * 2 S? 10 9 8 6 4 OAKJ3 O A3 010985 *93 * K 8 7 5 SOUTH * KQ74 OQ2 OKQ J * A Q J 10 The bidding: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 2NT Pass 3* Pass 3A Pass 4A All pass Opening lead: 10 of S? North-South used Stayman to reach four spades — a close game. The contract depends on a successful club finesse, and that finesse must be taken at least twice, and perhaps three times. This will require at least two entries to dummy, and a third entry might be needed if the trumps split 4-1, since there would be no club ruff available in dummy. There are two sure trump entries to dummy. Can declarer find another? East won the opening heart lead with the king, cashed the ace of hearts, and shifted to the 10 of diamonds. West captured South’s king with his ace and returned the suit to declarer's queen. What now? South cashed the king of spades and then led the queen of spades. When West followed to the queen, South overtook the queen with dummy’s ace and led a club to his queen. A spade to the nine was followed by a club to the jack. A spade to the jack drew the last trump and gave South the third entry to dummy that he needed. A club to the 10 was followed quickly by a claim. Good imaginative play! Note that declarer’s play was safe once West followed to the second spade. Had East followed to the second spade also, a third club finesse would not have been necessary. One club finesse, draw the last trump, and take another club finesse. South would then be able to ruff the 10 of clubs in dummy. (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.) THURSDAY WHAT’S THE PROBLEM? Both vulnerable. South deals NORTH *73 S? Q 10 4 3 OK853 *975 WEST *854 <?2 OJ9764 * Q 10 8 3 EAST *92 S?K9875 OQ 10 2 * J42 SOUTH * A K Q J 10 6 S7AJ6 OA * AK6 The bidding: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 2* Pass 20 Pass 2* Pass 2NT* Pass 3* Pass 4* Pass 6* All pass *Not a double negative, hence some values Opening lead: Two of 7? We wonder how many declarers would correctly identify the problem on today's deal. Many declarers would see the opening heart lead as an opportunity to avoid a heart loser. They would play the queen from dummy trying to induce East to cover with his king. East could defeat the contract by simply withholding his king. Should declarer then take the heart finesse while in dummy, he would suffer a ruff and a slow club loser. Any other sequence and he would have to lose a heart and a club. Also, West might have the king of hearts and the clever play of the queen from dummy never had a chance. All that is a mirage. The contract is ice cold provided declarer sees that he just needs a late entry to dummy. South should play low from dummy at trick one, and win East’s seven with his ace! He could then draw trumps and cash the ace of diamonds before leading the jack of hearts and overtaking it with dummy's queen. East would have no answer. There would be a certain heart entry to dummy and declarer would be able to discard his low club on the king of diamonds. This is quite a simple hand, really. It only requires that declarer correctly identify the problem. (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 THE BEST LINE? East-West vulnerable. South deals NORTH *7643 <?865 OJ108 * A 10 7 WEST * Q 10 8 2 S? J 9 OK64 * J862 EAST * K J S? Q 10 7 4 3 OQ752 *95 SOUTH * A95 9AK2 * A93 * K Q 4 3 The bidding: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 2NT Pass 3NT All pass Opening lead: Two of * North-South never bid any suits, so there was no reason for West to lead anything but fourth best from his longest suit. South was able to place West with exactly four spades when East played the king at trick one. West would not have led the two from queen-jack-ten-eight-two. South captured East's king with the ace and paused to make a plan. The contract was not very good. There were only seven top tricks. Clubs might provide an eighth trick, but where could South find a ninth? The only possibility was in diamonds. The normal double finesse in diamonds offered an excellent 75 percent chance for an extra trick, but he would need two entries to dummy, and the only sure entry was the ace of clubs. That would be enough if East held both missing diamond honors, but that was against the odds — far less than 75 percent. South decided that his best chance required him to risk his contract, and an additional undertrick, with a finesse for the jack of clubs. He cashed the king of clubs, in case the jack was singleton, and continued with a low club. He inserted dummy's 10 when West played low. Success! He next ran the jack of diamonds to West's king. West cashed three spade tricks and exited with a safe club to dummy’s now stiff ace. A diamond to the nine held the trick and declarer’s total was up to nine. Nicely done! (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.) SOLUTIONS FOR TUESDAY PUZZLES COMIC CHUNK SWAMPY DUPLEX They were carefully selecting which berries to eat. It was fun to - PICK AND “CHEWS” 2 7 5 1 6 3 4 8 9 8 6 4 9 7 5 1 2 3 3 9 1 4 8 2 6 5 7 6 3 9 7 4 8 2 1 5 7 1 2 6 5 9 8 3 4 5 4 8 3 2 1 9 7 6 1 2 7 5 9 6 3 4 8 4 8 6 2 3 7 5 9 1 9 5 3 8 1 4 7 6 2 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS FOR WEDNESDAY PUZZLES UNCLE CROSS TRENDY LOCALE The golfers at St. Andrews decided to extend their trip so they could — STAY THE COURSE 7 6 1 2 4 8 9 3 5 5 3 8 6 1 9 4 7 2 2 4 9 7 3 5 8 1 6 4 9 3 1 5 7 2 6 8 1 7 2 8 6 4 3 5 9 8 5 6 3 9 2 7 4 1 9 1 4 5 8 3 6 2 7 6 8 7 4 2 1 5 9 3 3 2 5 9 7 6 1 8 4 D R O P R E B A A S T l M O U N A L s D E B | E K E D T O G E N A G A N Y H A E R R S R A N T A P S E O 9-3-20 © 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS FOR THURSDAY PUZZLES BLAND AUDIO TOOTHY SPIGOT He bought the shirt at the concert 30 years ago. To him it was an — “OLD-T” BUT A “GOOD-T” 6 9 8 3 2 7 1 4 5 4 2 7 8 1 5 3 6 9 3 5 1 6 9 4 7 2 8 8 6 4 1 3 9 5 7 2 2 3 5 7 6 8 4 9 1 7 1 9 5 4 2 6 8 3 5 7 2 4 8 3 9 1 6 9 4 6 2 5 1 8 3 7 1 8 3 9 7 6 2 5 4 L U R E|V E T OMC H O A H EMIT S I SlA E R SATE A B E A EREC E L O N O T I N S R O A D A G O R A O D E A S P I R E D K I N L E A D S E L A N N E C K L A T E S T S C A L E L O S E R S O M 1 T T E D P R I C E E 1 T H E R R E F l T ■ R 1 L L L O R E A C U T E E R 1 E E L I A G O R E D W E L D D E E M 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS FOR FRIDAY PUZZLES SATURDAY WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: *Q749AK30Q972*J73 As dealer, what call would you make? Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: *6OKJ10 976OK8753*J SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 20 2* 2NT 3* 9 What call would you make? Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: *J10 75<?QJ7OAKQ*865 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 10 Pass 2* Pass 9 What call would you make? Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: *Q86 0KJ4<?A964*A92 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 10 1NT Dbl Pass 9 What call would you make? Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: *2 9KQ10 76O8764*KQ4 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1* 2* ? What call would you make? Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: *K5<?QJ65 0Q2*AKQ3 2 As dealer, what call would you make? Look for answers on Monday. (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) HEAVY MIMIC HYMNAL BUDGET The arrogant king who could say “hello” in many languages was — “HI” AND MIGHTY 7 1 2 8 9 6 5 3 4 4 3 5 2 1 7 9 8 6 9 6 8 5 4 3 1 7 2 5 7 1 3 2 4 6 9 8 6 8 4 1 5 9 7 2 3 3 2 9 6 7 8 4 5 1 8 5 3 9 6 1 2 4 7 1 9 7 4 3 2 8 6 5 2 4 6 7 8 5 3 1 9 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS 9-5-20
