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ENTERTAINMENT The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Midweek Edition - September 9-10, 2020 5 B SATURDAY Friday’s answers under “Solutions” 9-12-20 ©2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Dollop 4 ATM output 8 Developed 12 On a voyage 14 Mead’s island 15 Broad valley 16 Eggy dessert 17 Geometric solid 18 Let pass 19 Fodder seekers 21 Rum drink (2 wds.) 23 Frilly 24 “Bon —, monsieur!” 25 Appreciates 28 Raised the rent (2 wds.) 32 Poem of lament 33 Twice-baked breads 34 Road map info 35 Stiff 36 Low scores (var.) 37 Lobster traps 38 Flow back 39 Georgia city 40 “Luncheon on the Grass” painter 41 Infamy 43 Soda pop buys 44 Norse god 45 Per capita 46 Received 49 Cinch 53 Classical poet 54 Act like a ham 56 Healing plant 57 TV host Jay — 58 Cloys 59 Football cheer 60 Pull along 61 Glimpsed 62 Gown go-with DOWN 1 Spear, as a fish 2 Kon-Tiki Museum site 3 Endure 4 Deal in 5 Pierre’s friends 6 Coast Guard alert 7 Lawn extras 8 Think highly of 9 Canter or trot 10 Joy Adamson lioness 11 Ricky Ricardo 13 Comparison 14 Builder’s sheet 20 Indiana port 22 Razor-billed birds 24 “Friday the 13th” villain 25 Fixed a seam 26 Perpetrator’s need 27 Action words 28 Verdict giver 29 Male honeybee 30 Make a sound 31 Genuine nuisances 33 Spy mission 36 Buffoonery 37 Trail 39 Manner of acting 40 Rodents 42 Ballgame fare (2 wds.) 43 Water-ski locales 45 Gobbled up 46 Rustproof metal 47 Done with 48 Singer — Turner 49 Sheepfold 50 Mr. Baldwin of “Beetlejuice” 51 “Run — Run” 52 Sushi ingredient 55 West of “Klondike Annie” Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. | KEYRP NGIRW GNOREL NTOAAS ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC Ail Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek call and we’ll you those contacts do lunch. I told you about. WHEN THE TENNIS PLIERS TALKED BUSINESS PURINS THEIR MATCH, THEY WERE — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Answer here: rVN SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: 9/ ] 2 © 2020 Dist. by Andrews MeMccI Syndication lor 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 A SURE THING Both vulnerable. West deals NORTH A A K Q J 10 2 9? Void O AQ 10 * AK J5 WEST EAST *9 A 8 6 3 S? A K 8 3 2 S? Q J 10 7 OK97 08652 *Q842 *96 SOUTH *754 09654 OJ43 * 10 7 3 The bidding: WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 1<? Dbl 3<?* Pass Pass 40 Pass 4* Pass 6* All pass *Pre-emptive Opening lead: Ace of S? South must have been eagerly awaiting the sight of dummy. South breathed a sigh of relief and ruffed the opening heart lead high in dummy in case the trumps split 2-2. East contributed the queen of hearts to clarify the heart position for partner. This play also clarified a few things for declarer. West, for his opening bid, was certain to hold the king of diamonds. Probably the queen of clubs also, but certainly the king of diamonds. An entry to his hand forthe diamond finesse was all South needed, so he started by cashing dummy’s ace and king of spades. He was disappointed that the spades split 3-1, but he continued smartly by leading the jack of clubs from dummy. Had either opponent won with the queen, the 10 of clubs would provide the needed entry. West ducked his queen, however, so South continued with the ace and king of clubs. He did not care if East ruffed a club. Whatever East chose to do, South could force an entry to his hand by ruffing the fourth round of clubs. The lead of the jack of diamonds would allow South to repeat the diamond finesse, if necessary, and bag up the 12 tricks that he needed. This was another complex looking hand that was really quite simple. All declarer had to do was realize the problem — creating an entry to his hand. (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 THE WAY TO BET East-West vulnerable. North deals NORTH *32 S? 10 8 7 O AKJ9876 *4 EAST * Q J84 9AK J93 053 *92 SOUTH * A965 04 02 *AKQJ 10 85 The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 10 IV Dbl* 20 30 Pass 30** Dbl Pass Pass 6* All pass *Exactly four spades **Asking for a heart stopper Opening lead: Two of O Damon Runyan is often credited with this bit of advice for gamblers: “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's the way to bet.” That is great advice for bridge players as well. We always want to place our bets, or make our plays, based on their likelihood of success. The play may not work this time, but in the long run, that’s the way to bet. North's opening bid would not be everyone’s choice. South, knowing that his partner didn’t have heart values, must have strength in spades and diamonds for his opening bid, so he made the reasonable decision to bid a slam. East in today’s deal was Australian expert Paul Dailey. He had to decide where to place his bet at trick two after winning the opening heart lead with the king. He knew that declarer had exactly four spades with long, strong clubs, and surely only one heart. Should he shift to a spade at trick two? Dummy’s diamonds were intimidating. A diamond to the jack would be risky for declarer, but it would provide all the needed tricks for slam unless West had a trump trick. Dailey decided that his best bet at trick two was to lead a diamond into dummy’s powerful suit. The winning bet! South won with dummy's jack and discarded a spade on the ace. When he tried to cash the king, Dailey ruffed and the contract drifted down two. Nice play! (Bob Jones welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this paper or tcaeditors@tribpub.com) WEST * K 10 7 <?Q652 OQ 10 4 *763 FRIDAY THINKING AHEAD North-South vulnerable. North deals NORTH * K J5 <?A85 OQ43 * AQ52 WEST * 10 9 8 7 4 S? K Q J 10 7 6 05 *9 EAST * AQ62 0942 06 * K J 10 4 3 SOUTH * 3 03 OAK J109872 *876 The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1NT Pass 2NT* iV Pass Pass 50 Pass Pass Dbl All pass *Transfer to diamonds Opening lead: King of O The sight of dummy made Hard Luck Louie regret that he had agreed to play minor-suit transfers. Had he just raised to three no trump, North would have had the same 10 tricks that Louie had in diamonds. The transfer had been too tempting. On the plus side, East’s double marked him with both the king of clubs and the ace of spades. Louie won the opening heart lead with dummy’s ace, led a diamond to his ace, drawing the trumps, and led a spade to dummy’s jack, hoping to force the ace. When that lost to the queen, East exited with a heart and Louie had to fall back on the doomed club finesse and he finished down one. “My luck is unbelievable!" said Louie. “Three out of three cards offside.” When Lucky Larry played this deal in a subsequent round, he bid five diamonds over his partner’s one no trump opening and played it there undoubled. He won the opening heart lead in dummy and immediately ruffed a heart. He cashed the ace of diamonds, led a diamond to dummy's queen, and ruffed dummy's last heart. He led a spade to the jack and lost to East’s queen, but East had no answer. Rather than leading a club into the ace-queen, East tried a tricky low spade. Larry discarded a club on this not caring who had the ace. The defense couldn't prevent Larry from bringing home 11 tricks. Well played! (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 UPEND ONION HUBCAP METHOD The winner of the dog bone eating contest was the - “CHOMPION” 5 1 7 3 9 6 4 8 2 8 6 2 1 5 4 3 9 7 9 4 3 8 2 7 1 5 6 3 7 5 9 4 8 6 2 1 6 8 9 2 3 1 7 4 5 1 2 4 7 6 5 9 3 8 4 5 8 6 7 3 2 1 9 7 9 1 4 8 2 5 6 3 2 3 6 5 1 9 8 7 4 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS 9-9-20 FOR WEDNESDAY PUZZLES TEMPT TIGER HOOPLA LOOSEN Napoleon really thought he could win at Waterloo, but he came up — A LITTLE SHORT 5 1 4 2 9 6 8 3 7 6 3 2 7 8 1 9 4 5 8 7 9 4 5 3 1 6 2 9 6 3 8 1 7 5 2 4 4 8 7 5 2 9 6 1 3 1 2 5 6 3 4 7 8 9 3 5 8 9 6 2 4 7 1 2 4 6 1 7 5 3 9 8 7 9 1 3 4 8 2 5 6 T E S L A A H E M S o F A I V I E s N E R 0 A L A 1 R E L I c T R A N S C E N D E N L A R G E R S T H 0 S E I N S C E E M A L l B U B L 0 A T 1 N G A L 0 N E P L A I D L Y E I C O N R E I G N D 1 M S N 0 M T E E N S S 0 A P S E A S T W A R D L A N D H 0 O A R P l T A K R O N A B O L 1 S H E D T A I L G A T E R 1 s H A D Y E L S E Y 0 R K F 0 R G E N E E D E M M Y Y 0 K E D 9-10-20 © 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS FOR THURSDAY PUZZLES SPELL TASTY SUBDUE WINERY The scuba divers got married underwater and be gan their new life together in — “WETTED” BLISS 7 8 1 9 4 5 6 3 2 9 4 3 2 6 7 1 5 8 6 5 2 1 3 8 4 7 9 2 3 6 4 9 1 7 8 5 5 1 4 8 7 3 2 9 6 8 7 9 6 5 2 3 1 4 1 2 7 5 8 6 9 4 3 4 6 5 3 1 9 8 2 7 3 9 8 7 2 4 5 6 1 9-11 -20 © 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS FOR FRIDAY PUZZLES SATURDAY WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: *760AK40AQJ874*97 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 10 Pass 1* Pass 9 What call would you make? Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: *AJ74 3<7Q5OA*A10 976 As dealer, what call would you make? Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: *K8 94 3 0AQ875*K874 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST Pass Pass 10 Pass 1* 20 Pass Pass Dbl Pass ? What call would you make? Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: * Q J 10910 8 640Void* A10 6 532 Partner opens ID and right-hand opponent passes. What call would you make? Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: *AKQ85<?AQJ6 0K9 3*2 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 10 Pass 1* Pass 1NT Pass ? What call would you make? Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: *AKQ75<?8 6095*A86 3 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1* Pass 1NT 3* Pass Pass 30 Pass 9 What call would you make? Look for answers on Monday. (Bob Jones welcomes readers’ responses sent in care of this paper. 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