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ENTERTAINMENT The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Midweek Edition - September 16-17, 2020 5 B SATURDAY Friday’s answers under “Solutions” 9-19-20 ©2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Grant 6 Long reeds 11 Gear 14 Benefactor 15 Rodeo loop 16 Gotcha! 17 “The Prisoner of—” 18 Earth pigment 19 Head warmer 20 Speculate 22 Unconventional 24 Offend 28 Loosened 29 Lodz locale 30 Spree 32 Boat front 33 Psi follower 35 Third-quarter tide 39 Commend 40 Zodiac sign 41 Money repository 42 Bronte’s governess 43 Beyond the limit 45 Cow-horned goddess 46 Gambling stakes 48 Short jacket 50 Flowering shrub 53 Scuffles 54 Slightly damp 55 Bumps on a frog 57 Shivery comment 58 Wrist-radio wearer 60 Greek vowels 65 Pyrite 66 Makes shore 67 Loses energy 68 Help letters 69 Oust 70 Arab nation DOWN 1 Woodworking tool 2 Sorrow 3 —Arbor 4 Fishing gear 5 Scaly monster 6 Vinegar bottle 7 Draws a bead on 8 Collars 9 Hot time in Quebec 10 Skirtlike garment 11 Saguaros 12 Windy City airport 13 Yawned 21 Disentangle 23 Implements 24 Orchard tree 25 Raid 26 Kitchen staple 27 Unfairtrades (2 wds.) 28 Ms. Merkel 30 Edible roots 31 Russian epic hero 34 Marseilles Ms. 36 Art stand 37 Ignited 38 Mexican dollars 43 Actress — Hagen 44 Border on 47 Vex 49 Harden 50 Pulpits 51 Don Diego de la Vega 52 Buenos — 53 Date 55 Subside 56 Aussie rock group 59 British rule in India 61 Bullring cry 62 Jaunty lid 63 Geological period 64 9-digit identifier, for short Unscramble these Jumbles, ^ one letter to each square, f to form four ordinary words. | x Td ? 5 5 o CL CL CRILY ^ Y N v Tw SEYMS Y Y s XTROVE Is Z TANUMU ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek BEN FRANKLIN WAS ABLE TO INVENT BIFOCALS BECAUSE OF HIS ABILITY TO — Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: 9/ j 9 © 2020 Dist. by Andrews MeMccI Syndication lor UFS BRIDGE WEDNESDAY THE RIGHT PLAY TODAY North-South vulnerable. North deals WEST *K9843 S? 5 3 2 OKQ9 ♦ A 2 NORTH A Q <7AK6 O J742 *K J963 EAST A 7652 10 8 7 4 086 *Q 10 8 SOUTH A AJ10 OQ J9 O A 10 5 3 *754 The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1* Pass 2NT Pass 3NT All pass Opening lead: Four of * South could count six tricks after the queen of spades won the first trick. The only place to look for three more was in the club suit. Usually, the right play in clubs is to lead toward the dummy and play the jack, or perhaps the nine. The key play would be on the second club lead toward dummy. Hopefully, an honor would appear from West and the play from dummy would be automatic. Should no honor appear. South would have to make his best guess. On this deal however, it was imperative to keep East off lead. A spade from East would set up enough spade tricks for the defense to defeat the contract. South crossed to his hand with the queen of hearts and led a club, playing the king from dummy when West played low. The king of clubs was the seventh trick. It was possible, with a favorable layout, for the diamond suit to provide two more tricks, but South decided to stick with the club suit. South took a deep breath and led a club from the dummy. Had East started with a doubleton queen, he would win and lead a spade to defeat the contract. No problem if West had the queen, as West couldn't attack the spade suit profitably from his side. West won with his ace and led a heart, but declarer won in dummy and led another club. East won with his queen this time, but South rose with his ace on the spade shift and cashed his nine tricks. Well played! (Bob Jones welcomes readers' responses sent in care of this newspaper or to Tribune Content Agency, LLC., 16650 Westgrove THURSDAY SURPRISE DEFENSE Both vulnerable, North deals NORTH * AQ8754 9KQ 10 0875 *4 WEST EAST *10 9 * K J6 <?654 <?32 O A Q 3 O J 10 6 4 * J 10 8 5 3 * Q 9 7 6 SOUTH *32 <?AJ987 OK92 * A K 2 The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1* Pass 29 Pass 2* Pass 3NT Pass 49 All pass Opening lead: Jack of * South won the opening club lead with his ace and counted eight top tricks. Another trick would come from a club ruff in dummy, but where should he look for a tenth trick? A successful spade finesse or the ace of diamonds onside would do it, plus even if the spade finesse lost, he might be able to establish the spade suit. That was a good plan, and of course he cashed the king of clubs and discarded a diamond from dummy before taking the spade finesse. A spade to the queen lost to East. Had the defense shifted to diamonds and taken two tricks there, South would have had a high crossruff for the rest. Instead, the defense surprised him by leading another club and forcing dummy to ruff. Establishing the spade suit would not help South now because, with only two trumps left in dummy, he could not draw the trumps and enjoy the spades. Declarer tried a diamond to the king, losing to the ace. West shifted to a trump, and the defense led another trump when they won the next diamond. There was no hope left and the contract drifted down one. South could have prevailed. When the defense surprised him by leading a third round of clubs. South should have just discarded a diamond from dummy. A trump shift then from the defense would allow declarer to establish and use the spades. A diamond shift, instead, and declarer would have had a high crossruff. (Bob Jones welcomes readers' responses sent in care of this paper or tcaeditors@tribpub.com) FRIDAY A LITTLE LUCK East-West vulnerable, South deals NORTH A J 10 6 5 K 10 6 5 OAQ4 *54 WEST *9743 S? 8 2 O 10 3 * K Q J 8 2 SOUTH * A K Q <?Q J93 07 52 * A76 EAST *82 S? A 7 4 OK J986 *10 9 3 The bidding: south West north east 1NT Pass 2* Pass 20 Pass 49 All pass Opening lead: King of * On another day, declarer might duck the opening club lead, both to facilitate a club ruff and to cut off communications between defenders. That would be an error here as it would give West a chance to shift to a diamond, perhaps leading to either two diamond losers or a possible diamond ruff. Better to win the club and lead a trump. The contract will make anytime the trumps split 3-2 and East holds the ace, or anytime West holds the king of diamonds. On today’s deal. East will win with the trump ace and lead a club to West, who will make the obvious shift to diamonds. It will be pretty safe for declarer to take the diamond finesse. In the real world, it will win 50 percent of the time, less so, of course, in a bridge column. East will win and continue diamonds to the ace, but South can draw the remaining trumps and cash the three high spades in his hand. Dummy will be re-entered with a club ruff and declarer’s diamond loser will go on the jack of spades. This line is not guaranteed, as West might hold the ace of trumps and shift to a diamond. Should the diamond finesse lose, declarer will still prevail if the spades split 3-3, which South will have to test before drawing all of the trumps. Should West have the ace of hearts. East the king of diamonds, and the spades don’t behave, expect a sympathy note from Hard Luck Louie. Better luck on the next deal. (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.) SATURDAY 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. WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: *AJ649863OA10 4*Q10 5 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Pass Pass 10 Pass 19 Pass Pass ? What call would you make? Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: AKQ75 9AQ930K984*K SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 10 19 1NT Pass ? What call would you make? Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: A698 5 0AK865*AQ743 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 10 1* Pass Pass 2* Pass 2NT Pass 9 What call would you make? Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: AA764 9J9O73*AJ10 75 Partner passes as dealer and right- hand opponent also passes. What call would you make? Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: AKJ59KQJ 10OK85*AK5 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH lO Pass Pass ? What call would you make? Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: *75 9AK 10 7 OK 10 976*86 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1* Pass 1NT 2* 29 Pass ? What call would you make? Look for answers on Monday. 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