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ENTERTAINMENT The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com Midweek Edition-October 28-29, 2020 5B Friday’s answers under “Solutions” 10-31-20 ©2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS ACROSS 1 Flower holder 5 Comforter 10 Beliefs 14 The younger Guthrie 15 Not deserved 16 Undiluted 17 Thin gold layer 18 Theater part 19 An Austen novel 20 Array 22 Visionary 24 Sunflower yield 25 Spicy-tasting 26 Like an evening gown 29 Grad’s reward 33 Newsstand 34 Pie baker 36 Cousteau’s middle name 37 Batting stat 38 Adages 41 Jungfrau, for example 42 Tight as a drum 44 Whacks 45 Scottish Highlanders 47 Disagreeable 49 Means of escape 51 Aleta’s son 52 Maize unit 53 Eras 57 Elk 60 Valhalla honcho 61 Ritual table 63 Fictional governess 65 Track receipts 66 Inexperienced 67 Full extent 68 Bradley or Sharif 69 Woolen fabric 70 Keep an eye on DOWN 1 Give in the middle 2 Lace or ribbons 3 La senorita 4 Slogans 5 Bobwhites 6 Popular server system 7 Psyche parts 8 Comic strip moppet 9 Kind of ring 10 Awkwardly 11 It may jackknife 12 Tot’s cry 13 Laurel or Kenton 21 Gambles 23 Dinny’s rider 26 Couch 27 Dishonest person 28 Toys on strings (hyph.) 29 Thick 30 Face shapes 31 Softens 32 Cobra cousins 33 Green Hornet’s aide 35 Privileged one, briefly 39 Plentiful 40 Piece of fabric 43 Fitness guru 46 Strangest 48 Sierra Madre gold 50 Equipped 53 Walt Kelly strip 54 Mild cheese 55 Singer — Coolidge 56 Deli salad 57 Hand signal 58 Category 59 Shah’s kingdom 62 Standoff 64 Call it quits Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, j to form four ordinary words. | RUBYL PAATD SJYULT MOONDI ©2020 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. Answer here: r- Y Y yyy T T T SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING: MlHnir 10/3 ] V> 2020 Dist. by Andrews McMeel 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 BEST PLAYED Both vulnerable, North deals NORTH A 8 10863 O A J 5 3 2 * 6 3 WEST EAST A Q 9 2 *K643 <775 '7K942 O K 10 7 0 6 4 *AQJ97 *854 SOUTH * A J 10 7 5 OAQ OQ98 *K 10 2 The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 29* Pass 2NT** Pass 30 Pass 3NT AU pass *5 hearts and four or more in one of the minors **Forcing, asking Opening lead: Queen of * Today’s deal is from a recent tournament in Norway, where face- to-face bridge is slowly making a comeback. South was Norwegian Jim Hoyland, who won the prize for best-played deal of the tournament for his efforts on this deal. The opening two-heart bid would be unusual in North America but is common in other parts of the world. The popularity of the Multi Two Diamonds, to show a weak two-bid in either major, has given rise to several new uses for opening bids of two in a major. Hoyland allowed the opening queen-of-clubs lead to hold the first trick, and West shifted to the seven of hearts — low, low, queen. Hoyland casually led the eight of diamonds and West, just as casually, played low. This was a play that West would soon regret. Hoyland played low from dummy and the eight held the trick! Hoyland had not only picked up the diamond suit but unblocked it as well. He did not yet have nine tricks, however. He continued with the queen of diamonds to the king and ace. Reading the position perfectly, Hoyland led a heart to his ace and then led his last diamond to dummy’s jack. He cashed dummy’s two established diamonds and discarded two spades from his hand. Hoyland now led a spade to his jack and West's queen, but West was forced to lead a black suit and Hoyland had his ninth trick. Beautifully played! (E-mail: tcaeditors@tribpub.com) THURSDAY TAKE YOUR TIME Both vulnerable, South deals NORTH * J72 A 10 9 2 OQ52 * A53 WEST EAST *6 * A4 S? 8 7 3 S?KJ5 O A J 10 8 09763 * J 10 9 7 4 * K 8 6 2 SOUTH *KQ 10 9853 OQ64 OK4 *Q The bidding: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1* Pass 1NT* Pass 2A Pass 4A All pass *Forcing for one round Opening lead: Jack of * The club’s Saturday night duplicate was well under way when Hard Luck Louie found himself at the helm in this four-spade contract. There were two certain losers — one in trumps and another in diamonds. The heart suit offered a double finesse opportunity — a 75 percent chance for success, which seemed pretty good to Louie. Louie won the opening club lead with dummy's ace and led a low spade. East rose with his ace, winning the trick, and exited with his remaining spade. Louie won in hand and ran the queen of hearts, losing to East's king. Louie ruffed the club continuation and led a heart to dummy’s 10. This lost to the jack and the defense still had a diamond trick to come for down one. “Curse my luck," said Louie. “Even my 75 percent plays don't work." Lucky Larry declared the same contract with the same opening lead. He won with dummy’s ace, ruffed a club, and led a low spade to dummy’s seven. East won with his ace and returned a spade to dummy’s jack. Larry ruffed dummy’s last club and led the king of diamonds from his hand. West won with the ace and continued with the jack of diamonds. Larry won with the queen in dummy and ruffed dummy’s last diamond. Larry had eliminated the clubs and diamonds from both his hand and the dummy. He now ran the queen of hearts to East's king. East had the unpleasant choice of leading a heart into dummy's ace-10 or yielding a ruff-sluff. 10 tricks either way. Nicely played! (E-mail: tcaeditors@tribpub.com) FRIDAY OLD CHESTNUT Both vulnerable, South deals NORTH * J962 9AQ 10 OK J6 *842 WEST EAST * A K 8 3 * Q 10 7 4 083 0752 010 93 0842 * A Q J 6 *10 97 SOUTH * 5 OK J964 O AQ75 * K 5 3 The bidding: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 19 Dbl Redbl 1A Pass Pass 29 Pass 39 Pass 49 All pass Opening lead: Ace of A Some people say that a redouble denies a fit for partner, but we think it is a reasonable choice with a balanced hand, three-card support, and 10-11 points. South's game try of three diamonds hit North right where he lived and game was reached. Making it, however, was another problem. West shifted to a trump at trick two and South could only count nine tricks. A tenth could come from the king of clubs if East held the ace, but South judged that to be unlikely from the auction. After some thought. South decided to rely on a technique that he had not used in quite a while - a dummy reversal. It would require a 3-2 split of the missing trumps, but South felt that was a better chance than finding East with the ace of clubs. South won the trump shift with dummy’s 10 and ruffed a spade. A diamond to dummy's jack was followed by another spade ruff. The king of diamonds was the entry to let South ruff the last spade. South took a deep breath and led his king of hearts, overtaking it with dummy’s ace. Both opponents followed so South was home free. He drew the last trump and claimed two more diamond tricks and his contract. 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. E-mail: tcaeditors@tribpub.com) SOLUTIONS FOR TUESDAY PUZZLES THREW EAGLE INHALE DIVINE To see who was the best arm wrestler, they — HELD AN EVENT 2 9 1 3 6 8 5 7 4 8 7 5 4 1 2 6 9 3 3 4 6 5 7 9 1 2 8 9 2 3 6 4 7 8 5 1 7 1 8 9 3 5 2 4 6 6 5 4 8 2 1 7 3 9 5 8 2 1 9 3 4 6 7 4 3 7 2 8 6 9 1 5 1 6 9 7 5 4 3 8 2 P U M A B E T A S W A R T A s A N R E A C H A G A R C u L T A R M O R V E T O E A T O U T P R E C E D E D S L A N T C A N D O R Y E A H M E A L S A H E M B O A G A D G E T X I I L Y C R A U S A E N R A G E T 1 M P E S T S T E I N S E A L L U C T E C A R A T F I R E S A L E B E C O M E O D O R 1 C 1 R C A A D O S A L S 0 A R P S R E N T L E A N D E A S D O G S 10-28-20 © 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS FOR WEDNESDAY PUZZLES FRAME FRANK OUTFIT EMERGE The no-cost family photo coupons were — FREE FOR THE TAKING 1 4 2 5 6 9 8 3 7 9 6 3 2 7 8 5 1 4 5 7 8 3 4 1 2 9 6 6 2 7 4 3 5 1 8 9 8 5 9 7 1 2 4 6 3 4 3 1 8 9 6 7 5 2 3 1 5 6 2 4 9 7 8 7 8 4 9 5 3 6 2 1 2 9 6 1 8 7 3 4 5 A H A B R S V P G L O V E L O B 0 O H I O A U G E R P O E M E N O S M E A R O D D B A L L R A P P E L S A L E F T L E I I N G R I D W I L D E Y E D N E R D S B I T E R E L Y C H E T O R R E N T A i L A R E A P A L M H O S T A S U N S H I N E S O F T E N P I N D A u N T A D V I S E D D I G E S T S T E A R S E M I T 1 N A 1 L O L L I E E P E E T N A M I E N S T H U D R E S T 10-29-20 © 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS FOR THURSDAY PUZZLES : KIOSK RUNNY MEEKLY CACTUS During the California Gold Rush, this land owner had a - ONE-TRACK “MINE” 4 7 2 5 8 3 1 6 9 5 8 6 1 9 2 3 4 7 1 9 3 6 4 7 8 2 5 3 4 7 8 2 5 6 9 1 6 2 8 4 1 9 7 5 3 9 5 1 7 3 6 4 8 2 8 6 5 9 7 1 2 3 4 2 1 9 3 6 4 5 7 8 7 3 4 2 5 8 9 1 6 T O X I c T H A N A C H E A R E N A A I D A F 0 U L P A N S Y W R A P R A N K S L A T E D E G O T i S T S N E A E L E C T S T A L O N E D E R A E L A T E D E M O N X L S E D I T P E R O N B R i C M A D E I D E R D R A M A A N N S P R A Y E R I N D I G O E T E S T O O D P A T S A N D E R H A I R | O T 1 S M E R L E E L S E N E R O E M 1 L E A Y E s G R E w R O P E D 10-30-20 © 2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS SATURDAY WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ Q 1 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: AQ7910 4OAQ10 764*AQ4 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1* Pass 19 1A 2* 2A ? What call would you make? Q 2 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: A 10 5 9K Q9769K 10 42*54 WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 2A Dbl 3A ? What call would you make? Q 3 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: AAKJ729J64 9Q9*AJ3 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1NT Pass Pass 2** 9 *clubs and a major What call would you make? Q 4 - Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: A9869AQ6 9AK2*AQ92 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1* Pass 19 29 9 What call would you make? Q 5 - North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: AAK75 3 2979AK*9754 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1A Pass 1NT Pass 9 What call would you make? Q 6 - East-West vulnerable, as South, you hold: AA979AK39K8 AKJ 10 74 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1* Pass 19 Pass 9 What call would you make? Look for answers on Monday. FOR FRIDAY PUZZLES AGILE HOARD FERRET DOCKET The artist initially struggled to learn how to create metal sculptures, but she — FORGED AHEAD 3 4 1 2 8 9 6 5 7 7 5 9 3 4 6 8 1 2 8 6 2 1 5 7 9 3 4 4 8 3 7 1 2 5 6 9 1 7 5 9 6 8 2 4 3 2 9 6 5 3 4 1 7 8 9 1 4 8 7 5 3 2 6 5 2 7 6 9 3 4 8 1 6 3 8 4 2 1 7 9 5 c A V | T Y L A P G O T H p R A G U E O L E E C H O R E T U R N W E T R E I N A N S w E R E D B A C K G L E N S I S T R I N K S N I N A T N T S A L A L S S I T B O B S L E D T A U T A R A L L O R E S C E N E R Y S O Y P A C O V A S A S D E S K S P A T E O W L M O D E S o R G A N I Z A T I O N c U R T R A N V I O L E T K N E E I R K A R R I V E S E E S S K Y N E S T E D 10-31-20 ©2020 UFS, Dist. by Andrews McMeel for UFS
