cards. four, of with DAILY TWO chance is (If QUESTION ENTRIES of clubs as play. to declar- WEST North Pass 3 NT 10 East Pass Pass 8 NORTH SOUTH 5 3 South 2 NT EAST West ace 8B TUESDAY, FEBRUARY club, East THE STAR a remorseless tome My dictionary as lazy, incapable or lacking the will to do something. To shift on defense may be right or wrong, away but plugging thinking is West led the queen of spades six, deuce. against 3NT: would win er won and and lead his last spade, setting up the ace an suit entry.) clubs and a spade.
When West led another spade, South East took the king won and led a club. but had no more spades. He led a heart an over- a diamond South with the ace, lost trick and a club to the Two entries After the queen of spades wins, West must see that a spade continuation is futile. He lacks two entries to set up and cash the long cards. His only chance is to East with something in dia- monds.
At Trick Two, West can lead the 10 of diamonds, a play. The defenders get two diamonds, two clubs and a spade. Daily question You hold: A 2 10 2 9 6 3 6 5 3. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond one heart and he bids one spade. What do you say? Answer: You have enough strength to invite game but no good way to invite.
To bid 2NT with no club strength or jump to three diamonds (if invitational) with poor support is unattractive. A bid of two clubs is possible if not game-forcing. Try a heavy but encouraging raise to two spades. North dealer N-S vulnerable BRIDGE setting FRANK STEWART South won and led a club. East took the king but had no more spades.
He Plugging away wait for your answers? Find all the puzzle answers at answers.usatoday.com something. To shift on defense may way to invite. To bid 2NT with be right or wrong, but plugging away no club strength or jump to three at a suit without thinking is lazy. West led the queen of support is unattractive. A spades against 3NT: four, six, deuce.
bid of two clubs is possible if (If declarer won and led 13, a 2024 would win and lead his last spade, but encouraging raise to two spades. up suit with the ace of clubs as an entry.) When West led another spade, led a heart a diamond would have stopped an overtrick and South won with the ace, lost a club to the and claimed. After the at queen a suit of without wins, lazy. West must see that a spade A 8 4 continuation is futile. He lacks two entries to set up and cash the long His only find East with led something a club, in East diamonds.
At Trick Two, West can lead the ten diamonds, a The defenders get two diamonds, two You hold: A 2 10 2 would 9 6 3 have 6 stopped 5 3. Your opens one won diamond, you respond one ace heart and and claimed. he bids one spade. diamonds (if invitational) with poor not game-forcing. Try a heavy North dealer N-S vulnerable 9 4 A A 4 10 9 7 2 7 6 7 9 8 6 5 4 3 spades 10 8 7 5 2 A 2 10 2 9 6 3 6 5 3 1 1 2 Pass All Pass partner Opening lead Tribune Content Agency, LLC INSTRUCTIONS: Find as many words as you can by linking letters up, down, side-to-side and diagonally, writing words on a blank sheet of paper.
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27 WWW address 29 (sculpture variety) 30 Gold, in Guayaquil 33 South American street food 36 Latin dance hangout 39 Marisa of Big 40 United 41 Alarm clock part, often 42 Bridesmaid or groomsman, say 44 girl 45 Talk smack about 46 Distant 47 Fish eggs 48 Pickup lines 51 Tiny tastes 55 Small hand drum 58 Expels 60 Threw hard 62 Nile serpents 63 Mockingly funny 64 Relaxed and calm 65 Winemaking sediment 66 Way of speaking in 67 Raises a glass to 68 Sports team 69 Formerly known as DOWN 1 city 2 Absolutely perfect 3 Trousers 4 5 Glossy coating 6 Venomous snake 7 Creator of Holmes and Watson 8 Language related to Thai 9 Concert organizer 10 Old Dodge sports car 11 Part of, as a plot 12 Organ that knows odors 13 Got bigger 21 on the head 22 Computer with a touch screen 26 Prosecutors: Abbr. 28 Amazon biome 30 Shoppe adjective 31 Bring to destruction 32 Woodwind that orchestras tune to 33 Not much at all 34 Naan relative 35 Some first responders, for short 36 Flew high 37 Taylor (clothing chain) 38 Loving touch 43 mate 47 Answered an invitation 48 Brown beverages 49 Spoken exams 50 U.S.-born person of Japanese descent 52 Cedar Rapids native, say 53 Handbag 54 Flair 55 The one over there 56 Vehicle 57 La Tar Pits 59 To be, to Caesar 61 Plaines, Illinois Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Created by Stella Zawistowski Puzzle Solved CRYPTOQUIP THE DAILY COMMUTER STELLA ZAWISTOWSKI COPYRIGHT 2024 KING FEATURES KENKEN 1. Each row and column must contain the numbers 1 through 4 (easy) or 1 though 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2.
The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3. Freebies: in single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. ANSWER wait for your answers? Find all the puzzle answers at answers.usatoday.com ANSWER DIRECTIONS: Make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. Add points of each word, using scoring directions at right.
Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. used as any letter have no point value. All the words are in the Official SCRABBLE Players Dictionary, 5th Edition. ANSWER This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated at right. Find the listed words in the grid.
They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once. Ring each word as you it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 21 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle. FIND THE WORDS.
