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To solvea Su Doku,
you must puta number
from1 to 9, in each
empty box.
Each number must
appear once in each
horizontalrow, as well
as in each vertical
column and in each of
the 3-by-3 grids.
Impossible? Not once
you get the hang of it.
Tips and in depth
strategies atDifficult #4,616Very Easy #4,826©SyndicatedPuzzles Inc89 2
4167
2716
739
92 81
56 2
6397
3184
546
48
673
86 1
43 981
176 53
492
584
25
For more
Su Doku puzzles
see tomorrow’s
New York Post
Solutions on Page 35Wonderword
Bridge
How to play:All thewords listed below appear in the puzzle ––
horizontally, vertically, diagonally, evenbackward. Find them
andCircle their letters only. Do not circle theword.The
leftove r letters spell theWonderword.Directions:Makea2to 7
letterwordfrom the letters
in eachrow. Add points of
eachwordusing scoring
directions at right.7 Letter
words get 50 point bonus.
“Blank” used as any letter
haveno pointvalue. All the
words are in the Official
SCRABBLE players
Dictionary, 4th Edition.TODAY’S ANSWERWord Force
LIBRETTO
From the word or phrase above, form AT LEAST 11
five-letter words, without using more than one form
of the same word. For example, drink or drank (not
both).
ANSWERS IN TOMORROW’S POST
Yesterday’s word:
CYCLOMETER
comet
coyer
creel
cycleelect
emote
erect
mercymeter
morel
motelCy the Cynic says you should always
look both ways before crossing a
woman.
“Are you and Wendy still having
trouble on defense?” I asked Cy.
“She said I sabotaged us in this deal,”
Cy said, displaying today’s layout. “I
guess she was right, for once.”
Against three hearts, Wendy led the
king of spades as West, and Cy signaled
with the nine. Wendy duly led the ace
and a third spade.
“I ruffed,” Cy said, “but all I could do
was take my ace of clubs. South made
his bid, and Wendy was irate. She said
I’d crossed her up.”
Cy’s nine of spades was wrong. He
wants a club shift, not more spades,
hence he should signal “attitude” with
his deuce. If Wendy shifts to a club, Cy
takes two clubs and returns a spade.
Wendy takes the jack and ace and leads
a fourth spade, and Cy overruffs
dummy with his jack and leads a third
club, promoting Wendy’s queen of
trumps. Down three instead of making
three!
Don’t mislead your partner. Let your
signals direct the defense.The Post Puzzle Page
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1 Makes a hasty getaway
5 Insect stage after larva
9 Bathroom wall piece
13 Not many
14 Umpires’ decisions
16 Cabinet dept. with a windmill
on its seal
17 Toy on a track
19 Volcanic output
20 WWI French soldier
21 Almanacs, calendars, etc.
23 Drag one’s feet
24 Native growth in an Asian or-
chard
25 Philosopher __-tzu
27 Mme., in Madrid
28 Money for the poor
32 Ancient colonnade
35 Bumper sticker word
39 Grilling accessory
42 Award for “Green Book”
43 Spanish appetizer
44 Ward of “Once and Again”
45 Korean soldier
47 Springsteen’s “Born in the __”
49 Result of too-tight jeans, per-
haps
54 TV monitoring device
59 Directed
60 Maine college town
61 “Star Trek” helmsman
62 Blather, and a phonetic hint to
the four other longest an-
swers
65 “The Time Machine” race
66 Gave an address
67 Foul mood
68 Director Gus Van __
69 Laundry blemish
70 Red and Coral, but not pink
Down
1 Reading lights
2 Underway, to Sherlock
3 TV, radio, newspapers, etc.
4 “Great!”
5 Interest rate fig.
6 Short-lived Egypt-Syr. alliance
7 __ del Rey: L.A. beach commu-
nity
8 Roswell crash victim, suppos-
edly
9 Stretch the truth10 “... bombs bursting __”
11 Protective river embankment
12 Clear from the blackboard
15 Hitches
18 Temporary calm
22 Composer Ned
24 Sacred choral piece
26 Volcanic output
28 Latin “I love”
29 French article
30 Rock’s Fleetwood __
31 Tropical food that has a five-
point shape when sliced
33 U.K. singer Rita __
34 Intensify
36 Hot time on the Riviera
37 Cartoon frame
38 La-la lead-in
40 Square root of neuf
41 Western treaty gp.
46 “Trick” joints
48 Declare openly
49 Exodus leader
50 Throat dangler
51 Serious criminal
52 Subs at the office53 “Hop __”: Dr. Seuss book
55 In a foul mood
56 “Stormy Weather” singer Lena
57 Mumbai’s land
58 Twitter updates
63 Ring ref’s decision
64 To this point