Daily Mail - 12.08.2019

Page 40 Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019

YOUR

ANSWERS

Beginner 71 -8 ÷ 7 x40 -10 ÷7-8÷ 6 x11

DOUBLE

IT

Advanced 99 x9

33 1 / 3 %

OF IT

(^3) / 11
OF IT -6 x8
PLUS
17 ½% +20
8%
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Intermediate 57 +39
(^11) / 12
OF IT
+20
(^5) / 9
OF IT
(^4) / 15
OF IT
x7
(^3) / 8
OF IT
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BRIDGE MASTERCLASS
WIN
£500
PETER DONOVAN
START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to
complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner’s;
advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate’s. SOLUTION BELOW
eaST-weST are vulnerable. what do you, as
South, rebid?
THIS week we’ll be looking at opener’s correct line
of action, when partner has redoubled a take-out
double made on your left and, to approach this
topic, it is necessary to understand what is
going on.
West has, by doubling, asked for East’s best suit
and South has said, by his redouble, that he holds a
minimum of nine points with probably very poor
support for the suit opened as, with heart support,
he would probably have taken a different line. He
has also promised at least one further bid, which
may well be to double whatever final contract the
opposition reaches.
Your hand is a very poor one defensively. You only
opened at all because of your six-card suit, and
the hand is totally unfitted for defence. Tell partner
this immediately by refusing to leave the next move
to him.
Take out into 2♥, which may become the final
contract. Understanding the situation, North may
pass, or make a further try to reach a game, when
he also holds opening values.
South
♠ A 6
♥ K J 10 8 5 4
♦ Q 7 4
♣ 9 3

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KILLER SUDOKU GOGEN

Missing word: SAGANAKI

ACROSS:

1 Hotelier.

5 Strung.

9 Cultural.

10 Vandal.

12 Ewer. 13 Street

cred. 15 Musical

chairs. 19 Figure

skating.

23 Unemployed.

25 Emma.

28 Triple.

29 Famously.

30 Remote.

31 Jettison.

DOWN:

1 Hacker. 2 Tulle.

3 Loud. 4 Elastic.

6 Toast.

7 Underling.

8 Gold dust.

11 Dell. 14 Tsar.

15 Magnesium.

16 Ark. 17 Hail.

18 Aflutter.

20 Stow.

21 Average.

22 Banyan.

24 Pilot.

26 Moses. 27 Root.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS DOWN

1 Gave up houses for

office in Euston? (4,8)

8 Very cold wild

zebus run out (7)

9 Underwater

explorer, say, brought

back part (7)

11 Distressed girl

slates specialists

in reactions (10)

12 First half of book is

about Irish writer (4)

14 Dispute English guy’s

item on barbecue (8)

16 Britain backs

farming body

over good

defence system (4,2)

17 Fool about,

performing (3)

19 It’s hard to win a

murder case with

this nonentity (6)

21 Train skater in posh

London area to take

up new sport (5-3)

24 Fail to beat king (4)

25 Make determined

approach to apply to

tour county (4,4,2)

27 Vet strimmer

that’s used to

clear beds? (7)

28 Reportedly a loyal

actor, he typically

swears a lot (7)

29 Henry’s rye mixed

with rum as bedtime

sedative? (7,5)

1 Plant liable to collapse

without oxygen (7)

2 She parades

willy-nilly, takes

leading part (10)

3 Highly creative don

collars lecturer, one

in charge (8)

4 Working to cut

one tax (2,4)

5 Be jealous of

ambassador

lacking nothing (4)

6 Cryptographer

admits new change

of direction (7)

7 Liquidated Asian

assets after

Revolution Day (12)

10 Top rebel gradually

changing (12)

13 Interpreting figures

in morgue

only perplexed (10)

15 Bob’s part

of London (3)

18 Storyteller in

Scottish island

ascending hill (8)

20 Lock-keeper and

boring boyfriend (7)

22 Gap in head

treated painlessly,

not getting ill (7)

23 Dread mistake

appearing

after time (6)

26 Copes without staff

for a long time (4)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No 16,115

No 16,118

SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES

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KUROSU:

SOLUTIONS TO SATURDAY’S PUZZLES

QUICK QUIZ: 1 West Bromwich

Albion. 2 1920s. 3 Esther

Rantzen. 4 Somerset.

5 Richard III.

MINDBENDER: 1 Three miles.

2 They may all precede hall.

3 Joanne Harten. 4 Hawkeye

Pierce, from M*A*S*H;

the others were in The

A-Team. 5 Ape. Grape, apex,

lapel, agape.

MASTERQUIZ: 1 Androcles.

2 George Romney. 3 Mauritius.

4 Jo Swinson. 5 Equity. 6 Qing.

HONEYCOMB: 1 Fallen.

2 Ladder. 3 Reduce. 4 Custom.

5 Motive. 6 Violin. 7 Nixing.

8 Nipped. 9 Demand.

10 Action. 11 Oilers. 12 Refine.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

CROSSWORD — ACROSS:

6 Bremner. 7 Equus. 9 Isis. 10 Roy Hodgson.

11 Mary Rand. 13 Al Gore. 15 Echo. 17 Warne.

18 Tuna. 19 Sunset. 20 Milky Way. 23 Bloody

Mary. 26 Bean. 27 Spode. 28 Inferno.

DOWN: 1 Jersey Boys. 2 Andrea. 3 Troy.

4 Lemonade. 5 Lung. 6 Basra. 8 Sporran.

12 Durum. 14 Gettysburg. 16 Couples. 17 Wat

Tyler. 21 Lay-off. 22 Alamo. 24 Oboe. 25 Amis.

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1 ♥ Dbl. Rdbl. 2♣

30-SECOND CHALLENGE:

Beginner: 154. Intermediate:

570. Advanced: 145.
     WORD WHEEL: ceil, ceorl, cero,
     cineol, cinerin, cire, cirl, cline, clone,
     cloner, coil, coin, coir, cole, colin,
     cone, coniine, conin, conine, core,
     corn, cornel, crinoline, crone,

enolic, eric, icier, icon, incline,

incliner, ionic, irenic, irenicon, ironic,

nice, nicer, nicol, nonce, oleic, once,

oncer, oneiric, orcein, orcin, recoil,

recoin, recon, relic, rice, ricin.

SMALLEST HARDEST

CROSSWORD— ACROSS: 1 RPS. 4 Filo.

5 Anil. 6 Hem.

DOWN: 1 Rine. 2 Plim. 3 Sol.

4 Fah.