Page 42 Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 13, 2019BRIDGE MASTERCLASS
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PETER DONOVANAS SOUTH, what do you bid on this hand?
East-West are vulnerable.
THe important point to remember in this
situation, where partner has redoubled West’s
take-out double, is that north has promised at least
one further bid, and that this may well be to double
(for penalties) when east-West find what they hope
will be their best resting place.
Provided you are not ashamed of your hand,
and you will not mind the prospect of defending
a low-level doubled contract, your correct course
is to pass and give north his chance to make his
promised second bid.
if east’s 2♦ passes round to him, and he now
doubles, stand it.
You know north will have at least nine points
and you can back him with a few trumps, as well
as having ‘tops’ in your own suit and the other
black ace.
South
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2 Dog. 3 Gavin Williamson.
4 Switzerland. 5 Head.
MINDBENDER: 1 There
were 390 sweets. 2 They
are all types of honey.
3 Serena Guthrie. 4 Mork &
Mindy; the others are
Samuel Beckett plays.
5 Hirsute (H-Ir-S-U-Te).
MASTERQUIZ: 1 Eight.
2 Vienna. 3 Bass. 4 Roger
Federer. 5 Wallace.
6 Sheep or wool.
HONEYCOMB:
1 Confer. 2 Normal.
3 Latter. 4 Ethics.
5 Scurvy. 6 Vrooms.7 Smiles. 8 Lessee.
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XOOKUROSU:Missing word: PARK LANEACROSS:
1 Perestroika.
9 Kon-Tiki.
10 Actuate. 11 Nil.
12 Entitle.
13 Ingénue.
14 Sea. 15 Reset.
17 Ratty. 18 Iliac.
20 Uncut. 22 Hit.
24 Vanilla.
25 Mimicry.
26 Moo.
27 Swahili.
28 Readout.
29 Kitchen sink.DOWN:
1 Punctuation
mark. 2 Roister.
3 Seine.
4 Realistic.
5 Integer.
6 Against the
clock. 7 Skiers.
8 Celery.
16 Squeamish.
18 Invest.
19 Cellist.
21 Timpani.
23 Trysts.
25 Moron.CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS DOWN
6 Ancillary
address that’s
reported,
not verbatim (8,6)
9 Old fool traps
European cat (6)
10 Nice policeman
angered drunk
crossing
motorway (8)
11 Caught old
guy over in
pub supplying
spice (8)
13 From space,
circling, this
can be seen
receding (6)
15 A billion euros
wasted here
in Paris? (6)
17 Married? On
the contrary, if
heart’s upset (6)
19 Wearing fewer
clothes, period (6)
20 Cook rarely
good, not the
favourite (8)
22 Avoiding what
runs round
room (8)
24 Beaten in race
or, swapping
sides, dismissed
at Lord’s (6)
26 Peers interfere,
changing feature
of capitalism (4,10)1 Safety device for lap
on white horse (7,7)
2 Star’s response
at wedding close
to controversial (4)
3 Note retained in
concert for the
time being (3,3)
4 Peace-keepers
break into
casino complex in
SA capital (8)
5 Second letter from
Athens or seventh
under book (4)
7 Persuasive
information
found in bed (6)
8 Order seldom
arises governing
posh quarters
for astronauts (7,7)
12 Sisters come
across old parts
of speech (5)
14 Girl bypassing
hotel compound (5)
16 Feeling intense
when dancing
tango (8)
18 Shift round
one pet (6)
21 Limp returns during
very poor disco (6)
23 Mariners hope
to avoid this sort
of knot (4)
25 Group start to
tour port (4)CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,116No 16,1193 7 5 1 2 8 4 6 9
2 8 6 9 5 4 7 3 1
9 4 1 7 6 3 8 5 2
5 9 3 2 4 1 6 8 7
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ANSWERSBeginner 68 +40 ÷6x3+11÷ 5 x6 +20 ÷7x6
Advanced 40 x3^5 / 8 +9
(^13) / 14
OF IT +10
(^4) / 17
OF IT x3¾
LESS
20%
75%
OF IT x2
(^2) / 3
Intermediate 43 -28 x5 x16
75%
OF IT
(^16) / 100
OF IT +27
(^4) / 19
OF IT x9
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OF IT
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
30-SECOND CHALLENGE 30secondchallenge.com
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1 ♠ Dbl. Rdbl. 2♦
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30-SECOND CHALLENGE:
Beginner: 84.
Intermediate: 81.
Advanced: 216.
WORD WHEEL:
celt, ceorl, cetyl, clot, clote,
cloy, cole, coley, colt, coly,
correctly, cotyle, cycle, eorl,
leccy, lector, lore, lorry, lory,
lyre, octyl, orle, rely, role,
rotl, telco, tole.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 7 Grease.
8 Rhiannon. 9 Bungalow. 10 Priory.
11 Morrison. 12 Alliss. 13 Forget-
me-not. 18 Jasper. 20 Indecent.
22 Qatari. 23 Squadron.
24 Magellan. 25 Leakey.
DOWN: 1 Crouton. 2 Kangaroo.
3 Welles. 4 Tim Peake. 5 O’Neill.
6 Tourist. 8 Rowan Atkinson.
14 Garfield. 15 Orcadian.
16 Macadam. 17 Snooker.
19 Places. 21 Double.