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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 #4,608Very Easy #4,818©SyndicatedPuzzles Inc6347
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61 94
153249
45
289163
76 25
92
2387
8
27
251 8
16 48
89 75
7564
7451
94
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For more
Su Doku puzzles
see tomorrow’s
New York Post
Solutions on Page 33Wonderword
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
BRIEFING
From the word or phrase above, form AT LEAST 12
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
Saturday’s word:
TANGENTIAL
again
agent
agile
algaealien
align
angel
anglegiant
glean
glintinane
inlet
leant
linennatal
taint
tinge
title“It’s never in the last place you
look. It was in the first place, but you
missed it.” -- graffiti
Players often tell me their record
at guessing missing queens is
perfect: They always misguess. An
expert declarer will usually guess
right. Clues will point the way.
Against today’s 1NT, East takes
the ace of spades and returns the
three: jack, queen. Declarer expects
a third spade, but West shifts to the
jack of hearts. South takes the ace.
Who has the queen of diamonds?
South knows that East has the
queen of hearts, and he had the ace
of spades. If West had the ace of
clubs -- a sure entry -- he would have
continued spades to set up his suit.
So East has the ace of clubs.
Most Easts would have opened in
third seat with 12 points, so South
should play West for the queen of
diamonds. After South takes four
diamonds, he can cash the king of
spades and king of hearts and exit
with a heart. East must give dummy
the king of clubs, so South makes an
overtrick.The Post Puzzle Page
PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER
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1 Paris eateries
6 Abyss
11 Birthday count
14 Rack flavoring
15 Hang in midair
16 Easter beginning?
17 Data-intensive branch of engi-
neering
19 “Positively Entertaining” TV
network
20 After-tax amount
21 Unveiling word
22 Iraq War worries, for short
23 God, in Judaism
25 Red-handed
28 Burning crime
30 “__ luego”
31 “Oh dear!”
34 Choir voice
36 Judge on “The People v. O.J.
Simpson”
38 Camaraderie
41 Avant-garde music genre
43 Annoying kid
44 Greetings from Fido
46 Aired with sharper resolution
47 De-creases?
49 Lariat
52 Winter hike footwear item
54 Insect-sized superhero
58 Surfer’s ride
59 Makeover result
61 Self-image
62 Approx. landing time
63 “Best thing” bakery metaphor
... and a hint to each row of
circles
66 Fish in Japanese unadon
67 Aspect
68 Montana Tech city
69 NFL scoring stat
70 Slanted columns
71 Thumbs-ups
Down
1 CBS forensic spin-off starring
Gary Sinise
2 Sleep concern
3 Elegant Manhattan avenue
4 Environmental prefix
5 Diner employee
6 Spiced tea
7 Emergency phone link
8 Birdlike
9 Jiff10 Doubtfire’s title
11 Pixar specialty
12 “Glad you spotted that error”
13 Surrealist Max
18 Mineral hardness scale
22 Director Anderson
24 Stinging flier
26 Norse god with a hammer
27 Kevin of “Central Intelligence”
29 “The Simpsons” bus driver
31 MLB’s Diamondbacks, on
scoreboards
32 Covered with plastic, as an ID
card
33 Yeses from bosses
35 Space-research org.
37 Gave the green light, briefly
39 Dominates totally
40 __ Hashanah: Jewish New
Year
42 Tear gas situation
45 Bilked
48 Be in debt
50 DUI-fighting org.
51 Stuck-up
52 1974 hit “__ Home Alabama”53 Chilling in a cooler
55 Track competitions
56 Playing marble
57 Connection points
60 Moistens
63 “City by the Bay” airport code
64 Once around the track
65 Lament