Daill Mail - 08.08.2019

Page 44 Daily Mail, Thursday, August 8, 2019

BRIDGE MASTERCLASS

WIN

£500

PETER DONOVAN

South is declarer in 3♠ (1♠-2♠-3♠), and West

leads ♦A. how do you play to this trick, as East?

‘Do you play McKenney, partner?’ is a question

oft heard between pairs discussing their

bidding methods.

yet, surprisingly, some of those who ask don’t use

this useful convention correctly themselves. The

McKenney signal (named after its ‘inventor’) is a

very simple method of showing suit preference.

There are two situations in which it is generally

used. In the above example, East assumes that his

partner is going to make a switch at Trick Two, and

he wants to ensure that the switch is to clubs rather

than hearts; so he plays ♦2 — the McKenney signal

asking for a switch to the lower of the two suits.

If he held ♥AQ10, instead of ♣KQ10, he would play

♦9 calling for the higher-ranking suit. When he has

no preference, he plays the 6 or 4. There are occa-

sional situations where you may want the led suit

continued in order to shorten dummy’s trumps; in

these cases, you would have to play an encouraging

high card and leave partner to judge whether or not

it was a McKenney signal. We’ll look at the second

situation tomorrow.

♠ 5

♥ Q 8 3

♦ Q 9 6 4 2

♣ K Q 10 4

♠ Q 10 6 3

♥ K J 4 2

♦ 5

♣ J 9 6 3

SMALLEST HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Plu. 4 Roof.

5 Umbo. 6 Toe DOWN: 1 Po-mo. 2 Lobe. 3 UFO. 4 Rut.

NINE TO FIVE

KENKEN

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLES

WORD WHEEL

cisco, coco, coir, comic, commis,

coos, corm, cosmic, croc, micro,

microcosm, miro, miso, moor,

moors, moos, osmic, romcom,

room, rooms, simoom, siroc,

sirocco.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

CROSSWORD – ACROSS: 8 Alter

ego. 9 Philip. 10 Maundy. 11 Eric

Bana. 12 Minnelli. 13 George.

14 Ainsley Harriott. 18 Mowgli.

20 Hamilton. 23 Southpaw.

24 Huston. 25 Simbel. 26 New

World. DOWN: 1 Alkali. 2 Pennines.

3 Jekyll. 4 Gone with The Wind.

5 Springer. 6 Bilbao. 7 Midnight.

15 Isotonic. 16 Exit poll.

17 Illusion. 19 Gatsby. 21 Mohawk.

22 O’Toole.

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SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES

QUICK QUIZ: 1 Richard Gere.

2 Tennessee. 3 Violin. 4 Smell.

5 Autumn.

MINDBENDER: 1 One hundred

and thirty-one metres apart.

2 They all form new words

with the prefix slip- (slipknot,

slipshod, slipdress).

3 Andy Murray. 4 Knowledge

makes a man unfit to be a

slave; the others can be seen

in the Grand Hall at the Old

Bailey. 5 One way is:

a, at, tea, neat, eaten,

senate, neatest, anisette,

intestate.

MASTERQUIZ: 1 Eight.

2 Kendal. 3 Fortnite.

4 Silverstone.

5 Marat. 6 Four.

HONEYCOMB:

1 Dorsal. 2 Rotund. 3 Neared.

4 Rabies. 5 Seller. 6 Eloped.

7 Denote. 8 Tossed. 9 Eddied.

10 Ideals. 11 Sleets. 12 Lately.

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KUROSU:

Missing word: ELGIN

ACROSS:

1 Revitalising,

8 Lobelia,

9 Treacle,

11 Withdrawal,

12 Deli,

14 Victoria,

16 Metric, 17 Alp,

19 Sister,

21 Ladyship,

24 Amok,

25 Additional,

27 El Greco,

28 Aphasia,

29 Spokesperson.

DOWN:

1 Robotic,

2 Velodromes,

3 Tia Maria,

4 Lethal,

5 Seer,

6 Nuclear,

7 Old wives’ tale,

10 Episcopalian,

13 Very lights,

15 All, 18 Palisade,

20 Stopgap,

22 Hands-on,

23 Odious,

26 Reek.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS DOWN

1 French father’s three-

horse team reform in

USSR (11)

9 ‘I think it’s OK at sea,

barring hits,’ said

Thor? (3-4)

10 One grips tight back to

get moving (7)

11 Love endless river (3)

12 Authorise name to

appear in e-book (7)

13 Play part that’s

genuine, if complex (7)

14 Marine mammal’s

brief habitat (3)

15 Figures etc are about

to return to zero (5)

17 Cross devious

anonymous tyrant (5)

18 Back trouble in middle

of medicals involving

hip (5)

20 University devotee

retains chapter as

written (5)

22 Success initially hailed

in theatre (3)

24 Ordinary article found

in house (7)

25 Impersonating call of

heroine in ‘La

Bohème’? (7)

26 Low satellite, last

quarter out of sight (3)

27 I follow new laws

about greeting in

African language (7)

28 Recite information

retrieved from

memory (7)

29 Crazy thick-skinned

daughter missing 1950s

drama (7,4)

1 Stop turning up on

rough mountain

track (11,4)

2 Group in Cairo is

terrifying party (7)

3 Fishing net,

German one in

southeast (5)

4 It’s sensible dealing

with boxer’s twitch (9)

5 Whole unit’s green

— it should be

changed (7)

6 Under time pressure,

he’s attacking

ground hiding

retreating

officer (7,3,5)

7 Parish priest leaves

captains for

sportspersons (6)

8 This plant needs IT

installed to generate

speed (6)

16 Easily shocked, she

works with marquis,

ignoring king (9)

18 Put money into chic

underwear (6)

19 Small room is

close to perfect for

musician (7)

21 They get beaten in

concert? I’m

panicking (7)

23 Check out ways to get

dates (6)

25 Having no

memory, brought

up idiot (5)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,113

No 16,116

6 3 9 5 1 2 4 8 7

7 2 8 6 4 9 1 3 5

5 1 4 7 8 3 2 6 9

8 6 1 4 9 7 5 2 3

9 7 5 2 3 8 6 1 4

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