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ANSWERSBeginner 80 -2 ÷6x20-10÷5-2÷ 12
TIMES
ITSELF -7Advanced 80 x2 4 / 5 -70 +6
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17½% +4LESS
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Intermediate 30 x15
50%
OF IT -1
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OF IT x11 -100
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OF IT +40
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OF IT
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
You are West, defending South’s 6♠ against the
bidding 4♠ - 6♠. You lead the ♣A and East plays
the ♣10. What would you lead next?
If you imagine this is a suit preference signal,
think again. These signals demand that there
shall be no ambiguity.
It is not possible that East has a singleton club,
nor is he going to be void in hearts, the suit to
which he would be directing your attention, if
this were a suit preference signal.
The ♣10 is, in fact, a perfectly normal
encouraging card, asking you to continue clubs.
This, as you can see, means giving dummy a ruff,
but East is an active part of the defence, too.
Actually, he held ♠K 10 and nothing else, and
forcing dummy to use the ♠J established the
setting trick.
♠ 2
♥ Q 10 5 4
♦ Q 8 5
♣ A K 6 5 3
♠ Q J
♥ A K J 8 3
♦ A K J 7 2
♣ 7
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SMALLEST, HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 FBI. 4 Poon.
5 Jinn. 6 Sly. DOWN: 1 Foil. 2 Bony. 3 Inn. 4 PJs.
NINE TO FIVE
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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLES
WORD WHEEL: Beer, beet, belt,
belter, beret, betel, better, blet,
blot, blotter, bole, bolete, bolt,
bolter, bore, bort, botel, bott,
bottle, bottler, boxer, letterbox,
lobe, rebel, rebottle, robe,
roble, treble.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
CROSSWORD — ACROSS:
8 Nazareth. 9 Honshu. 10 Blazer.
11 Rushmore. 12 Acapulco.
13 Lilies. 14 Ivan the Terrible.
18 School. 20 Cyclades.
23 Pompidou. 24 Thelma.
25 Hilary. 26 Charlton.
DOWN: 1 Gaelic. 2 Marzipan.
3 Petrel. 4 Charlotte Church.
5 Whistler. 6 Animal. 7 Cherwell.
15 Victoria. 16 Holidays. 17 Isabella.
19 Orphan. 21 Cathay. 22 Exmoor.
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SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES
QUICK QUIZ: 1 Simon
Cowell. 2 Horse. 3 Eightieth.
4 One. 5 Cyprus.
MINDBENDER: 1 Sixty-five
fence panels. 2 They may
all precede ‘office’.
3 Portobello Road.
4 No Good Advice; the
other Girls Aloud songs
reached No 1. 5 One way is:
i, in, nil, nail, final, finale,
inflate, inflated, defoliant.
MASTERQUIZ: 1 Silkworms.
2 Willaston. 3 Ron Howard.
4 Kylie Minogue.
5 Evelyn Waugh. 6 Louis XIV.
HONEYCOMB:
1 Powder. 2 Wonder.
3 Rewind. 4 Nipped.
5 Depose. 6 Soccer.
7 Review. 8 Impure.
9 Rubbed. 10 Behave.
11 Valley. 12 Unreel.
30-SECOND CHALLENGE:
Beginner: 9.
Intermediate: 99.
Advanced: 176.
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
ACROSS DOWN
1 He gives my bride
away if and when
altar’s prepared (6-2-3)
9 Order from robber
or teacher (5,2)
10 After training, I learnt
where to go in army (7)
11 Pull food
processor over (3)
12 How cruel
people behave in last
difficult year (7)
13 Remain longer
than occasionally
robust guy (7)
14 One of two included in
mountaineer’s kit (3)
15 Feeling of remorse,
mostly sick
in stomach (5)
17 What one may
need to examine
guidelines maybe (5)
18 Soldier returns
in vehicle in
Havana, say (5)
20 Animal with
mutated DNA found
in Pennsylvania (5)
22 Best shark loses tail (3)
24 Construction kit can
come in bits (7)
25 Conservative to pick
unusual battle site (7)
26 Last part of Vladimir’s
space station (3)
27 Trickle into revolting bar,
for this? (5-2)
28 Go off to wade in river (7)
29 Master and pupil
designed item
showing pH (6,5)
1 Pupils enjoy this
training place for
rich girls (9,6)
2 Former volunteers
swindle wine and
cheese party (7)
3 Desolate English
politician extremely
thirsty (5)
4 Amend long title
that’s been acquired
unfairly (3-6)
5 Infant interrupts
stories? That’s an
understatement (7)
6 Busy trip
without petrol’s
crazy around
Sweden (7-4,4)
7 How film star signs
his name, showing
gratitude? (6)
8 Australia’s lyrebirds
gather up
coloured stones (6)
16 Writer’s put off
taking in concert
piece that may be
unrehearsed (9)
18 Manage to obtain
instruction to
sheepdog (4,2)
19 Chemical engineers
pursued by spy (7)
21 Bobby stuck
in a prune to
make drink (7)
23 Cut sample of
salesman’s talk (6)
25 Nasty character
about to slice
mushroom (5)
CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No 16,108 —
No 16,111
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2 1 3 9 7 8 4 5 6
7 9 4 5 2 6 1 3 8
9 8 2 4 6 5 7 1 3
1 4 7 2 3 9 6 8 5
6 3 5 7 8 1 9 2 4
3 7 9 6 5 2 8 4 1
4 5 1 8 9 7 3 6 2
8 2 6 3 1 4 5 7 9
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ACROSS:
1 Newfoundland.
8 Antenna.
9 Tramway.
11 Brassed off.
12 Fern.
14 Riffraff.
16 Starve.
17 Fed. 19 Cachet.
21 Well-read.
24 Lied.
25 Maraschino.
27 Yardage.
28 Initial.
29 Southeastern.
DOWN:
1 Not half.
2 Windscreen.
3 On and off.
4 Notify. 5 Leak.
6 New Year.
7 Barbarically.
10 Yankee Doodle.
13 Stalactite.
15 Few.
18 Denarius.
20 Cheerio.
22 Elision.
23 Manège.
26 Last.