Daily Mail - 05.03.2020

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You are East and partner has lead ♠ 2

against South’s contract of only 2NT

(1♦-1NT; 2NT-P). Dummy plays low and your

♠Q wins. What next?

This is the full deal from yesterday’s defensive

problem. You can see more easily now how returning

partner’s suit, or exiting passively with a heart, will

give declarer time to set up his diamonds.

it is therefore critical that you switch to clubs

immediately and, in this case, you play your fourth

best ♣2.

With continued good defence declarer will not

now be able to make his contract.

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5 Ante. 6 Tor. DoWn: 1 Juno. 2 Astr. 3 Tye. 4 Bat.

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solutions to yesterday’s PuZZles

Word Wheel: amount, anatto,

atman, atom, aunt, auto, automat,

automaton, manat, manatu, manta,

mantua, matt, moat, moot, motto,

mount, moutan, mouton, mutant,

muton, mutt, mutton, notum, onto,

otto, ottoman, outman, tamanu,

tana, taunt, tauon, taut, toman,

tomato, toon, toot, tout, tuan,

tuna, unto.

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5 Warmth. 10 Cedilla. 11 o ttoman.

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1 8 Misanthropic. 21 Glissandi.

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26 r ussia. 27 Ben Nevis.

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3 Halloween. 4 Death on the Nile.

6 Aitch. 7 Mammoths. 8 Hong Kong.

9 Doctor Dolittle. 15 Chinatown.

16 Smuggler. 17 Astilbes. 19 r ostov.

20 Cyprus. 22 Sarri.

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solutions to today’s PuZZles

quick quiz: 1 Thirties.

2 80. 3 Changes. 4 o ne.

5 League one.

mindbender: 1 Eight Lil

rascal albums. 2 They are

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trains. 3 Amanda Milling.

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5 Gertrude. 6 Anchor.

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2 r avage. 3 Garage. 4 Artist.

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acroSS: 1 Creepy-crawly.

8 o vereat. 9 t reacle.

11 Quintuplet. 12 Heir.

14 Intercom. 16 Corner. 17 Bow.

19 t reaty. 21 p art-time. 24 Deft.

25 Santa Claus. 27 r eneged.

28 Barking. 29 Disingenuous.

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3 put-up job. 4 Cutter. 5 a ged.

6 Lectern. 7 Conquistador.

10 e rror message. 13 Monte

Carlo. 15 Mop. 18 Waste bin.

20 e ffendi. 22 Italics.

23 Lapdog. 26 Ugli.

cryPtic crossword

acroSS doWn

1 Miserly Scot

defiles ground (5-6)

9 Waterlogged rotten

uS sequoia is axed (7)

10 Calm expanse

of water (7)

11 Swimmer has no time

at first for her (3)

12 Block old

crossword originally

cryptically clued (7)

13 one of two put on by

athlete’s coach (7)

14 Start to treat

pair in cricket

unreasonably (3)

15 remove crystals

from gadget Victor

rejected (2-3)

17 Suitably small

apartment on

banks of Liffey (5)

18 Short games of rugby

start off fifty-fifty (5)

20 Group’s club

champion (5)

22 Top-class male’s

objective (3)

24 Energy supplier got

name confused (7)

25 unmusical sound from

first of clarinets rattle

condemned (7)

26 Slimy stuff goes

off occasionally at

the start (3)

27 Pet bounds

over, captivating

Monica’s heart (7)

28 He works with Clive

producing wheels (7)

29 Stop Tyneside hosting

platoon returning

after party (11)

1 Change lunch

for eccentric

duke’s religious

organisation (6,2,7)

2 round, fat

and verbose (7)

3 Make certain

republican’s

left result (5)

4 restless

writer’s case (9)

5 Keyboard solo

played staccato,

with no

introduction (7)

6 ‘The real Thing’ —

or just its

leading part? (8,7)

7 floor arrangement (6)

8 rush special

hot dish (6)

16 With this

muddle, cost is

unsettling

microbiologists (9)

18 She deviously

traps various

men in snare (6)

19 Kind agents tour

the City (7)

21 Pagan female

hoards articles (7)

23 Assembled clothes

cupboard to sell (6)

25 Want company

doctor (5)

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