The Washington Post - USA (2020-07-31)

FRIDAY, JULY 31 , 2020. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE C5

BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY! TIM RICKARD

CURTIS RAY BILLINGSLEY

SHERMAN’S LAGOON JIM TOOMEY

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET

FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES

RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE

LIO MARK TATULLI

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE

BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL

MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER

AGNES TONY COCHRAN

WUMO MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER

MARK TRAIL JAMES ALLEN

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS

BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS

SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE

CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ

CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

SUDOKU

NORTH (D)

♠ K 9

♥ A K 9

♦ K Q 7

♣ J 8 5 3 2

WEST

♠ J 8 7 6 5 3

♥ Q J 6 4 2

♦ 5

♣ 9

EAST

♠ A 10 4 2

♥ 10 7

♦ 6 4 3

♣ Q 10 7 6

SOUTH

♠ Q

♥ 8 5 3

♦ A J 10 9 8 2

♣ A K 4

The bidding:

O

nce upon a time there
were Three Little Pigs,
each playing at six diamonds
in a duplicate game. West,
a Big Bad Wolf, led a spade.
(Every West in this game was
a BBW.) East took the ace
and returned a spade.
The first Little Pig dis-
carded his heart loser and
ran his winners. East kept his
clubs and won the last trick,
and West ate up the Little Pig
out of sheer contempt for his
dummy play.
Pig No. 2 threw a club on
the king of spades. He drew
trumps and took the A-K of
clubs. When West discarded,
South lacked the entries to
use dummy’s fifth club. He
lost a heart — and was eaten
up.
The third Little Pig pitched
a club on the king of spades,
cashed two trumps and then
led the A-K of clubs. When
West couldn’t ruff, South led
a trump to dummy, ruffed a
club, led a heart to dummy
and ruffed a club. He went
to a high heart to throw his
heart loser on the good club.
West was so impressed
that not only did he decline
to eat declarer, he asked him
for a date to play.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ Q ♥ 8 5 3
♦ A J 10 9 8 2 ♣ A K 4
Your partner opens one
spade, you bid two dia-
monds, he rebids two spades
and you try three clubs.
Partner then bids three dia-
monds. What do you say?
ANSWER: If partner’s hand
is A J 9 5 4, 7 6, K Q 7, Q 5
3, you need to play at five
diamonds. If he has A K 6 5
4, J 7 6, K 7 4, Q 5, the only
makeable game may be 3NT.
To re-raise to four diamonds
would be reasonable. A few
experts would try a devious
“fourth-suit” bid of three
hearts.

N-S VULNERABLE

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1 NT Pass 3 ♦ Pass
3 NT Pass 4 ♦ Pass
4 ♥ Pass 6 ♦ All Pass
Opening lead — ♠ 6

BRIDGE

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