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New York Post, Tuesday, December 1, 2020

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from 1 to 9, in each
empty box.
Each number must
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as in each vertical
column and in each of
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Very Easy #5,288

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Wonderword

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:Make a 2to 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 ANSWER

Word Force

hearts. What do you say?

ANSWER:Partner has opening

values or more with support for the

unbid suits, especially spades. His

hand is short in hearts, and your

hands fit together well. Jump to three

spades to invite game. To bid only

two spades to compete would be

quite timid.I would rather bid four

than two.

North dealer

N-S vulnerable

NORTH

♠A J 4

♥8 6 3

♦K Q J 3

♣Q 10 4

WEST EAST

♠Q 10 6 5 2 ♠9 7

♥A 10 4 2 ♥K J 7

♦8 7 ♦10 9 6 4

♣K 9 ♣7 6 5 2

SOUTH

♠K 8 3

♥Q 9 5

♦A 5 2

♣A J 8 3

North East South West

1 ♦ Pass 2 NT Pass

3 NT All Pass

Opening lead —♠ 5

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PARTICULAR

From the word or phrase above, form AT LEAST 13

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

Yesterday’s word:

VINEGAR

anger

given

grain

grave

naive

range

raven

reign

riven

vegan

“My husband and I play party

bridge,” a fan writes. “He doesn’t

like to lose, and usually when all is

said and done, I did it, and he said

it.”

My fan cites today’s deal. She was

West and led the five of spades

against 3NT. Dummy’s jack won.

“Declarer next let the ten of clubs

ride. I took the king and led another

spade ... and he claimed an overtrick

with three spades, four diamonds

and three clubs. I won’t tell you what

my husband said, but that night he

slept in the garage with our dog.”

West can see three spade tricks

and three clubs for South, and South

may well have the ace of diamonds.

If his diamonds were, say, 10-x-x, he

might attack the diamonds early. But

South has the king of spades and A-J

of clubs, and if he holds the ace of

diamonds, then on the bidding his

hearts can be no better than Q-x-x.

At Trick Three, West must shift to

a low heart. She beats the contract

as the cards lie and would also beat

it if South’s hand were K 8 3, K Q 5,

10 5 2, A J 8 3.

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PREVIOUS PUZZLE ANSWER

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Across

1 Fountain orders

6 Embarrass

11 Zig counterpart

14 Full of energy

15 Ultra-masculine

16 Rage

17 Drain a basketball three-

pointer, say

19 Peter of Neverland

20 Like a medium steak that was

ordered rare

21 “We’ll see”

23 __ Paulo

24 Richard’s running mate

26 “Understand?”

31 Beauty at a ball

33 Back forty’s forty

34 Road furrow

35 Brit’s “Goodness!”

36 Way up or down

37 Flutter by like a butterfly

38 Sibs, uncs, etc.

39 Treasure holder

40 One of Chekhov’s “Three Sis-

ters”

41 Mess up a football hike

44 __-Turkish War, 1911-12

45 Prefix with center or dermal

46 “Don’t wimp out, bro!”

48 Start of a partial concession

53 Bearskin floor covering, e.g.

54 Very close race, and what 17-,

26- and 41-Across have in

common

57 Dot follower, on campuses

58 British noblemen

59 Juliet’s love

60 Super Bowl party bowlful

61 Harped (on)

62 Rodeo ride

Down

1 Hunting outfit, for short

2 Norse king

3 Facebook response

4 In opposition

5 Fixed appointment

6 “You said it!”

7 Loyal political group

8 German gripe

9 HBO rival, briefly

10 They might capture embar-

rassing comments

11 “Shh!”

12 Spirited horse

13 Chromosome carrier

18 Partner of holler

22 Museum collection

24 Lemon-lime drink since 1961

25 Place to tie up

26 Making more alluring

27 Really would rather not

28 PayPal payment, e.g.

29 Spoil

30 James of blues

31 “Back to the Future” bully

32 Isaac’s eldest son

36 Author Silverstein

37 “Sorry, no can do”

39 Turned (on) remotely, as the

lights

40 How ark creatures boarded

42 Utility bill meas.

43 __-esteem

46 TV horse who “will never

speak unless he has some-

thing to say”

47 BMW rival

48 “__ cost you!”

49 Driving around in circles,

maybe

50 Silent performer

51 “Gotcha”

52 Superhero with a hammer

55 Hem partner

56 Iron __