Money Week - UK (2021-10-08)

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moneyweek.com 8October 2021 MONEYWEEK

TimMoorey’sQuickCrosswordNo. 1072

AbottleofTaylor’sLate BottledVintage will be givento the

sender of thefirst correctsolution openedon18Oct 2021.

AnswerstoMoneyWeek’s QuickCrossword

No.1072,31-32AlfredPlace,London,WC1E7DP.

Across cluesare mildly crypticwhile downclues arestraight

ACROSS

1 Boyattendant andworkerinparade(7)

5 Summarywithreferencetothe

Crown(5)

8 Love an openingonthe radio(5)

9 Popular linesofpoetry?

Theopposite(7)

10 Fightformerlover overmoney

on buffets(8, 5)

13 Bandfine when engagedbysinger(6)

14 Letthe heartless nerd off(6)

16 In whichfouriss eeninfive(5, 8)

20 Pris onersshowinghow chess

gamescan end(7)

22 Sort of carthatisthe making ofpa (5)

23 Sounds likelead supportedwith

arope(5)

24 Restylenovelinacurt way(7)

DOWN

1 Jet, say(5)

2 _____Marx,famousfor

one-liners (7)

3 High card (3)

4 Inanimate object(5)

5 Increasespeed (3)

6 Goodscarried by sea(5)

7 Delighted(7)

11 Had amealathome(3, 2)

12 Musicalnotevaluedas

twosemis (5)

13 Asculpture (7)

15 Apprentice(7)

17 Mother (5)

18 Unexpected sports

outcome(5)

19 Frightening(5)

21 Oneofthe Kennedys (3)

22 Standard(3)

Solutionsto1 070

Across 1 Camberc+amber 4 Tom-tommottwicereversed 9 Restraint

anagram 10 Airhiddenclue 11 Anagramanagram! 12 Pastepast(ill)e

13 JanitressesJanI+tresses 18 Rebutreversal 20 Respiteespinsiderite

22 Seetwodefinitions 23 Number onetwodefinitions 24 Yes-mensinside

Yemen 25 Deserttwodefinitions.

Down 1 Cereal 2 Mascara 3 Error 5 Octopus 6 Traps 7 Market 8 Zimmer

frame 14 Intense 15 Epitome 16 Frosty 17 Defeat 19 Beers 21 Swede.

Bridgeby Andrew Robson

Some expertsplay by thebook,rarely making an anti-percentage
play (callthemazero on azero-ten scale).Othersplaywithgay
abandon, al waysonthe lookoutfor aleft-field, creativesolution
(callthematen).Mostexperts liesomewhereinbetween.Iam
aboutaseven(some wouldsayeight). Peter Fredin of Sweden is an
11.Rules schmools.

*14-16 “balanced”.
** Mostadheretothe maxim, “Donot bidagainafter opening
OneNotrump”.Fredin,atrue maverick,has always played by
hisown rules.

West triedthe “sneak attack”ofthe Que en ofSpades –the
opponent sseemedreadyfor aHeart.Thisran to declarer’s King.
At tricktwo,declarer a dvancedthe KnaveofDiamonds.Westwon
hisAce,and thedefencecashed three Spades beforeexitingwith a
Club(declarer hadthrownClubs fr om both hands on the Spades).
Winning hisAce of Clubs,declarer reflectedthatWestheldfour
Spades,and presumably sixHearts (for hisovercall).Roomfor
precious few minor-suit cards, he played forWest’sAce of Diamonds
to be singleton(further indicatedbyWest taking theKnave –he may
haveduckedwithanaccompanyinglow card). He ledthe Knaveof
Hearts to theKingand Aceand follow ed with asecondDiamondto
hisnine(keyplay).Westdulydiscarde d, so he couldrun forhome,
viahis four remainingDiamonds plus dummy’sQueen of Hearts.
Nine tricks andgamemade.

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Sudoku 1072

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the digits from onetonine.

Theanswer tolast week’s

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DealerEast North-Southvulnerable

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Name

Address

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973

AQ54

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J862

QJ106A 852

K1097632

A1 0875

53 KQ109

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KQJ943

A74

TimMooreyisauthorofHowToCrackCryptic Crosswords,publishedby

HarperCollins,andrunscrosswordworkshops(timmoorey.com)

Thewinner of MoneyWeekQuick CrosswordNo.1070 is:

Sean O’LearyofLancashire

Taylor’s is oneofthe oldestoft he founding port houses,

family runand entirely dedicatedtothe production of the

highestqualityports.LateBottl ed Vintageismatured in

wood forfourtosix years. Theageingprocessproduces a

high-quality, immediatelydrinkable wine with along, elegant

finish;rubyred in colour,withahintofmorello cherries on

the nose,and cassis,plums andblackberrytotaste. Tryit

with goat’s cheeseor achocolate fondant.

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265874139

938615472

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386241957

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