MONDAY, APRIL 25 , 2022. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE C7
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 JULES RIVERA
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
SUDOKUNORTH
♠ 10 4 2
♥ K 6 3
♦ 6 4 3
♣ J 10 7 6
WEST
♠ 8 5 3
♥ Q J 10 7 4
♦ J 9
♣ A 9 4EAST
♠ 7 6
♥ A 9 8
♦ Q 10 8 5
♣ 8 5 3 2
SOUTH (D)
♠ A K Q J 9
♥ 5 2
♦ A K 7 2
♣ K QThe bidding:A
ccordion to recent stud-
ies, 85% of my readers
didn’t realize that this sen-
tence started with a musical
instrument. But I think most
of you would make today’s
contract.
In real life, South ruffed
the third heart — with the
nine of trumps. He drew
trumps and led the king of
clubs, but West ducked. East
signaled “count” with the
eight, and West won the next
club and led another heart.
South ruffed and led the A-K
and a third diamond, and
East’s 10 and queen scored.
Down two.
I hope my readers would
do better. South ruffs the
third heart with a high trump,
preserving a dummy entry.
He next leads the king of
clubs.
If West wins and leads
the jack of diamonds, South
wins, takes the A-K of trumps
and the queen of clubs, and
goes to the 10 of trumps to
pitch low diamonds on the
J-10 of clubs. If West ducks
the king of clubs and also
the queen, South takes the
A-K of diamonds, loses a
diamond and ruffs his last
diamond in dummy.
This week: managing
entries.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ 8 5 3 ♥ Q J 10 7 4
♦ J 9 ♣ A 9 4
The dealer, at your left,
opens two diamonds (a
weak two-bid). Your partner
doubles, and the next player
passes. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your partner
promises opening values —
he probably has more — and
support for the unbid suits.
(He might have a powerful
hand with a suit he plans to
bid.) Jump to three hearts to
invite game. You would bid
two hearts if all of your hon-
ors were low cards.N-S VULNERABLESOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
2 ♣ Pass 2 ♦ Pass
2 ♠ Pass 2 NT Pass
3 ♦ Pass 4 ♠ All Pass
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