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ACROSS
1 Soda fountain
treat
5 Piece of bread
10 Spy—Hari
14 End ofaCSA
signature(2
wds.)
15 Mystiques
16 Welshform of
“John”
17 Frankfurt’sriver
18 Burroalternative
19 Calcium source
20 Sci-fi tunnels
22 Prepare eggs
23 “— —Woman”
(HelenReddy)
24 102,to a
centurion
25 Varmint
29 Go faster
33 Floodbarrier
34 Buffalo’slake
36 Auction shout
37 ——nutshell
38 Mountain —
(perennial herb)
39 Sleazy
newspaper
40 Cafe handout
42 Zwieback
43 Couric of
“Today”
45 Burns’ mouse
47 First American in
space
49 “2001”
computer
50 Halfofdeux
51 Peeved
54 Creamy-petaled
flowers
60 Treasured
61 Dropby
62 Whileaway
63 La femme
64 Hungerfor
65 Shaq’s
teammate
66 Gave the once-
over67 Snaggeda
dogie
68 Zest forlife
DOWN
1 Kitty’s greeting
2 Tough-guyactor
—Ray
3 Knowing look
4 Home wrecker?
5 Seven-veil
dancer
6 Quietspell
7 Latin hymn
word
8 Engineparts
9 That senora
10 Ghosts often
work on them11 Reebok rival
12 Chalkymineral
13 Nilesymbol of
enduring life
21 Detest
22 Indy 500 area
24 Poolroom
supply
25 Shinny
26 Ms. Zellweger
27 Onetime
Trump
28 Stageshow
29 Porkers’ plaints
30 Major artery
31 “— deLune”
32 Crept
35 Home,inthe
phone book38 Seed covering
41 Leddownthe
aisle
43 Casinogame
44 Hulking
46 Smidgen
48 Stalked prey
51 —fixe
52 Feel sureof
53 Leafy
vegetable
54 Dali colleague
55 Cousin of PDQ
56 Collap se
57 Artifact
58 “SinCity”
actress
59 Observed
61 OldTVhookupCandorvilleDarrin Bell
LioMarkTatulli
MuttsPatrick McDonnell
NonSequiturWileyMiller
GetFuzzyDarbyConley
BabyBluesJerryScott&Rick Kirkman
PearlsBeforeSwineStephanPastis
TundraChadCarpenter
TODaY’SCROSSWORD
WumoWulff&Morganthaler
CHESSBy Lyman
CHaLLEngER
8 Trytobeattoday’schallenge
time.Enteranumber ineach
square,one through nine.
8 Rows mustadd to totals on
right.
8 Columns mustadd to totals
on bottom.
8 Diagonal
squares
through
center
shouldadd
to totals in
upper and
lowerright.BRIDgEBy Goren
CHALLENGE TIME
5 Minutes
0 SecondsYOUR TIME
Minutes
SecondsSUDOKU PUZZLE
Completethe grid sothat
every row, colu mn and 3-by-3
boxhas every digit,1to9.East wonthe opening spade leadwiththe aceand
returned the nine of spades. Southwonwithhis king
and tookamomenttop lan the play. He hadnine top
tricks,but both hearts andclubs were blocked. He
could leadaclubtot he ace, come back to his hand
with aheart, and cashthe king andqueen ofclubs. He
would succeed if the jack and 10 ofclubs both fell, or if
the hearts split3-3.Both of thosechanceswere against
the odds.
South finallycame onaplan thatwas foolproof.
He cashed the three highhearts in his hand, crossed
to dummywiththe aceofc lubs, and cashed theaceof
hearts.He exiteddummywithalow diamond.Thede-
fense could takethree diamond tricks,but theywould
have to put South back in his handeventuallytot ake
his remaining black suit winners.
East’s spade returnat tricktwo wasnormal, but
note howaclubshift, instead,would have helped the
defense.South would have no sure-trickline of play.
Declarer might well cross to his hand withaheart and
leadalow clubfrom his hand, hoping fora4-3 split
in clubs andablockage in diamonds.This would give
the defenseachance to prevail, but theywould have to
cashtheir three diamond tricks immediately. That’s not
so easyonthis deal, sokudostot hem if they figure out
howtodoit.
NORTH
sJ5
hA763
d10 76542
cAEast-West vulnerable,South dealsWEST EAST
s10 8642 sA93
h10 5 h 9842
dAQ8 dK3
c10 53 cJ864
SOUTH
sKQ7
hKQJ
dJ9
cKQ972Thebidding:
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1NT Pass 2 c Pass
2 d Pass 3NT All pass
Opening lead:Four ofsBy David Hoyt &Jeff Knurek- e4 e5
- Nc3 Nc6
- f4 exf4
- Nf3 g5
- Bc4 g4
- O-O gxf3
- Bxf7+ Kxf7
- Qxf3 Bh6
- d4 Nxd4
10.Qh5+ Kg7- Bxf4 d6
- Be5+ 1-0
CHESS QUOTES
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White:Vachier-Lagrave,
Maxime
Black:Nakamura, HikaruBLACKTO PLAY
Hint:Save the bishop.SammyReshevsky:“My
styleissomewherebetween
thatofTal andPetrosian.”Carpe DiemNiklasEriksson
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