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BRIDGE

BY STEVE BECKER

Planning the play is declarer’s

most important task, but he

does not meet that responsi-

bility fully unless he formu-

lates his plans down to the last

detail.

Take this case where West

leads a spade against five dia-

monds. It seems normal to win

the spade with the ace, draw

trump, lead the three of hearts

to the king and then finesse

the jack of hearts. The finesse

succeeds, but the contract fails

when the hearts prove to be di-

vided 4-2. Declarer goes down

one, losing two clubs and a

heart.

The flaw in this method of

play is that it does not allow for

the possibility that West might

have been dealt the singleton

or doubleton 10 of hearts. This

possibility is certainly far from

remote and therefore should not

be ignored.

Planning to take a heart fi-

nesse is surely correct, but pre-

cisely when to take it should

be a matter of equal concern.

The proper time is at trick two

• that is, immediately after
  winning the spade lead with
  dummy’s ace.
  Observe the effect of leading
  a low heart to the jack at trick

two. The jack wins, and, after

drawing trump, South leads the

heart three to the king, on which

West plays the 10. Another heart

through East’s Q-8 allows declar-

er to score the A-9, and the con-

tract is home.

It requires a certain amount

of foresight to recognize the

importance of taking the initial

heart finesse at trick two. But

declarer should realize from the

outset that his only real chance

for the contract lies in winning

four heart tricks, so he should

plan his play to give himself the

maximum chance to achieve

that goal.

West dealer.

North-South vulnerable.

The bidding:

West North East South

1 [S] Pass 2 [S] Dble

3 [S] 4 [C] Pass 4 [D]

Pass 5 [D]

Opening Lead – king of spades.

THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 2019

EAch rowAnd eAch

column mustcontAin

the numbers 1through

6 withoutrepeAting.

The numberswithin

the heAvilyoutlined

boxes, cAlled cAges,

mustcombineusing

the given operAtion (in

Anyorder)to produce

thetArgetnumbers in

thetop-leftcorners.

Freebies: Fill in

single-boxcAgeswith

the numbers inthe

top-leftcorner.

3.

2.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. CRYPTICCLUES QUICKCLUES

Solutions to today's Sudoku and Kenken can be found in the Life & Arts content
area of the A section. Crossword solutions will be with tomorrow's puzzles.

CHALLENGE CROSSWORD

1234 56 7

8

9 10

11

12

13 14 15

16

17 18

19

20 21

22 23

YESTERDAY'S CRYPTIC

YESTERDAY'S QUICK

ACROSS: 1 In any case, 8 Deign, 9 Prolong, 10 As such, 11 Remove, 12 Reindeer,

15 Innocent, 18 Embark, 20 Extant, 21 Pre-empt, 22 Tinge, 23 Small talk.

DOWN: 2 Nerve, 3 Nelson, 4 Converse, 5 Edison, 6 Diluted, 7 On the rack,

11 Rudiments, 13 Integral, 14 Instant, 16 Cannes, 17 Object, 19 Repel.

ACROSS: 1 Oppressor, 8 Agony, 9 Hostels, 10 Chorea, 11 Oyster, 12 On credit,

15 Coachmen, 18 Clamps, 20 Update, 21 Dubbing, 22 Salve, 23 Racetrack.

DOWN: 2 Peony, 3 Rotate, 4 Saleroom, 5 Rather, 6 Corrode, 7 Dynasties,

11 Off course, 13 Conclude, 14 Sandals, 16 Hatter, 17 Barber, 19 Panic.

ACROSS

1 Tending to cause fear (8)

5 Object of devotion (4)

9 Search thoroughly (5)

10 Sports venue (7)

11 Duplicitous person (6-6)

13 In haphazard way (6)

14 Not moving or changing (6)

17 After death (12)

20 Generous (7)

21 Edge (5)

22 Grow weary (4)

23 Very inflammable gas (8)

DOWN

1 In addition (4)

2 Poor substitute (7)

3 U.S. film comedy quartet (4,8)

4 Method (6)

6 Training exercise (5)

7 5-line comic verse (8)

8 U.S. humorist (5,7)

12 Brochure (8)

15 Very effective (7)

16 Make use of (6)

18 Serious (5)

19 Outer covering (4)

ACROSS
1 Extend argument in favour
of open country (8)
5 Has to get quiet door
fastening (4)
9 Start with nothing
in the kitty (5)
10 Strange disease in
coastal areas (7)
11 They have an interest in
conversion schemes (12)
13 Look into new liquid
preparation (6)
14 Church worker with grave
responsibilities (6)
17 It travels fast say the
attendants (7,5)
20 One source of a
writer’s material (7)
21 Some small amount
I left in the till (5)
22 Boast about one’s
apparel (4)
23 Treading slippery slope (8)

DOWN

1 Highly praise some

pastry (4)

2 He makes a practice of

seeing complaints (7)

3 Communist is hidden

but is found again (12)

4 All the players or

just one star (6)

6 An out-of-place plea

for innocence (5)

7 Trying hard to persuade

one it’s urgent (8)

8 A drilling site (6,6)

12 Changing integral

formation (8)

15 It gets down to

sorting the list (7)

16 He could be both best

man and groom (6)

18 Card game appears to be

all right throughout (5)

19 Utterly boring (4)

© 20 19 KENKEN Puzzle LLC. KENKEN is A registeredtrAdemArk of Nextoy,LLC.Dist.byAndrews McMeel

http://www.kenken.com

KENKEN

SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING:HHHHI

INSTRUCTIONSFill inthe grid sothAteAch rowof nine squAres, eAch column of nine

And eAch section of nine (three squAres bythree)contAinsthe numbers 1through 9

in Anyorder. There is onlyone solutionto eAch puzzle.

AMSTERDAM

ATHENS

BANGKOK

BEIJING

BERLIN

BRUSSELS

COPENHAGEN

FRANKFURT

HONG KONG

JERUSALEM

LASVEGAS

LONDON

LOSANGELES

MADRID

MIAMIBEACH

MOSCOW

NEWDELHI

NEWYORK

NICE

ORLANDO

PARIS

PHOENIX

ROME

SANFRANCISCO

SEOUL

SINGAPORE

SYDNEY

TOKYO

WASHINGTON

BANFF

BARRIE

BRANDON

CALGARY

CHARLOTTETOWN

CHICOUTIMI

CHURCHILL

CORNERBROOK

CORNWALL

EDMONTON

HALIFAX

HAMILTON

HUNTSVILLE

IQALUIT

JASPER

KELOWNA

KINGSTON

LONDON

MONTREAL

NIAGARAFALLS

NORTHBAY

OTTAWA

PRINCEGEORGE

PETERBOROUGH

QUEBEC

REGINA

SASKATOON

SAULT S.M.

SAINT JOHN

SEPT-ÎLES

ST.JOHN’S

SUDBURY

THUNDERBAY

THOMPSON

TORONTO

VALD’OR

VANCOUVER

VICTORIA

WHISTLER

WHITEHORSE

WINNIPEG

YELLLOWKNIFE

-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30

40

18/11PC

25/15S

33/27T

16/6R

19/13PC

19/10R

14/12C

18/10PC

25/24PC

22/13S

23/12S

15/9R

35/19S

16/7PC

28/27T

11/6R

32/21S

18/9S

21/16R

30/24T

19/9PC

29/16S

23/14R

26/15S

22/12S

29/25T

27/19S

21/18C

20/10S

15/14PC

26/16S

33/26T

14/3S

17/10PC

16/14PC

13/11PC

16/8PC

25/23PC

22/15PC

23/13S

16/12R

32/18S

18/9S

28/26T

12/7S

31/20S

17/8PC

22/16PC

30/24T

18/12C

29/14S

24/11R

24/13S

21/7PC

29/25T

34/22PC

20/16R

20/11PC

15/10PC

25/15S

34/27T

15/4S

19/10PC

15/9C

13/8R

18/10PC

25/23PC

19/14C

26/13S

15/9R

31/17S

20/9S

28/26T

13/10C

31/19S

14/11PC

23/15S

30/24T

19/12PC

28/15S

25/11S

18/13S

14/6PC

28/25T

32/15S

22/16PC

18/13PC

TODAY FRI. SAT.

9/-1PC

12/2R

6/0S

15/2PC

13/7S

10/3R

1/-3PC

11/6R

12/5R

13/3PC

15/8S

15/4R

9/0R

2/0R

9/3R

16/4PC

13/6R

13/4R

12/6R

15/6R

8/0R

12/3R

8/4R

15/3R

11/4R

6/0PC

6/0PC

6/3R

14/8S

10/4PC

9/7R

8/0PC

6/-2PC

5/-1PC

16/5R

7/-2R

13/9C

12/8PC

10/7R

5/-6S

5/-1PC

4/-3RS

8/-6R

10/0R

13/4PC

17/-2R

12/4PC

6/1R

4/-1SF

9/3R

11/2PC

12/-1R

14/6PC

11/0C

7/-1R

2/0SF

6/-5R

10/0R

11/4PC

11/0PC

10/5PC

11/3C

6/-1R

10/2PC

8/-2R

10/-3PC

9/2PC

16/1PC

15/-1PC

6/3R

14/4PC

8/1PC

12/5PC

6/0R

9/3PC

7/0PC

11/2PC

4/-1PC

13/5R

13/6R

10/-1R

3/-7S

11/6PC

-2/-12C

0/-11SF

10/5PC

7/-5PC

3/-4RS

7/2R

6/0RS

3/0R

6/1R

10/3PC

2/-5SF

9/2R

11/6PC

9/3S

2/-2SF

1/-11SF

8/-2S

10/8PC

11/8PC

10/4PC

11/9PC

8/3S

10/2S

7/-4S

10/4PC

8/1PC

3/-7PC

2/-7PC

11/6S

9/1PC

6/-2PC

8/4R

9/5S

11/3S

2/-5SN

11/9PC

7/1S

12/4S

12/6S

8/-3S

1/-5PC

9/-2PC

-6/-8S

TODAY FRI. SAT. IQALUIT

2/0R

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSEBAY

7/5R

ST.JOHN’S

9/7R

HALIFAX

MONTREAL 15/8S

12/6R

BOSTON

18/9S

TORONTO

16/5R

WASHINGTON

20/10S

ATLANTA

19/11S

MIAMI

31/27T

SANJUAN

31/26T

NEW ORLEANS

24/20PC

HOUSTON

29/19PC

PHOENIX

29/16S

DENVER

3/-6SF

CHICAGO

11/3PC

WINNIPEG

5/-1PC

REGINA

6/0PC

CHURCHILL

1/-3PC

YELLOWKNIFE

4/-3RS

WHITEHORSE

5/-6S

EDMONTON

13/3PC

VANCOUVER

13/9C

PORTLAND

19/6S

LOSANGELES

35/19S

LASVEGAS

23/12S

Snow Rain Thunder Freezing

storm rain

Jet Warm Cold Occlusion Trough

Stream Front Front ©The WeatherNetwork 2019

INUVIK

-8/-11C

OTTAWA

12/3R

WORLDFORECAST NATIONALFORECAST

Daytime high,overnight low,and conditions

LEGEND

CCLOUDY
FGFOG
FRFREEZING RAIN
HZHAZE
NANOT AVAILABLE
PCPARTLY CLOUDY
RRAIN

RSRAIN/SNOW

SSUN

SNSNOW

SFSNOWFLURRIES

SHSHOWERS

TTHUNDERSTORMS

WWINDY

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