Daily Mail - 27.08.2019

Page 40 Daily Mail, Tuesday, August 27, 2019

BRIDGE MASTERCLASS

WIN

£500

PETER DONOVAN

LHO opens 1♥, and your partner doubles. What

action would you take on each of these hands,

after next hand passes?

IT IS so important to have rapport and understand-

ing with partner about these situations. For exam-

ple, he must be cautious, when he hears your agreed

negative response; and you must be confident that

he is not going to bid again freely unless he has at

least 17 honour and distributional points.

Your hands here are significantly better than yes-

terday’s, but you don’t see prospect of game on the

first two, unless partner can bid again. So, on hand

(a) you bid a negative 1♠, but be positive, if partner

responds on the next round.

Bid 2♦ on (b) which partner will note is not a total

negative. hand (c) merits a jump of 2♠, which is not

forcing, but suggests that game might be on if part-

ner is better than minimum. holding as little as

♠KQxx ♥x ♦KQxx ♣Kxxx, partner will expect to

make 4♠ opposite (c), but can he bid it?

Generally, if you have an eight-loser hand with

an assumed fit, you will expect to make an invita-

tional bid.

SMALLEST HARDEST CROSSWORD — ACROSS: 1 Silk, 4 Kt,

5 Fe, 6 Anon DOWN: 1 Skua, 2 It, 3 Keen, 5 FO

NINE TO FIVE

HIDATO KAKURO

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SOLUTIONS TO YESTERDAY’S PUZZLES

WORD WHEEL

defy, deify, diversify, edify, feis,

fervid, fiery, fire, fired, fires, five,

fiver, fried, fries, frise, fyrd, reify,

rife, seif, serf, serif, verify, versify.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

CROSSWORD – ACROSS:

7 Judoka. 8 Mah-jongg.

9 Turbocar. 10 Red-eye.

11 Baguette. 12 Runyon.

13 The Simpsons. 18 Alicia.

20 Richards. 22 Smiler.

23 Eastwood. 24 Fu Manchu.

25 Lilies.

DOWN: 1 Jugular. 2 Tombaugh.

3 Mascot. 4 Chartres. 5 Corden.

6 Iggy Pop. 8 Marcel Marceau.

14 Shamrock. 15 Noah Wyle.

16 Olympus. 17 Ed Moses. 19 Callas.

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SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES

QUICK QUIZ: 1 Raheem

Sterling. 2 Michelangelo.

3 James Cracknell.

4 German. 5 1960s.

MINDBENDER: 1 Six

hundred tickets. 2 They are

all types of soap. 3 Chris

Hadfield. 4 Fiji; the others

feature the Southern

Cross. 5 Eruption

(Er-U-Pt-I-O-N).

MASTERQUIZ: 1 Johnny

Cash. 2 Seville.

3 Herrenhausen.

4 Leicester City. 5 St

Theodore. 6 Snowdrop.

HONEYCOMB:

1 Marvel. 2 Rabble. 3 Elders.

4 Reeked. 5 Detect.

6 Ceases. 7 Second.

8 Novice. 9 Écarté. 10 Truths.

11 Shores. 12 Leered.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

ACROSS DOWN

6 Pal’s undermined

reforms? Don’t lose

heart (3,11)

9 Chatty type is

very withdrawn

visiting doctor (6)

10 Suggestive words

culminate in

one foreign

noun (8)

11 Endlessly ambitious

son’s tablets (8)

13 Headgear for a

clothes journalist (6)

15 Asian policeman in

middle of bank

cases (6)

17 Extremely dirty

old man sent

back generator

(6)

19 Rock’s pleasant, so

I’ve heard (6)

20 At least one flight

goes here, not a

place for

servants? (8)

22 Offering duty,

setting aside one

grand (8)

24 Milk supplier, one in

French port (6)

26 MP’s brother,

say, receiving

gift for learner (14)

1 Council bans one

broadcast that’s

excessive (14)

2 Sign in addition

makes good

point (4)

3 With help, I’d rebuilt

ancient Greek

sanctuary (6)

4 It lifts and moves

clever insect (5,3)

5 Unit accommodated

100 in the past (4)

7 Priest is extremely

surly and strait-

laced (6)

8 Dinner hour used to

be rearranged for

anorexic (14)

12 Lemur seen climbing

during third night (5)

14 Parents host rare

play (5)

16 Coordinate

cultivation of

brassicas right

away (8)

18 Submit and go to

bed (4,2)

21 Authority controls

central part of tube,

US tube (6)

23 Flippant cheese

maker beginning to

go off (4)

25 Release European

with German (4)

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD No. 16,126

No 16,129

6 1 5 4 8 9 2 3 7

2 7 9 5 6 3 4 1 8

3 8 4 7 2 1 5 6 9

4 9 1 6 5 2 7 8 3

8 2 6 3 1 7 9 5 4

7 5 3 8 9 4 1 2 6

9 3 2 1 7 6 8 4 5

5 6 7 2 4 8 3 9 1

1 4 8 9 3 5 6 7 2

ACROSS:

1 Uninhibited,

9 Rake-off,

10 Lanolin, 11 Ill,

12 Amorous,

13 Fulcrum,

14 Din, 15 Ex-con,

17 Yours, 18 Swung,

20 Ethel, 22 Tab,

24 Dynamic,

25 Madness,

26 Ego,

27 Unicorn,

28 Primero,

29 Yellow pages.

DOWN:

1 Unknown

quantity, 2 Iron

ore, 3 Hi-fis,

4 Bullfinch,

5 Tonally,

6 Delirium

tremens,

7 Errand, 8 Animus,

16 Crescendo,

18 Sodium,

19 Gumboil,

21 Lodging,

23 Boston,

25 Mop up.

(a) ♠ A J 7 5 ♥ 8 7 2 ♦ Q 7 4 3 ♣ 9 4

(b) ♠ A J 4 ♥ 8 7 2 ♦ J 8 5 3 2 ♣ 9 4

(c) ♠ A 10 8 6 2 ♥ 8 7 2 ♦ 8 3 ♣ Q J 4

YOUR

ANSWERS

START on left with number given and follow instructions as you go across. In 30 seconds, beginners have to

complete their own challenge; intermediates have to complete their own challenge and the beginner’s;

advanced players have to complete their own challenge and the intermediate’s. SOLUTION BELOW

30-SECOND CHALLENGEwww.30secondchallenge.com

Beginner 40 x5 -20 ÷ 12 x6 +1 ÷7x10

½

OF IT -36

Advanced 23 x15 +7

87½%

OF IT +25

(^4) / 9
OF IT
150%
OF IT -47
LESS
8%
(^3) / 7
OF IT
Intermediate 68
(^8) / 17
OF IT
x8
75%
OF IT
50%
OF IT
(^5) / 8
OF IT
x25
10%
OF IT
-12
(^5) / 6
OF IT
30-SECOND CHALLENGE:
Beginner: 29.
Intermediate: 115.
Advanced: 69.