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1.You are declarer withthe

West handatSix Diamonds.

Northleadsthe ace andanother

spade. How would you playthe

hand?

2.You are declarer withthe

WesthandatThree Notrump.

Northleadsthejackofhearts.

How would you playthe hand?

1.The danger isthatthe oppos-

ingclubsmightbedivided 4-1, in

which caseifyou weretodiscard

a heartonthekingofspadesat

tricktwo, you would verylikely

finish downone.

The bestmethod ofplay is

toruff thesecondspadelead,

drawtrump andthenplaythe

A-K ofclubs.Ifboth opponents

followsuit,you havethe rest

ofthetricks,butifeither oppo-

nent showsoutonthesecond

club, youstillhavetwo heartfi-

nessestofallbackontosavethe

day.Thusyou maketheslam

onthesuggestedlineofplay

ifNorthholdssomethinglike

butyouwouldalmost surely

go downifyou madethe mis-

takeofprematurelydiscarding

a heartonthekingofspadesat

tricktwo.

2. After winningthe heart, you
   mustresistthetemptationto im-
   mediately developthe diamond

suit Four diamo. ndtricksand

fourtricksinthe majorswould

notbe enough, and whenyou at-

temptedtoscoretheninthtrick

byleadingaclub,the enemy

would grabthe ace andcashat

leastthree heartstoputyou out

ofbusiness.

Instead ofpursuings h auc

hopelesscourse, youshouldwin

the heartandlead alow club at

tricktwo.Thisplay offersale-

gitimatechanceforthe contract.

IfNorthhastwo orthree clubs

includingthe ace, he mustplay

low;otherwise, you’llbe ableto

scoretwos pades,two hearts,a

diamondandfour clubsfornine

tricks.

Once yousucceed in“stealing”

aclubtrick, you canthenattack

diamonds,intendingtofinesseif

Southfollowslow. UnlessNorth

turnsup withall three miss-

ing diamonds, you makethe

contract.

BRIDGE
BY STEVE BECKER
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020

Each row and each

column must contain

the numbers 1 through

6 without repeating.

The numbers within

the heavily outlined

boxes, called cages,

must combine using

the given operation (in

any order) to produce

the target numbers in

the top-left corners.

Freebies:Fill in

single-box cages with

the numbers in the

top-left corner.

3.

2.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.

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

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8 9

10 11 12

13

14 15

16

17 18 19

20

21 22 23

24 25

CRYPTICCLUES QUICKCLUES

YESTERDAY'S CRYPTIC

YESTERDAY'S QUICK

ACROSS: 1 Festival, 5 Mesh, 9 Cloud, 10 Flannel, 11 Shostakovich, 13 Circus,

14 Stroll, 17 Life-and-death, 20 Indulge, 21 Abide, 22 Glen, 23 Weakness.

DOWN: 1 Face, 2 Smother, 3 Indisputable, 4 Affray, 6 Ennui, 7 Hellhole,

8 Pat on the back, 12 Scolding, 15 Outsize, 16 Adhere, 18 Fudge, 19 News.

ACROSS: 1 Eternity, 5 Upas, 9 Papaw, 10 Presage, 11 Demonstrated, 13 Assent,

14 Orison, 17 Single-minded, 20 Brownie, 21 Impel, 22 Eyes, 23 Hedgerow.

DOWN: 1 Espy, 2 Express, 3 Newfoundland, 4 Typist, 6 Plant, 7 Speeding,

8 Heartrending, 12 Passable, 15 Sleeper, 16 Impede, 18 Niobe, 19 Clew.

ACROSS

1 Bitter and sour (7)

5 Large passenger ship (5)

8 From the original source (5-4)

9 Talk garrulously (3)

10 Be in need of (4)

12 Stealthily (2,6)

14 Set light to (6)

15 Filled with dismay (6)

17 Trivial (8)

18 Limited period (4)

21 Melody (3)

22 Manually clumsy (3,6)

24 Choose (5)

25 With justice (7)

DOWN

1 Very bad (5)

2 Seed-head of cereal (3)

3 Object of ridicule (4)

4 Crevice (6)

5 Rooms rented to live in (8)

6 Terrifying experience (9)

7 A particular (7)

11 Wide open central area (9)

13 Brave and resolute (8)

14 Exaggerate (7)

16 Stag’s branched horn (6)

19 Having mouldy smell (5)

20 Brutal ruffian (4)

23 Encountered (3)

ACROSS
1 Foreign money is for
the animal-lover (7)
5 What an Italian lady may be
called and no mistake (5)
8 A marsh plant providing a
variety of materials (5-4)
9 Phileas cut down
pea soup? (3)
10 Empty sheep range (4)
12 Under no obligation to
observe the customs? (4-4)
14 Former arrangement to
change for the better (6)
15 Workers’ associations
in unison perhaps (6)
17 Quantity of coal you’d be
thankful to have? (8)
18 Customs applications (4)
21 Some black resin (3)
22 Broke nine volts circuit (9)
24 Poet of golden study (5)
25 See5 Down

DOWN

1 Bone and fur holds

me up (5)

2 Some music of vital

importance (3)

3 Various acts in the play (4)

4 A figure in the art world (6)

5 and 25 Across: Off-putting

manoeuvres (8,7)

6 Being villainous, use

no fair play (9)

7 A capital lager is

brewed here (7)

11 Promised to go into

the union (9)

13 As I infer it’s a variety

of cattle (8)

14 Ali appears in crazy

gear fit for a king (7)

16 It’s reddish-brown

but not orange (6)

19 Collection is raised

in places (5)

20 Smart fellow the French

take into account (4)

23 I follow the Spanish

priest (3)

©2020KENKEN PuzzleLLC.KENKEN is a registered trademark of Nextoy,LLC. Dist. by AndrewsMcMeel

http://www.kenken.com

KENKEN

SUDOKU DIFFICULTYRATING:HHHHH

INSTRUCTIONSFill in the grid so that each row of nine squares, each column of nine

and each section of nine (three squares by three) contains the numbers 1 through 9

in any order.There is only one solution to each puzzle.

AMSTERDAM

ATHENS

BANGKOK

BEIJING

BERLIN

BRUSSELS

COPENHAGEN

FRANKFURT

HONG KONG

JERUSALEM

LAS VEGAS

LONDON

LOS ANGELES

MADRID

MIAMI BEACH

MOSCOW

NEW DELHI

NEW YORK

NICE

ORLANDO

PARIS

PHOENIX

ROME

SAN FRANCISCO

SEOUL

SINGAPORE

SYDNEY

TOKYO

WASHINGTON

BANFF

BARRIE

BRANDON

CALGARY

CHARLOTTETOWN

CHICOUTIMI

CHURCHILL

CORNER BROOK

CORNWALL

EDMONTON

HALIFAX

HAMILTON

HUNTSVILLE

IQALUIT

JASPER

KELOWNA

KINGSTON

LONDON

MONTREAL

NIAGARA FALLS

NORTH BAY

OTTAWA

PRINCE GEORGE

PETERBOROUGH

QUEBEC

REGINA

SASKATOON

SAULT S.M.

SAINT JOHN

SEPT-ÎLES

ST.JOHN’S

SUDBURY

THUNDER BAY

THOMPSON

TORONTO

VAL D’OR

VANCOUVER

VICTORIA

WHISTLER

WHITEHORSE

WINNIPEG

YELLLOWKNIFE

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21/12S

36/28PC

11/-1S

9/-1R

10/1PC

6/-1R

7/-1PC

22/19PC

13/10R

16/12R

11/6PC

17/15R

21/11PC

25/24S

7/1R

24/15R

18/4R

16/12R

31/18PC

12/4PC

19/12R

19/8PC

14/9S

6/-3C

30/26T

26/17S

16/9PC

25/6R

10/7R

20/13PC

35/28S

15/4S

8/1S

11/7PC

4/3PC

8/0C

21/18C

14/10R

20/12S

13/9R

18/14R

21/10S

26/23PC

7/-6R

23/13R

11/2S

16/11R

31/18PC

11/6R

22/12PC

18/8PC

10/8R

8/1S

29/27T

22/17R

9/4R

13/6PC

13/6PC

18/8PC

32/27T

15/0S

1 1/3PC

13/6PC

8/7C

12/1S

19/18PC

15/10PC

21/10S

12/5C

18/13R

19/5PC

25/23R

-1/-6SF

23/14R

8/-2C

15/8PC

31/19PC

15/7PC

23/13PC

18/4S

10/7R

6/-4PC

29/26T

22/17R

10/4PC

13/2R

TODAY SAT. SUN.

-14/-23SF

4/-2R

-10/-18PC

-12/-21SN

2/0PC

0/-3SN

-17/-26C

-5/-6PC

10/1R

-16/-20PC

4/3R

9/-2R

4/-3RS

-24/-33PC

-15/-23SF

0/-9SN

7/0R

6/-3R

7/0R

8/-1R

3/-4R

7/0R

-12/-20S

7/-2R

4/0RS

-7/-14PC

-14/-19PC

0/-3SF

5/2R

-6/-7SN

-3/-5S

2/-4R

-3/-11PC

-14/-22SF

9/-1R

3/-7RS

8/-3RS

7/-1R

-1/-14C

-9/-17S

-10/-19PC

-22/-26PC

-19/-24SN

0/-10PC

-10/-13C

-18/-29SN

3/-6RS

-3/-10SF

-22/-26S

1/-6SN

4/-8PC

• 16/-23SF
  7/-3PC
  6/-6PC
  1/-13PC
  -26/-32S
  -16/-23PC
  -3/-14SF
  5/-7PC
  2/-6PC
  2/-8PC
  5/-4PC
  -1/-15PC
  2/-10PC
  -9/-21S
  3/-10PC
  0/-8SF
  -7/-10SF
  -13/-15SF
  -3/-10PC
  4/-5PC
  0/-9SF
  4/-2FR
  -1/-14PC
  -2/-13PC
  -13/-22PC
  5/-7PC
  -7/-16PC
  3/-3PC
  3/0PC
  -7/-14PC
  -2/-13S
  -10/-13PC
  -17/-19PC

-5/-16S

-2/-11S

-3/-8SF

-14/-22S

-3/-8PC

-8/-16PC

-12/-14SF

-3/-11SF

-2/-11S

-14/-20S

1/-7PC

2/-5S

-4/-15S

-22/-25C

-3/-17S

2/-11S

-1/-7S

3/-7S

• 2/-14S
  0/-5S
  -7/-16S
  -4/-16S
  -6/-16S
  -1/-12S
  -4/-15S
  -4/-14SF
  -10/-19PC
  -4/-9PC
  0/-8PC
  -6/-14PC
  -1/-6SF
  -5/-17S
  -4/-8C
  -9/-14S
  2/-6S
  -10/-18PC
  6/-1S
  5/3S
  -1/-9S
  1/-12S
  -3/-5C
  -6/-15PC

TODAY SAT. SUN. IQALUIT

-24/-33PC

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY

-6/-11PC

ST.JOHN’S

-3/-5S

HALIFAX

MONTREAL 4/3R

7/0R

BOSTON

15/3R

TORONTO

9/-1R

WASHINGTON

25/6R

ATLANTA

19/12R

MIAMI

28/22S

SAN JUAN

28/23T

NEW ORLEANS

26/19PC

HOUSTON

25/20R

PHOENIX

19/12R

DENVER

8/0R

CHICAGO

9/1S

WINNIPEG

-10/-19PC

REGINA

-7/-14PC

CHURCHILL

-17/-26C

YELLOWKNIFE

-22/-26PC

WHITEHORSE

-9/-17S

EDMONTON

-16/-20PC

VANCOUVER

8/-3RS

PORTLAND

5/2R

LOS ANGELES

17/15R

LAS VEGAS

16/12R

Snow Rain Thunder Freezing

storm rain

Jet Warm Cold Occlusion Trough

Stream Front Front ©TheWeatherNetwork 2020

INUVIK

-10/-11SF

OTTAWA

7/0R

WORLD FORECAST NATIONAL FORECAST

Daytime high,overnight low,andconditions

LEGEND

CCLOUDY
FGFOG
FRFREEZING RAIN
HZHAZE
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PCPARTLYCLOUDY
RRAIN

RSRAIN/SNOW

SSUN

SNSNOW

SFSNOW FLURRIES

SHSHOWERS

TTHUNDERSTORMS

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