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BRIDGE

BY STEVE BECKER

Manydeclarers have aten-

dencytofocusonaparticular

suitwithoutregardtothe hand

as a whole.This sortofnarrow

view canprove verycostlyat

times.

Takethis case whereSouthwas

inthreenotrumpandWestled a

heart. Declarerplayedlow from

dummy,losingto theking. East

shiftedtoaspade, andWesttook

the Q-A andreturnedaspadeto

South’s king.

Declarer crossedtodummy

with a heartandtried a diamond

finesse,losingtoWest’s king.

We stthencashed a spadetoput

the contractdownone.

IfSouth hadnotbeensomyo-

pic onthefirsttrick, hemight

have seenthe wayto assurethe

contract.Allhe hadtodowasto

put updummy’s ace of hearts

andtake a diamondfinesse. Re-

gardless of whetherthefinesse

wonorlost, or howthe oppos-

ing cards wereplaced, he could

notbestopped fromfinishing

withatleastninetricks –five

diamon ds,twoclubs, a heart

andeither another heartor a

spade.

Morethan a few declarers

wouldfallintothe sametrap

South did.The heartfinesse

attrick oneissuch anatural

playtomakethatmanywould

tryitfromforceofhabit.They

wouldfinessefirstandthink

aboutthe rest of the hand

afterward.

Itistruethatinthe greatma-

jorityof deals where declarer

is faced withthis heartcombi-

nation,itwouldbe correctto

finesse. Butgeneralities donot

applyina case wherethefinesse

risks defeat, while rejectionof

thefinesse assures fulfillmentof

thecontract.

South dealer.

East-West vulnerable.

The bidding:

South West North East

1 [D] Pass 2 [C] Pass

2 [D] Pass 2 [H] Pass

2 NT Pass 3 NT

Opening Lead – four of hearts.

TUESDAY, FEB. 18, 2020

EAch rowAnd eAch

column mustcontAin

the numbers 1through

6 withoutrepeAting.

The numberswithin

the heAvilyoutlined

boxes, cAlled cAges,

mustcombineusing

thegiven operAtion (in

Anyorder)to produce

thetArgetnumbers in

thetop-leftcorners.

Freebies: Fillin

single-boxcAgeswith

thenumbers inthe

top-leftcorner.

3.

2.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. CRYPTICCLUES QUICKCLUES

ACROSS

1 Disable (7)

5 Ancient author of fables (5)

8 Putting it mildly (2,3,3,5)

9 Lift with great effort (5)

10 Grille (7)

11 Landed property (6)

12 Motiveless (6)

15 Cure-all (7)

17 Bundle of cornstalks (5)

19 Mere guess (4,2,3,4)

20 Venue for dancing (5)

21 Lecturer (7)

DOWN

1 Intercept (5)

2 Immediate (13)

3 Recompense (7)

4 Breathe out (6)

5 Apportion (5)

6 Treacherous attack (4,2,3,4)

7 Representative sample (7)

11 Open to the elements (7)

13 Severely simple (7)

14 Succulent spiny plant (6)

16 Cotton twill fabric (5)

18 Hindu ascetic (5)

ACROSS
1 Modern type of rock
has peculiar fans (7)
5 Maintain a high level (3,2)
8 A bit rusty, like a
retired doctor (3,2,8)
9 He lives an ordered
existence (5)
10 Kind of seaside
complaint (7)
11 Assimilate a summary (6)
12 Eager to change a trend (6)
15 Warning to habitual
introvert? (4,3)
17 Pole taking meat
around for sale? (5)
19 It cuts both ways (3-5,5)
20 Spaniard or anyone else
with a present (5)
21 Infuriates with fresh
demands (7)

DOWN

1 Evidence of the strength

of one’s spirit? (5)

2 No criterion for

what a danger signal

should be (7,2,2,2)

3 Establishes if farms

need cultivating (7)

4 Step out a little way then

go by bus perhaps (6)

5 Long stitches may

fasten a carpet (5)

6 Soldier gets pay for

work; others may get

itwithout work (7,6)

7 Stop before taking

the way out (7)

11 Not straight (7)

13 New verse I’d corrected (7)

14 Disturb the master flow (6)

16 Sequence followed by

those who are obedient (5)

18 Idols cavorting at

the beaches (5)

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

1234567

8

9 10

11 12 13

14

15 16 17 18

19

20 21

ACROSS: 1 Volga, 8 Sure-fire, 9 Nerve, 10 Rag trade, 11 Byway, 12 Sew, 16 Encamp,

17 Annals, 18 Yen, 23 Ahead, 24 Well-nigh, 25 Trick, 26 Lie doggo, 27 Perth.

DOWN: 2 One by one, 3 Give away, 4 Humane, 5 Hefty, 6 Vital, 7 Level, 12 Spy,

13 Wan, 14 In charge, 15 Clear-cut, 19 Engage, 20 Twill, 21 Elver, 22 Annoy.

ACROSS: 1 Hated, 8 Salt beef, 9 Steel, 10 Draw near, 11 Antic, 12 Eli, 16 Esther,

17 Vendor, 18 Amy, 23 Newer, 24 Impounds, 25 Felon, 26 Holsters, 27 Stake.

DOWN: 2 Astonish, 3 Eyesight, 4 Laurel, 5 Stows, 6 Revel, 7 Afire, 12 Era, 13 Ivy,

14 Interest, 15 Homework, 19 Modern, 20 Tight, 21 Spell, 22 Quite.

YESTERDAY'S CRYPTIC

YESTERDAY'S QUICK

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KENKEN

SUDOKU DIFFICULTY RATING:HHIII

INSTRUCTIONSFillinthegrid sothAteAch rowofnine squAres, eAch column ofnine

And eAch section ofnine (three squAres bythree)contAinsthe numbers 1through

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

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  30
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9/4PC

14/8S

32/24PC

9/-2PC

8/5R

9/3R

6/4R

6/3R

15/14S

14/8R

17/7S

11/4R

24/12PC

12/3PC

26/24R

6/1C

26/11S

10/2R

16/8PC

30/19PC

11/5R

24/11PC

16/7R

14/8S

2/-3S

28/25T

31/21PC

11/3PC

14/4R

8/6PC

14/10PC

35/24PC

8/-3S

7/1R

7/5R

5/3R

4/0R

16/14S

10/7R

19/5S

10/9R

23/12S

12/2S

26/24R

4/0SF

25/16PC

7/-3PC

16/8S

30/19PC

9/7R

25/1 1 S

16/1R

14/9PC

9/0PC

29/25T

29/19S

11/4PC

9/-1PC

11/4R

16/8PC

36/24S

5/-3PC

8/4PC

10/2R

6/4R

7/2C

18/16S

11/5R

18/7S

12/4R

25/12S

14/5S

26/21R

5/-1PC

27/17PC

1/-7PC

15/7S

28/14R

11/1PC

27/15S

16/0S

13/9PC

9/0PC

29/25T

22/19PC

12/4PC

5/- 4 PC

TODAYWED. THUR.

-6/-16SF

4/-8SN

-18/-29PC

-5/-14SF

-8/-10PC

-7/-10SN

-24/-26SF

-11/-15PC

4/-3SN

-14/-20PC

-5/-7PC

5/-5R

1/-11SN

-27/-33PC

-4/-17PC

2/-8PC

4/-5RS

4/-6R

1/-5SN

6/-4R

-2/-15SN

3/-6SN

0/-9PC

5/-7RS

-5/-7SN

-17/-29S

-20/-32S

-3/-13SN

-2/-4SF

-9/-11SF

-3/-9SF

-2/-16SN

-9/-20SF

-21/-31SF

5/-6RS

-7/-17SN

6/-1S

7/2S

2/-7S

-5/-7PC

-17/-29SF

-22/-25PC

-3/-15S

-7/-14SF

-19/-22S

2/-8S

1/- 18 SF

-10/-25SF

-18/-23PC

0/-13SN

-3/-18SF

-5/-13S

5/-12R

-3/-11PC

-9/-19PC

-27/-33C

-1/-12S

2/-8PC

-4/-13PC

-4/-10PC

-4/-20SF

-2/-8PC

-11/-23PC

-6/-19SF

1/-6PC

-6/-16PC

-5/-23PC

-10/-16S

-12/-13S

-11/-17SF

2/-15PC

-6/-22SF

4/-6RS

-9/-22PC

-14/-24PC

-15/-19S

-4/-13PC

-16/-25PC

8/1S

7/2S

4/-6S

0/-8PC

-18/-22S

-14/-16PC

-1/-13S

-10/-14PC

-5/-12S

7/-8S

• 16/-20PC
  -18/-22PC
  -9/-11PC
  -13/-17SF
  -12/-18PC
  -1/-12S
  -10/-16PC
  -7/-12PC
  -12/-15PC
  -31/-35S
  1/-9S
  3/-6PC
  -9/-14PC
  -8/-13PC
  -13/-19S
  -7/-10PC
  -14/-17S
  -12/-20PC
  2/-2PC
  -11/-17PC
  -15/-22S
  4/-14S
  -1/-17S
  -10/-13PC
  -11/-17S
  -18/-20S
  -6/-13SF
  -11/-16S
  -7/-15PC
  -4/-9PC
  -8/-13PC
  -15/-18PC
  8/2PC
  7/3PC
  4/-2PC
  -1/-6SF
  -7/-8S
  -7/-14PC

TODAYWED. THUR. IQALUIT

-27/-33PC

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSEBAY

-16/-17S

ST.JOHN’S

-3/-9SF

HALIFAX

MONTREAL -5/-7PC

1/-5SN

BOSTON

5/2R

TORONTO

5/-6RS

WASHINGTON

14/4R

ATLANTA

17/10R

MIAMI

28/23R

SANJUAN

29/24R

NEW ORLEANS

25/18T

HOUSTON

26/16C

PHOENIX

24/11PC

DENVER

-1/-7PC

CHICAGO

4/-10SF

WINNIPEG

-17/-29SF

REGINA

-17/-28S

CHURCHILL

-24/-26SF

YELLOWKNIFE

-23/-25PC

WHITEHORSE

-5/-7PC

EDMONTON

-14/-19PC

VANCOUVER

6/-1S

PORTLAND

10/2S

LOSANGELES

24/12PC

LASVEGAS

17/7S

Snow Rain Thunder Freezing

storm rain

Jet Warm Cold Occlusion Trough

Stream Front Front ©TheWeatherNetwork 2020

INUVIK

-14/-16C

OTTAWA

3/-6SN

WORLDFORECAST NATIONALFORECAST

Daytime high,overnight low,andconditions

LEGEND

CCLOUDY
FGFOG
FRFREEZING RAIN
HZHAZE
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PCPARTLY CLOUDY
RRAIN

RSRAIN/SNOW

SSUN

SNSNOW

SFSNOW FLURRIES

SHSHOWERS

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