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Below are seven common

bidding sequences. Where

the question mark appears,

indicatewhether youconsider

partner’s last bid as forcing

(compellingyoutobidagain)

or non-forcing (permitting

youtopass). If partner’slast

bid merely invites you to

bid again, treat that bidas

non-forcing.

1 .Forcing. In Standard bid-

ding,South’s two-notrump bid

shows1 3 to 15points,balanced

distribution and stoppers in

theotherthreesuits. Sucha

handopposi otean pening bid

obviouslyshould offer excel-

lentprospectsforgame. North

istherefore required to bid

again,evenwith aminimum

opening.

2 .Non-forcing. Northmayhave

minimum valuesforhisopening

bid,andSouthmayhave mini-

mumvaluesforhisresponse,

soSouthisnotcompelledtobid

again.IfNorthwantedtoforce

partnertobidagain, hewould

havetojump inanewsuit(a

jump-shift).

3. Non-forcing. Here Southis
   beingstrongly invitedtocon-
   tinuebidding,buthemaypass
   withonlysixorsevenpointsin-
   steadofthe eightto1 0 he might
   havehadfortheinitialnotrump
   response.


4. Non-forcing. Ordinarily,the
   bidofanewsuitby responder
   is100% forcing,but whena
   playerhaspassedoriginally,the
   change-of-suitprinciplenolon-
   gerapplies.


5. Non-forcing. South should
   have11 or 12 points,making
   histwo-notrump bid merely

invitational.

6. Forcing.Withoutpriordis-
   cussion, ajump bid bythere-
   sponder i sforcingtogame,but
   manyplayersnowtreat ajump
   bid by responder inasuitprevi-
   ously bidasinvitational.


7. Forcing. Justastheone-heart
   responseforced North tobid
   again,sodoesthementionofan-
   othernewsuit.Northmayhave
   minimumvaluesandbetempt-
   edtopassifhe prefersdiamonds
   to hearts,butheis nonetheless
   requiredtohonour South’sforc-
   ing bid.

BRIDGE
BY STEVE BECKER
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020

Each rowand 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 Backfire, 5 Fear, 9 Adieu, 10 Lowbrow, 11 Particularly, 13 Uneven,

14 Status, 17 Kleptomaniac, 20 Epistle, 21 Go for, 22 Sate, 23 Vertical.

DOWN: 1 Brag, 2 Climate, 3 Fourth estate, 4 Relics, 6 Error, 7 Rowdyism, 8 Twelfth

Night, 12 Luckless, 15 Traffic, 16 Impede, 18 Evict, 19 Oral.

ACROSS: 1 Nutcases, 5 Form, 9 Medoc, 10 Writhed, 11 Woolgatherer, 13 Absorb,

14 Thwart, 17 Kleptomaniac, 20 Verbose, 21 Maori, 22 Rose, 23 Meanness.

DOWN: 1 Name, 2 Tedious, 3 Acceleration, 4 Enwrap, 6 Other, 7 Moderate,

8 Right-hand man, 12 Walkover, 15 A la mode, 16 Impede, 18 Earns, 19 Bits.

ACROSS

1 Arrears of work (7)

5 Sales presentation (5)

8 Everybody (3,3,3)

9 Nocturnal bird of prey (3)

10 Adroit (4)

12 Region (8)

14 Social outcast (6)

15 Long narrow sword (6)

17 Intermittently (3,3,2)

18 Old (4)

21 Visual appreciation (3)

22 Three-event athletic contest (9)

24 Crazy (5)

25 Convent (7)

DOWN

1 Extensive (5)

2 Hint (3)

3 Connection (4)

4 Free of charge (6)

5 Spacious and splendid (8)

6 Duplicitous (3-6)

7 Pistol case (7)

11 So as to impress (3,6)

13 Chief support (8)

14 Short popular saying (7)

16 Indicate by gesture (6)

19 Dirty-looking (5)

20 Knock senseless (4)

23 Be situated (3)

ACROSS
1 French words I’ve inserted
could lead to an action (7)
5 He broke all the
commandments (5)
8 Dog cart adapted for
Croesus for example (9)
9 One for the expert (3)
10 Two-way agreement (4)
12 Start playing up after
industrial action (6,2)
14 Moderation seen
when lacking a fashion
allowance (6)
15 Exchange of charity? (6)
17 Mother has to think deeply
about a perfume holder (8)
18 Forbid a rigged vote (4)
21 The goat that got rid of
self-consciousness? (3)
22 Recovering,need
month off (2,3,4)
24 We set about being
nice to people (5)
25 An early caller (7)

DOWN

1 Vehicle was blue (5)

2 Most authors have

written about this

Greek character (3)

3 This instrument sounds

appalling (4)

4 Spirit a priest might

conjure up (6)

5 Lacking a real

foundation? (8)

6 Dramatic alias (5,4)

7 He has dropped off and

is run over by a train (7)

11 Off the cuff so to speak (9)

13 Indicate that the score is

not quite accurate (5,3)

14 Put down to do more

evening work? (7)

16 Superior kind of

speculator (6)

19 Decoration only given

to subordinates? (5)

20 Sign put up by

Verne’s captain (4)

23 Take a course (3)

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KENKEN

SUDOKU DIFFICULTYRATING:HHHHH

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

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

inany 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

-3-3 00

13/4S

12/7R

36/28S

14/0S

14/2PC

12/5S

9/2S

17/2PC

24/23T

19/9S

17/7S

13/5PC

19/11S

12/3R

26/23PC

11/1PC

25/17R

15/5R

16/9R

33/20S

13/5PC

19/8S

17/7R

11/10PC

15/4R

29/26T

22/18R

19/17R

22/11PC

11/5PC

14/9PC

36/28S

13/3S

14/3PC

13/3PC

9/2PC

15/3PC

24/20R

15/7R

18/11PC

11/5PC

20/12PC

14/4PC

26/24S

14/4PC

29/18S

10/8R

16/10PC

34/20S

15/4PC

21/11PC

18/5PC

1 1/9R

12/2PC

29/26T

24/18R

18/3R

13/12R

8/1PC

16/9R

36/29S

18/7S

7/-3R

8/-2R

4/-1S

8/-3C

22/21R

15/9S

19/10PC

9/3PC

20/12R

16/8PC

27/24PC

12/-1C

30/18S

13/9R

16/10PC

35/21S

9/0PC

24/12PC

18/9PC

12/10R

13/2PC

31/24PC

25/18R

8/4R

25/11PC

TODAY SAT. SUN.

3/-4C

11/0S

7/-7S

9/-3PC

0/-2SN

2/-6SN

-4/-19SN

3/-1SN

9/-3PC

4/-5PC

4/0PC

7/2PC

8/-3PC

-13/-22SF

6/-1SF

8/2C

5/0PC

14/4PC

11/-3PC

9/3PC

6/-6S

10/-4PC

7/2R

11/-1PC

5/-4RS

7/-3S

4/-3S

8/-1PC

6/0SF

3/-5C

5/0R

6/-6S

7/-3S

-1/-12SF

8/2S

3/-10S

8/6R

8/7R

5/2RS

-11/-18SF

8/-5PC

-16/-27PC

4/-1C

9/6C

10/-4S

10/0PC

2/-4S

4/-4S

-13/-21SN

1/-4SF

10/4PC

• 4/-5SF
  6/-3S
  6/4R
  9/4PC
  -12/-20S
  6/-1RS
  9/2R
  10/6PC
  10/9R
  10/3S
  10/8R
  7/3PC
  10/3PC
  5/0R
  9/5PC
  7/-2S
  11/-2S
  4/-4PC
  7/3PC
  10/-2S
  2/-5S
  1/-1RS
  9/3PC
  5/2R
  1/-18SN
  6/4R
  8/1S
  9/6R
  9/6R
  5/2R
  -11/-17C
  7/-3PC
  -20/-27S

3/-3SF

15/3R

9/1S

10/-2PC

1/-3S

4/1RS

-17/-18S

2/-7PC

8/6R

4/-4PC

7/0PC

16/5R

9/2R

-11/-20PC

4/-3SF

9/2R

10/5R

15/4R

6/5R

15/5R

7/1R

7/5R

6/0RS

13/5R

4/1R

13/0PC

1 1/-4PC

5/0R

5/1PC

0/-2S

0/-2SN

7/1R

5/-6RS

-10/-11PC

16/5R

4/1RS

10/6R

10/6R

4/1R

-11/-17PC

8/-1S

-18/-28PC

TODAY SAT. SUN. IQALUIT

-13/-22SF

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY

-1/-3SN

ST.JOHN’S

5/0R

HALIFAX

MONTREAL 4/0PC

11/-3PC

BOSTON

11/2PC

TORONTO

8/2S

WASHINGTON

22/11PC

ATLANTA

28/16PC

MIAMI

30/22PC

SAN JUAN

28/23R

NEW ORLEANS

30/23PC

HOUSTON

29/22PC

PHOENIX

19/8S

DENVER

12/1R

CHICAGO

9/7R

WINNIPEG

8/-5PC

REGINA

7/-3S

CHURCHILL

-4/-19SN

YELLOWKNIFE

-16/-27PC

WHITEHORSE

-11/-18SF

EDMONTON

4/-5PC

VANCOUVER

8/6R

PORTLAND

8/7R

LOS ANGELES

19/11S

LAS VEGAS

17/7S

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storm rain

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INUVIK

-23/-29FG

OTTAWA

10/-4PC

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