The Washington Post - USA (2021-10-26)

C6 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 , 2021

BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY! TIM RICKARD

CURTIS RAY BILLINGSLEY

SHERMAN’S LAGOON JIM TOOMEY

RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET

FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES

RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE

LIO MARK TATULLI

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE

BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL

MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER

AGNES TONY COCHRAN

WUMO MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER

MARK TRAIL JULES RIVERA

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS

BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS

SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE

CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ

CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE

SUDOKU

NO RTH

♠7 5 2

♥ 7 6 3

♦A J 10 3

♣ A K 4

WEST

♠ 9

♥ A 9 8 2

♦9 8 7 6

♣ Q J 9 3

EAST

♠Q 10 8 3

♥ Q J 10

♦5 4

♣ 10 8 6 5

SOUTH (D)

♠A K J 6 4

♥ K 5 4

♦K Q 2

♣ 7 2

The bidding:

“T

he man finally got hi s

due,” Unlucky Louie

told me.

Louie meant Harlow the

Halo, my club’s luckiest play-

er. His finesses always win

and his errors never cost.

“Harlow and I both played

at four spades in a team

match,” Louie said, “and

West led the queen of clubs.

Harlow won in dummy and

led a trump to his jack. His

finesse won, of course, but

when he took the ace, West

discarded. Harlow cashed

the king and started the dia-

monds, but his luck ran out.

East ruffed the third diamond

and led the queen of hearts.

Down one.

“My play was better,”

Louie said. “I couldn’t let

East win a trump trick to shift

to hearts, so I led a trump at

Trick Two — and played the

six when East followed with

the three. West won and led

another club, and I won, took

the ace of trumps, led to the

10 of diamonds, picked up

the trumps and ran the dia-

monds to pitch a heart.”

“Well done,” I said.

“Harlow’s luck couldn’t last

forever.”

“He’ll probably start a

new streak tomorrow,” Louie

sighed.

DAILY QUESTION

You hold:

♠A K J 6 4 ♥ K 5 4

♦K Q 2 ♣ 7 2

The dealer, at your right,

opens one club. You overcall

one spade, the next player

bids two clubs and two pass-

es follow. What do you say?

ANSWER: Don’t sell out

when the opponents have

found a trump fit but have

stopped low, and your

partner surely has a bit of

strength. Double. Since

partner has not acted, your

double is for takeout. He will

support your spades, bid a

red suit or (rarely) pass for

penalty.

N- S VULNERABLE

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

1 ♠ Pass 2 ♦ Pass

3 ♦ Pass 3 ♠ Pass

4 ♠ All pass

Opening lead — ♣ Q

BRIDGE

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