PEANUTS BY CHARLES SCHULZ GARFIELD BY JIM DAVIS ZITS …
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PEANUTS ® BY CHARLES SCHULZ ZITS ® BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN FRANK AND ERNEST ® BY BOB THAVES BEETLE BAILEY ® BY MORT & GREG WALKER THE BORN LOSER ® BY ART & CHIP SANSOM HI AND LOIS ® BY BRIAN & GREG WALKER & CHANCE BROWNE DILBERT ® BY SCOTT ADAMS BLONDIE ® BY DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE ® BY LYNN JOHNSTON BRIDGE ® BY PHILLIP ADLER GARFIELD ® BY JIM DAVIS HAGAR THE HORRIBLE ® BY CHRIS BROWNE PICKLES ® BY BRIAN CRANE BABY BLUES ® BY RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT BARNEY GOOGLE & SNUFFY SMITH ® BY F. LASSWELL & JOHN ROSE (Answers tomorrow) PROUD SLANT THWART ISLAND Yesterday’s Jumbles: Answer: He borrowed money to open a stand to sell his tank tops and — LOST HIS SHIRT Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon. THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME By David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek Unscramble these Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. ©2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved. Get the free JUST JUMBLE app • Follow us on Twitter @PlayJumble LUFAT FJFIY RYOHNT GREETR Print your answer here: ” - “ THE FAMILY CIRCUS ® THE LOCKHORNS ® REALITY CHECK ® Dave Whamond www.tribstar.com In chess, the number of possible moves increases dramatically as the game unfolds. In bridge, though, the number of possible plays decreases with each trick. Plus, the requirement to follow suit further reduces your options. However, the more of those choices you consider, the more likely you are to come up with the best play. In today’s deal, East has to find the lethal defense. West leads the heart four against three no-trump. What should East do? North’s bid of three no-trump was correct. He hoped that the long diamond suit would provide enough tricks for game. Also, it is almost always easier to win nine tricks than 11, especially with no side-suit shortage. The natural instinct is for East to win the first trick with the heart ace and to return a heart, trying to run partner’s suit. But the point-count suggests that West’s suit is unlikely to be that good. Besides, that diamond suit in the dummy is threatening. Unless South has all four missing diamonds, East can cut declarer’s communications in the suit by holding up his ace. However, there is an entry on the board. East must remove that spade ace, and the only winning play is to take the first trick with the heart ace and shift to the spade king. After this defense, declarer can win only two tricks in each suit, finishing down one. Leading an unsupported honor to remove an opponent’s entry card is called the Merrimac Coup. It is named after an American coal-carrying ship that was sunk in Santiago Harbor in 1898 in an effort to tie up the Spanish fleet.
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PEANUTS® BY CHARLES SCHULZ
ZITS® BY JERRY SCOTT & JIM BORGMAN
FRANK AND ERNEST® BY BOB THAVES
BEETLE BAILEY® BY MORT & GREG WALKER
THE BORN LOSER® BY ART & CHIP SANSOM
HI AND LOIS® BY BRIAN & GREG WALKER & CHANCE BROWNE DILBERT® BY SCOTT ADAMS
BLONDIE® BY DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE® BY LYNN JOHNSTON
BRIDGE® BY PHILLIP ADLER
GARFIELD® BY JIM DAVIS
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE® BY CHRIS BROWNE
PICKLES® BY BRIAN CRANE
BABY BLUES® BY RICK KIRKMAN & JERRY SCOTT
BARNEY GOOGLE & SNUFFY SMITH® BY F. LASSWELL & JOHN ROSE
(Answers tomorrow)PROUD SLANT THWART ISLANDYesterday’s Jumbles:
Answer: He borrowed money to open a stand to sell his tank tops and — LOST HIS SHIRT
Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, assuggested by the above cartoon.
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAMEBy David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Unscramble these Jumbles,one letter to each square,to form four ordinary words.
©2021 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved.
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THE FAMILY CIRCUS® THE LOCKHORNS® REALITY CHECK® Dave Whamond
www.tribstar.com
In chess, the number of possible moves increases dramatically as the game unfolds. In bridge, though, the number of possible plays decreases with each trick. Plus, the requirement to follow suit further reduces your options. However, the more of those choices you consider, the more likely you are to come up with the best play.
In today’s deal, East has to find the lethal defense. West leads the heart four against three no-trump. What should East do?
North’s bid of three no-trump was correct. He hoped that the long diamond suit would provide enough tricks for game. Also, it is almost always easier to win nine tricks than 11, especially with no side-suit shortage.
The natural instinct is for East to win the first trick with the heart ace and to return a heart, trying to run partner’s suit. But the point-count suggests that West’s suit is unlikely to be that good. Besides, that diamond suit in the dummy is threatening. Unless South has all four missing diamonds, East can cut declarer’s communications in the suit by holding up his ace. However, there is an entry on the board. East must remove that spade ace, and the only winning play is to take the first trick with the heart ace and shift to the spade king.
After this defense, declarer can win only two tricks in each suit, finishing down one.
Leading an unsupported honor to remove an opponent’s entry card is called the Merrimac Coup. It is named after an American coal-carrying ship that was sunk in Santiago Harbor in 1898 in an effort to tie up the Spanish fleet.
