The Anniston Star
Monday, September 23, 2013
Blondie
HOROSCOPE By Bernice Bede Osol
Hagar the Horrible
Beetle Bailey
Snuffy Smith
Everything you’ve experienced will contribute to how far you go in the year ahead. Focus on making money at your work and through investments. Don’t give in to bullying when it comes to something extravagant. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Keep life simple and avoid over-the-top expenses or responsibilities that will hinder the ability to take care of your needs. Don’t be reluctant to do what’s best for you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Do whatever it takes to improve your living space. Any projects that can enhance the way you look and feel will help you project a better image. Choose good will over anger. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — A day trip that offers adventure or new experiences could prove advantageous. Let your free spirit take over, and be on the lookout for opportunity. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Don’t be shy, and make sure you loudly express your reasons for the decisions you make. Have confidence and show your leadership ability in a work situation, and you’ll gain the right followers. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Too much self-criticism can be debilitating. Look at your positive qualities and work at perfecting the things you enjoy most and do best. If you direct your focus correctly, success will follow. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — You’ve got what it takes to make a difference. Use your skills and offer people help and sug-
gestions, and you will make an impression that will lead to greater prosperity and stability. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t allow personal problems to stand between you and your goals. Step outside your situation and establish what you need to do to excel. You need to plan your moves carefully to solidify your position. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Be aware of what’s going on around you before you take any irrevocable steps. Sticking to rules and regulations will protect you from dubious encounters. Educate yourself and investigate matters before you make a pledge. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Play around with ideas and options that could improve your living space. Joining new groups will lead to valuable networking opportunities. An open, receptive attitude will lead to good fortune. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Do your own thing. Don’t expect everyone to agree with you or help you. Letting go could be the smartest move you’ll make. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Offer suggestions to people seeking help, but don’t take on responsibilities that don’t belong to you. Emotionally charged situations will turn into a battle if you aren’t diplomatic. A change will do you good. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Focus on participation today, be it in your community or in your career. Becoming more involved in a cause or group will lead to new friends and lasting relationships.
Mutts
Garfield
Zits
Born Loser
Jump Start
Wizard of Id
B.C.
Pickles
Dilbert
Baby Blues
Get Fuzzy
Bound & Gagged
Mother Goose and Grimm
Dennis the Menace
Family Circus
THE CLASSIFIED CHALLENGE ACROSS 1 Clods 5 Got a chuckle out of 11 Roulette bet 14 Lawyer’s assistant, for short 15 Vox __: voice of the people 16 Architect I.M. 17 Ending from Ali 19 Plumbing pipe initials 20 Very long time 21 Ending from Nixon 23 Civil War soldier 25 Unhittable serve 27 Proverbial waste maker 28 Ship’s front 30 Dilbert creator Scott 34 Poet’s “at no time” 35 Abandon on an isle 37 Superman and Batman wear them 39 Ending from the Elephant Man 42 Parcels (out) 43 Car window adornments 46 Atlas pages 49 Boss’s nervousness-inducing note 51 Banjo support of song 52 “It’s __!”: warning shout 54 Humanities major 56 Archer’s wood 57 Ending from Lennon and McCartney 61 Miss. neighbor 63 Salt, in Quebec 64 Ending from Beyoncé 68 One: Pref. 69 Copenhagen’s __ Gardens 70 Hullabaloos 71 Beginning for this puzzle’s five endings 72Monday, Annie,September for one 23, 2013 73 Sibilant “Hey, you!”
DOWN 1 Make a choice 2 Backrub response 3 Not a child of bondage 4 Pudding starch 5 King Kong, e.g. 6 Sounded ghostly 7 Until 8 Bird feeder filler 9 Movie lioness 10 Roadside depression 11 Go up against 12 Spend, as time 13 Haggle 18 Genetic letters 22 Plunder
23 Turntable no. 24 Time in history 26 Ear passages 29 Carpentry tool 31 __ of mistaken identity 32 “Oh, brother!” 33 “Itsy bitsy” waterspout climber 36 Plains native 38 Suffix with phon40 Born, in society pages 41 Refs’ whistle holders 44 Grant’s opponent 45 Put in stitches 46 2009 World Series MVP Hideki
GOREN BRIDGE
47 Goddess who advised Odysseus 48 Bout before the main event, briefly 50 Garam __: Indian spice mixture 53 Meal, in Milan 55 Mai __: cocktail 58 Bear’s home 59 “We’d appreciate your answer,” on invitations 60 “This is bad!” 62 Vault 65 Half a sawbuck 66 Comedian Bill, informally 67 Repair quote: Abbr.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s Crossword,Sudoku Puzzle and Jumble solutions are included below. WITH TANNAH HIRSCH
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BRIDGE
SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES
WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ ANSWERS
SOUTH 1♠ ?
WEST NORTH EAST Pass 1NT Pass
What do you bid now? A - It depends on your methods. If you play one no trump forcing, you must bid two clubs, your cheaper three-card minor. If not, with your balanced minimum you should pass.
EAST 1♦
SOUTH ?
WEST
What do you bid now?
A - There is no reason to go crazy with this holding by making some dramatic bid in spades and forcing partner to guess with little knowledge of what you actually hold. Take it easy and respond one spade. You can always jump in spades later to show nothing but spades with little in defense outside the bid suit.
Q 2 - Vulnerable, you hold:
Q 5 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:
♠KQJ632♥KQJ82♦7♣6
♠ 9 4 ♥ A K 8 6 3 ♦ A 10 ♣ 10 9 5 4
Partner opens the bidding with one diamond. What do you respond?
The bidding has proceeded:
A - If your first temptation is to jump to two spades, brush it aside. Correct is to respond with a simple one spade. That is forcing and, unless partner raises, jump shift to three hearts to describe a powerful major two-suiter.
SOUTH 1♥ ?
WEST NORTH EAST Pass 2♣ Pass
What do you bid now?
♠ J 9 7 6 ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ Q ♣ Q J 9 8 3
A - In the good old days, to raise partner to three clubs would show a better than minimum opener since you would be suggesting a minor as a possible contract, so you would have to rebid two hearts. These days, with sounder two-over-one responses, there is no need to conceal four-card support from partner. Bid three clubs.
The bidding has proceeded:
Q 6 - Vulnerable, you hold:
Q 3 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:
NORTH 1♠
EAST 2♦
SOUTH ?
WEST
What action do you take?
A - You have six high-card points, two of which likely are wasted. However, experience shows that it is unprofitable to pass when you have four-card support for partner's major. Bid two spades. Q 4 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠AK98543♥984♦96♣5
♠ Q 8 5 4 ♥ Q J 7 4 ♦ K 9 ♣ K 10 2
Your left-hand opponent’s opening bid of one diamond is passed round to you. What action do you take?
Answer:
The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH 1♣
BOGUS LLAMA DISMAY CASHEW
♠AKJ84♥83♦J92♣KJ7
The bidding has proceeded:
When she suggested her dad talk to a lawyer about estate planning, he said — WILL DO
Q 1 - As South, vulnerable, you hold:
A - We would not argue much with a balancing one no trump bid, showing 11-15 points. However, holding both major suits and a three-card fragment in the other minor, we have a strong preference for a reopening double.
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THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.
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MALAL SIDYAM CHAWES
Jumble puzzle magazines available at pennydellpuzzles.com/jumblemags
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.
Print your answer here: Saturday’s
(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: RIVER ONION TURKEY AWHILE Answer: Construction on the new gym wasn’t going well, but everything would — WORK OUT
For the latest in local news, visit www.AnnistonStar.com
THE CLASSIFIED CHALLENGE ACROSS 1 Clods 5 Got a chuckle out of 11 Roulette bet 14 Lawyer’s assistant, for short 15 Vox __: voice of the people 16 Architect I.M. 17 Ending from Ali 19 Plumbing pipe initials 20 Very long time 21 Ending from Nixon 23 Civil War soldier 25 Unhittable serve 27 Proverbial waste maker 28 Ship’s front 30 Dilbert creator Scott 34 Poet’s “at no time” 35 Abandon on an isle 37 Superman and Batman wear them 39 Ending from the Elephant Man 42 Parcels (out) 43 Car window adornments 46 Atlas pages 49 Boss’s nervousness-inducing note 51 Banjo support of song 52 “It’s __!”: warning shout 54 Humanities major 56 Archer’s wood 57 Ending from Lennon and McCartney 61 Miss. neighbor 63 Salt, in Quebec 64 Ending from Beyoncé 68 One: Pref. 69 Copenhagen’s __ Gardens 70 Hullabaloos 71 Beginning for this puzzle’s five endings 72Monday, Annie,September for one 23, 2013 73 Sibilant “Hey, you!”
DOWN 1 Make a choice 2 Backrub response 3 Not a child of bondage 4 Pudding starch 5 King Kong, e.g. 6 Sounded ghostly 7 Until 8 Bird feeder filler 9 Movie lioness 10 Roadside depression 11 Go up against 12 Spend, as time 13 Haggle 18 Genetic letters 22 Plunder
23 Turntable no. 24 Time in history 26 Ear passages 29 Carpentry tool 31 __ of mistaken identity 32 “Oh, brother!” 33 “Itsy bitsy” waterspout climber 36 Plains native 38 Suffix with phon40 Born, in society pages 41 Refs’ whistle holders 44 Grant’s opponent 45 Put in stitches 46 2009 World Series MVP Hideki
GOREN BRIDGE
47 Goddess who advised Odysseus 48 Bout before the main event, briefly 50 Garam __: Indian spice mixture 53 Meal, in Milan 55 Mai __: cocktail 58 Bear’s home 59 “We’d appreciate your answer,” on invitations 60 “This is bad!” 62 Vault 65 Half a sawbuck 66 Comedian Bill, informally 67 Repair quote: Abbr.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s Crossword,Sudoku Puzzle and Jumble solutions are included below. WITH TANNAH HIRSCH
©2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
BRIDGE
SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES
WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ ANSWERS
SOUTH 1♠ ?
WEST NORTH EAST Pass 1NT Pass
What do you bid now? A - It depends on your methods. If you play one no trump forcing, you must bid two clubs, your cheaper three-card minor. If not, with your balanced minimum you should pass.
EAST 1♦
SOUTH ?
WEST
What do you bid now?
A - There is no reason to go crazy with this holding by making some dramatic bid in spades and forcing partner to guess with little knowledge of what you actually hold. Take it easy and respond one spade. You can always jump in spades later to show nothing but spades with little in defense outside the bid suit.
Q 2 - Vulnerable, you hold:
Q 5 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:
♠KQJ632♥KQJ82♦7♣6
♠ 9 4 ♥ A K 8 6 3 ♦ A 10 ♣ 10 9 5 4
Partner opens the bidding with one diamond. What do you respond?
The bidding has proceeded:
A - If your first temptation is to jump to two spades, brush it aside. Correct is to respond with a simple one spade. That is forcing and, unless partner raises, jump shift to three hearts to describe a powerful major two-suiter.
SOUTH 1♥ ?
WEST NORTH EAST Pass 2♣ Pass
What do you bid now?
♠ J 9 7 6 ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ Q ♣ Q J 9 8 3
A - In the good old days, to raise partner to three clubs would show a better than minimum opener since you would be suggesting a minor as a possible contract, so you would have to rebid two hearts. These days, with sounder two-over-one responses, there is no need to conceal four-card support from partner. Bid three clubs.
The bidding has proceeded:
Q 6 - Vulnerable, you hold:
Q 3 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:
NORTH 1♠
EAST 2♦
SOUTH ?
WEST
What action do you take?
A - You have six high-card points, two of which likely are wasted. However, experience shows that it is unprofitable to pass when you have four-card support for partner's major. Bid two spades. Q 4 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠AK98543♥984♦96♣5
♠ Q 8 5 4 ♥ Q J 7 4 ♦ K 9 ♣ K 10 2
Your left-hand opponent’s opening bid of one diamond is passed round to you. What action do you take?
Answer:
The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH 1♣
BOGUS LLAMA DISMAY CASHEW
♠AKJ84♥83♦J92♣KJ7
The bidding has proceeded:
When she suggested her dad talk to a lawyer about estate planning, he said — WILL DO
Q 1 - As South, vulnerable, you hold:
A - We would not argue much with a balancing one no trump bid, showing 11-15 points. However, holding both major suits and a three-card fragment in the other minor, we have a strong preference for a reopening double.
The Star’s on TWITTER
(Tannah Hirsch welcomes readers’ responses to gorenbridge@aol.com.)
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.
GUBOS ©2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved.
MALAL SIDYAM CHAWES
Jumble puzzle magazines available at pennydellpuzzles.com/jumblemags
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.
Print your answer here: Saturday’s
(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: RIVER ONION TURKEY AWHILE Answer: Construction on the new gym wasn’t going well, but everything would — WORK OUT
For the latest in local news, visit www.AnnistonStar.com
THE CLASSIFIED CHALLENGE ACROSS 1 Clods 5 Got a chuckle out of 11 Roulette bet 14 Lawyer’s assistant, for short 15 Vox __: voice of the people 16 Architect I.M. 17 Ending from Ali 19 Plumbing pipe initials 20 Very long time 21 Ending from Nixon 23 Civil War soldier 25 Unhittable serve 27 Proverbial waste maker 28 Ship’s front 30 Dilbert creator Scott 34 Poet’s “at no time” 35 Abandon on an isle 37 Superman and Batman wear them 39 Ending from the Elephant Man 42 Parcels (out) 43 Car window adornments 46 Atlas pages 49 Boss’s nervousness-inducing note 51 Banjo support of song 52 “It’s __!”: warning shout 54 Humanities major 56 Archer’s wood 57 Ending from Lennon and McCartney 61 Miss. neighbor 63 Salt, in Quebec 64 Ending from Beyoncé 68 One: Pref. 69 Copenhagen’s __ Gardens 70 Hullabaloos 71 Beginning for this puzzle’s five endings 72Monday, Annie,September for one 23, 2013 73 Sibilant “Hey, you!”
DOWN 1 Make a choice 2 Backrub response 3 Not a child of bondage 4 Pudding starch 5 King Kong, e.g. 6 Sounded ghostly 7 Until 8 Bird feeder filler 9 Movie lioness 10 Roadside depression 11 Go up against 12 Spend, as time 13 Haggle 18 Genetic letters 22 Plunder
23 Turntable no. 24 Time in history 26 Ear passages 29 Carpentry tool 31 __ of mistaken identity 32 “Oh, brother!” 33 “Itsy bitsy” waterspout climber 36 Plains native 38 Suffix with phon40 Born, in society pages 41 Refs’ whistle holders 44 Grant’s opponent 45 Put in stitches 46 2009 World Series MVP Hideki
GOREN BRIDGE
47 Goddess who advised Odysseus 48 Bout before the main event, briefly 50 Garam __: Indian spice mixture 53 Meal, in Milan 55 Mai __: cocktail 58 Bear’s home 59 “We’d appreciate your answer,” on invitations 60 “This is bad!” 62 Vault 65 Half a sawbuck 66 Comedian Bill, informally 67 Repair quote: Abbr.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s Crossword,Sudoku Puzzle and Jumble solutions are included below. WITH TANNAH HIRSCH
©2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
BRIDGE
SOLUTIONS TO TODAY’S PUZZLES
WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ ANSWERS
SOUTH 1♠ ?
WEST NORTH EAST Pass 1NT Pass
What do you bid now? A - It depends on your methods. If you play one no trump forcing, you must bid two clubs, your cheaper three-card minor. If not, with your balanced minimum you should pass.
EAST 1♦
SOUTH ?
WEST
What do you bid now?
A - There is no reason to go crazy with this holding by making some dramatic bid in spades and forcing partner to guess with little knowledge of what you actually hold. Take it easy and respond one spade. You can always jump in spades later to show nothing but spades with little in defense outside the bid suit.
Q 2 - Vulnerable, you hold:
Q 5 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:
♠KQJ632♥KQJ82♦7♣6
♠ 9 4 ♥ A K 8 6 3 ♦ A 10 ♣ 10 9 5 4
Partner opens the bidding with one diamond. What do you respond?
The bidding has proceeded:
A - If your first temptation is to jump to two spades, brush it aside. Correct is to respond with a simple one spade. That is forcing and, unless partner raises, jump shift to three hearts to describe a powerful major two-suiter.
SOUTH 1♥ ?
WEST NORTH EAST Pass 2♣ Pass
What do you bid now?
♠ J 9 7 6 ♥ 10 9 6 ♦ Q ♣ Q J 9 8 3
A - In the good old days, to raise partner to three clubs would show a better than minimum opener since you would be suggesting a minor as a possible contract, so you would have to rebid two hearts. These days, with sounder two-over-one responses, there is no need to conceal four-card support from partner. Bid three clubs.
The bidding has proceeded:
Q 6 - Vulnerable, you hold:
Q 3 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold:
NORTH 1♠
EAST 2♦
SOUTH ?
WEST
What action do you take?
A - You have six high-card points, two of which likely are wasted. However, experience shows that it is unprofitable to pass when you have four-card support for partner's major. Bid two spades. Q 4 - Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠AK98543♥984♦96♣5
♠ Q 8 5 4 ♥ Q J 7 4 ♦ K 9 ♣ K 10 2
Your left-hand opponent’s opening bid of one diamond is passed round to you. What action do you take?
Answer:
The bidding has proceeded:
NORTH 1♣
BOGUS LLAMA DISMAY CASHEW
♠AKJ84♥83♦J92♣KJ7
The bidding has proceeded:
When she suggested her dad talk to a lawyer about estate planning, he said — WILL DO
Q 1 - As South, vulnerable, you hold:
A - We would not argue much with a balancing one no trump bid, showing 11-15 points. However, holding both major suits and a three-card fragment in the other minor, we have a strong preference for a reopening double.
The Star’s on TWITTER
(Tannah Hirsch welcomes readers’ responses to gorenbridge@aol.com.)
THAT SCRAMBLED WORD GAME
Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.
GUBOS ©2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC All Rights Reserved.
MALAL SIDYAM CHAWES
Jumble puzzle magazines available at pennydellpuzzles.com/jumblemags
by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek
Now arrange the circled letters to form the surprise answer, as suggested by the above cartoon.
Print your answer here: Saturday’s
(Answers tomorrow) Jumbles: RIVER ONION TURKEY AWHILE Answer: Construction on the new gym wasn’t going well, but everything would — WORK OUT
For the latest in local news, visit www.AnnistonStar.com