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BAD DECISION (17A: Sleeping with makeup on, for example) Using a specific example for this clue was a fun decision, and this particular example amused me. OPEC (21A: Twelve-member oil grp.)
A call which indicates either: (1) a willingness to play the contract named, (2) a suit bid suggesting length or strength in that suit, (3) a notrump bid that suggests a balanced hand, (4) a double that suggests the ability to defeat the opponent's contract, (5) a redouble to suggest that the contract can be made in the face of a double by ...
A bidding system in contract bridge is the set of agreements and understandings assigned to calls and sequences of calls used by a partnership, and includes a full description of the meaning of each treatment and convention. The purpose of bidding is for each partnership to ascertain which contract, whether made or defeated and whether bid by ...
A game in which a number of different contracts is played in succession e.g. Barbu, Quodlibet and Poch. [31] contract An agreement or obligation to play a certain type of game, to win a certain number of points or tricks in a hand, round or game. [19] contractor The highest bidder who then plays out his contract. [11] contrat
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Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
For example, the clue "A few, we hear, add up (3)" is the clue for SUM. The straight definition is "add up", meaning "totalize". The solver must guess that "we hear" indicates a homophone, and so a homophone of a synonym of "A few" ("some") is the answer. Other words relating to sound or hearing can be used to signal the presence of a homophone ...
(The Center Square) – Reactions are mixed as to whether Illinois should have a Department of Government Efficiency effort similar to what the Trump administration is doing with federal agencies.