By Phillip Alder Robert Altman, a film director and screen- writer who died in 2006, said, "To play it safe is not to play." He obviously was not a bridge player. How should South play as safely as possible in this three-no-trump contract? West leads his fourth-highest heart and East puts up the jack. North's three-diamond rebid guarantees at least a six-card suit and promises a good 14 to a so-so 17 high-card points. (Note that six dia- monds is only slightly worse than a finesse. It needs West to have the trump king, but fails if he has four or five diamonds.) The original declarer grabbed the first trick with his heart king and ran the diamond 10. East happily won with his king and returned the heart two (his original fourth-highest) and West took four tricks in the suit for down one. South, as defeated declarers are wont to do, grumbled about bad luck. But this gave North his opportunity. "You know from the first trick that West has the ace-10 of hearts hovering over your queen-nine. If East had the ace, he would have played it, third hand high. And if East had the jack and 10, he would have put up the 10, the lower of equal cards when playing third hand high. To keep East off the lead, play a club to dummy's king and run the spade 10. It loses and West shifts to a diamond, but you with dummy's ace, play a spade to your ace, lead a club to dummy's ace, and play a spade to your nine. You take three spades, one heart, one diamond and four clubs. Your chances are 77.6 percent, much better than the 50-50 diamond finesse." Copyright 2011, United Feature Syndicate ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your way is no better or worse; it just is. As long as it works for you, it works -- period. Try not to compare yourself to others in any way for the next 48 hours. Focus instead on your own scene. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will bring your very best efforts to the table. You’ll do what you can in the moment, and when the moment is gone, you’ll say, “Well, I did what I could.” And you’ll be right. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There’s a time you have only a dim recollection of, and if you think hard, you’ll remember it even less. Such a time will only be remembered when you relax and enjoy yourself. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll put on a good face for your friends. Is that really you? An internal struggle rages on, a battle between who you think you should be and who you essentially are. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your mood: con- tent. There is nothing to need or want, and that’s a good feeling. Tomorrow your ambi- tion kicks in anew, so enjoy the present peaceful mental state. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You would love to witness a mystical happening. As imagina- tive and open-minded as you are, you would handle such a breach of the agreed-upon real- ity quite well. Hold on to hope, and such an event could happen today. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your steady approach to domestic matters makes your home a place of peace and tranquility. The stability you provide is a gift and is more nec- essary than you know. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A project will demand much of you. You will win the prize for “the most stamina.” You will keep going until there is no one else left standing, and you’ll continue for many hours beyond that point. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Though you’ve tried to be economical in your deal- ings, you now realize there is a degree of waste that must happen in order for you to create your new reality. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Monkeys and birds preen constantly. Goats like you are not as worried about appearances, though you’ll do something extra in this department now -- like get a haircut or take an extra-long bath. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Who will do your bidding? When you are willing and able, you usually do it yourself. Once in a while, it’s nice to know you can trust someone else to do it for you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The one who finishes first is not the winner. The winner will be determined by some other criteria more subtle and strange -- for instance, the one who involves the most senses while lis- tening. TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 15). In the past, you might have deemed a circumstance as “unfair” and written it off as simply the way the world works. This year will be differ- ent. You’ll organize your world the way you want it and turn the fortunes in your favor. Your keen mind, practical ideas and network of connections make it all possible. Capricorn and Cancer people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 48, 32, 11 and 6. DUSTIN BORN LOSER BC BEETLE BAILEY BABY BLUES HAGAR ZITS “HOROSCOPES by HOLIDAY” BLONDIE MARVIN DILBERT FRANK & EARNEST BRIDGE MODERATELY CONFUSED FAMILY CIRCUS DENNIS THE MENACE GRIN AND BEAR IT BIZARRO GASOLINE ALLEY MUTTS (Answers tomorrow) MOUND SCARF CANCEL OYSTER Yesterday’s Jumbles: Answer: He wasn’t going to win the tennis match due to his — MANY FAULTS 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 four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words. NOUIN SUGNT STOEDS EEPPOL ©2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sign Up for the IAFLOFCI (OFFICIAL) Jumble Facebook fan club A: Word of the Day: Cipher Solution: “You’re a grand old flag ... the emblem of the land I love. / The home of the free and the brave.” - George M. Cohan Enid News & Eagle Wednesday, June 15, 2011 ■ Page B5 Celebrity Cipher: Today’s clue: S equals F “O CEB’H PUH CEXB EB BEMECN UDKU SEJ CEOBP XZWHURUJ UDKU HZUN CE. HE UWAZ ZOK EXB.” - DOHHDU JOAZWJC C M Y K C M Y K GRIZZWELLS orison (noun) – a prayer