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THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Edwin B. Kantar
December 22, 1975
On the first day of Christmas your true love may have given you a partridge in a pear tree, but I can't afford that, so I am going to give you a bridge hand, followed by 11 more. You can sample one a day through the holidays or try them at one sitting—it's up to you. The good news is that you will not make any poor bids because this quiz is on play; the bad news is that the hands are tough. They are graded in order of difficulty—five points for each of the first three, 10 for the next three, 15 for the next four, 20 for the first of two double dummy problems and 25 for the last. Turn to page 86 for the solutions.
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December 22, 1975

The Twelve Days Of Christmas

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NORTH

[Spades]
[Ace of Hearts]
[King of Hearts]
[5 of Hearts]
[4 of Hearts]
[3 of Hearts]
[2 of Hearts]
[Ace of Diamonds]
[King of Diamonds]
[Queen of Diamonds]
[4 of Diamonds]
[3 of Diamonds]
[2 of Diamonds]
[2 of Clubs]

WEST

[Ace of Spades]
[King of Spades]
[Queen of Spades]
[Jack of Spades]
[10 of Spades]
[9 of Spades]
[8 of Spades]
[7 of Spades]
[6 of Spades]
[5 of Spades]
[8 of Hearts]
[Diamonds]
[4 of Clubs]
[3 of Clubs]

SOUTH

[2 of Spades]
[Jack of Hearts]
[10 of Hearts]
[9 of Hearts]
[6 of Diamonds]
[5 of Diamonds]
[Ace of Clubs]
[King of Clubs]
[Queen of Clubs]
[Jack of Clubs]
[10 of Clubs]
[9 of Clubs]
[8 of Clubs]

EAST

[4 of Spades]
[3 of Spades]
[Queen of Hearts]
[7 of Hearts]
[6 of Hearts]
[Jack of Diamonds]
[10 of Diamonds]
[9 of Diamonds]
[8 of Diamonds]
[7 of Diamonds]
[7 of Clubs]
[6 of Clubs]
[5 of Clubs]

Dummy wins the heart lead and South races off five rounds of trumps, discarding four small hearts and a diamond from dummy. This is the position as a sixth trump is about to be played:

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