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  • If West wins the ♥, the defenders cannot prevent a cross-ruff.

    What are friends for? 2011

  • To exhaust a dangerous opponent of cards in his partner's long suit, or to rectify the count for a squeeze, or to conserve entries in your own long suits, or to prepare the ground for a cross-ruff, or...

    Feeling up to par? 2011

  • And if North discarded diamonds, declarer could achieve a complete cross-ruff, with North's queen of hearts and South's queen of diamonds taking the 13th trick.

    How to make a slam while losing two tricks 2010

  • Winning with the ace, declarer embarked on a cross-ruff: a spade was ruffed in the West hand, the ace of clubs was cashed for a diamond discard from the table, and a club was led towards the dummy.

    How to make a slam while losing two tricks 2010

  • It's an old theme: if you're going to play on cross-ruff lines, cash your side-suit winners early.

    The virtuosity of technique 2010

  • South won the opening lead and embarked on a prolonged cross-ruff.

    A problematic hand for West 2010

  • It is always possible that the Declarer or his partner may be absolutely void of the suit or suits in which the doubler expects to win his tricks, so that sometimes a hand with which the most conservative player would double, goes to pieces before a cross-ruff.

    Auction of To-day Milton C. Work

  • This is most apt to happen in two-suit hands, or when length in Trumps is coupled with a cross-ruff.

    Auction of To-day Milton C. Work

  • To exhaust a dangerous opponent of cards in his partner's long suit, or to rectify the count for a squeeze, or to conserve entries in your own long suits, or to prepare the ground for a cross-ruff, or...

    The Guardian World News Zia Mahmood 2011

  • He won the spade continuation with dummy's ace, cashed the queen of hearts to discard his spade loser and embarked on a cross-ruff.

    Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk Zia Mahmood 2010

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