| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ENDPLAY | Tactic to make a contract |
| pitching | Make a bid to obtain a contract or other business |
| penalties | Points won by the defenders when a declarer fails to make the contract |
| bottomries | contract, of the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship borrows money to make a voyage, pledging the ship as security |
| sacrifice | A bid made in the belief that it will be less costly to be defeated in the contract than to allow the opponents to make a contract |
| POISONPILL | Tactic to make something less desirable, in financial slang |
