7 of spades and 8 of clubs 1st

Whew ! Layla played and we're all safe. (fizzbut? I hope not.)

I am so glad I got to the bottom of this. I used 7 first. I liked the fact that I could play up the 6 and 6. Then it was boom, boom - fireworks. Susan, nice find on the J first. Mom, good clue on K first. James, good clues. How about I say thaNk you to all, since you all had a part. I read through the clues quickly, but keeping in mind the J and K clue when I worked through the puzzle. It all fell in place .

Tried it CTOwnlib's way and by golly that way works also, very interesting indeed...

Yes, William, there often is !

The two ways that we've discovered so far only came to light late this afternoon. I was building on William's comment where he said that either red seven would work. Yes, either red seven works but you deal with the 6 differently depending on which red seven is first. So, I'll repeat my summary: 7 first and 6 plays up **OR** 7 first and you move the 6. Or maybe it would be more clear if I said: If you play the 7 first, then the 6 plays up. OR, if you play the 7 first, then you have to move the 6. Hope one of those is clearer.

I was originally playing it ctown's way but got 130, but now I realize it was because I was moving the 4 instead of playing it up straight. When there are two ways to play a game, I worry that there may be three and the third one for lower moves. lol

Yes, what I mean is that you said 7 first then 7 first in the same paragraph. That might be confusing to some. You're above summary is right on. I'm done for tonight. lol

I think he thought it confusing because you didn't make it clear that those were clues for two separate ways of doing it.

Thanks Donna and ctown, great clues !! Took me all day, but I finally got it. I think the problem was that I was mixing the two sets of clues.