BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE
MAY 3,2017 I B5
The fabric of Bertie County since 1832
Features
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TODAY'S WORD
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1 Media watch
dog org.
4 Basin acces
sory
8 Jason's ship
12 Carte lead-in
13 Old woman's
home? ■
14 Catcall
15 Capital of
Uzbekistan
17 Elliptical
18 Involve
19 Plant bristle
21 Mischievous
tyke
22 Capital of
Rwanda
26 Prologue
29 Fast flier
30 Director
Howard
31 Little lamb's
owner
32 Prohibit
33 Ostentatious
display
34 Santa —
winds
35 Blunder
36 Point of view
37 Capital of
Mozambique
39 Ostrich's
cousin
40 Cal.'s ocean
41 Dutch
exports
45 Shaving
cream
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Karma
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Puppy
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Big bother
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the track
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Weekly SUDOKU
by Linda Thistle
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1. LITERATURE: What was the name
of the city where Anne Frank and her
family hid from Nazis in “The Diary of
Tfrme Frank”?
2. MEASUREMENTS; How many
feet are there in a fathom?
3. ADVERTISEMENTS: What prod
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U.S. TV after Jan. 1,1971?
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boundary between the North American
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stand for in the BRAT diet for children
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“Kojak”?
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many siblings does a septuplet have?
8. FOOD & DRINK: What is “beurre
noir”?
9. MOVIES: What movie’s last line
was, “We’ll go on forever, Pa, ‘cause
we’re the people”?
10. MUSIC: Who composed “Music
for the Royal Fireworks”?
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