BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE
SEPTEMBER 27,20171 B5
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The fabric of Bertie County since 1832
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those pants, are you?"
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SCRAMBLERS
Unscramble the letters within each rectangle to form four ordinary words. Then
rearrange the boxed letters to form the mystery word, which will complete the gagi
Beseech
LOVERG
Lithe
GAILE
Cheery
THERAY
Safe
RESCUE
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" You can't miss our house, — it'll be the one
with the man cutting
the grass."
TODAY'S WORD
ACROSS
1 Jail, aboard
ship
5 Altar affirma
tive
8 Mediocre
12 Ireland
13 Upper limit
14 One-liner,
often
15 Strews about
17 Language of
Pakistan
18 Light brown
19 Chapeau
20 Diamond
corners
21 Gender
22 Humor
23 Range
26 Plant
30 October stone
King Crossword
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2
3
n
12
15
18
21
23
24
25
30
33
9
10
11
136
38
39
40
45
48
51
132
27
28
29
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47
150
153
31
Half a dozen
51
Jewels
mine
31
Boston Red
32
Sea eagle
52
Reaction to a
10
Faction
—
33
Seeming con
ques.
11
Musical
34
Payable
tradiction
53
Indigent
number
35
Refined bloke
35
Magnificent
16
You
37
Century frac
36
Ultra-formal
DOWN
20
Pen name?
tions
wear
1
Tops
21
Spills every
38
Overconfident
37
"Absolutely"
2
Costa —
where
39
Sit for a pic
38
Malice
3
Persia, now
22
Candle
ture
41
Sawbuck
4
Obtain
material
40
Thing
42
Scalding
5
Glacier climb
23
Bribe
41
Comparison
45
Speck
er's tool
24
Bookkeeper
word
46
Breaks into
6
Pub missile
(Abbr.)
42
Medal earner
smithereens
7
Chances, for
25
Rowing need
43
Sandwich
48
Addict
short
26
Repair
cookie
49
Listener
8
Illegal occu
27
Raw mineral
44
Despot
50
Neighbor
pants
28
Genetic inits.
46
Red or Black
hood
9
Yours and
29
Nevertheless
47
Spigot
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Weekly SUDOKU
by Linda Thistle
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that each row across, each column down and
each small 9-box square contains all of the
numbers from one to nine.
DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK: ♦
♦ Moderate ♦♦ Challenging
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Trivia
test MCA I
Rodriguez
BY
HENRY BOLTINOFF
Find at least six differences in details between panels.
1. ANATOMY: Where is the muscle
called latissimus dorsi located in the
human body? ‘
2. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: When
did the last Ice Age end?
3. RELIGION: What do the Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse represent
in the Book of Revelation?
4. GAMES: What color of clothing
does Princess Peach wear in the Mario
Brothers video games?
5. GEOGRAPHY: What business is
London’s Fleet Street associated with?
6. U.S. STATES: Which state’s official
song is “Yankee Doodle”?
7. TELEVISION: What comedy show
introduced the McKenzie Brothers?
8. MUSIC: How many characters were
represented in the Village People disco
group?
9. LITERATURE: How does the fol
lowing proverb end: “Beggars can’t... “?
10. HISTORY: What kind of plane did
Charles Lindbergh fly across the Atlan
tic Ocean in 1927?
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