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Can you think of a word that starts and ends with ER, with a two letter word in the middle? ...a word that starts and ends with ES, with a three letter word in the middle? ...a word that starts and ends with RED?
H
W
A
A
T
S
N
H
A
I
A
2 G
T
W
H
X
2 G
O
N
Hint: Solve first for the Hs and Ns.
draw-wrap-pray
N
N
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Each of the nine different letters in Washington stands for a digit from 1 through 9. Given G=2, can you replace the missing digits to make this multiplication problem mathematically correct?
WORD MARION PLAY R
H
2 G
1 2 3 4 5
S _ _ _ R
T _ _ _ I
R _ _ _ V
E _ _ _ E
AM _ _ _ _ _ R
To change this STREAM to a RIVER you must change one letter or
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drop one letter in each step. Letters can be rearranged in any step.
A A
N M
N
R
R
M
N
I
R
N
R
Your answer may be different from mine.
N O
M
UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach Roy Williams was born in Marion. The city hopes to honor him with a historic marker downtown.
Oh, Kay!
M
Why do doctors always ask if you are allergic to shellfish?–They are not going to give you shellfish!
Fill in this grid so that each row, each column, and each 2 x 3 rectangle contains all six letters of the word MARION. For answers, please see page 35 32 SEPTEMBER 2010 Carolina Country
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