Valley Puzzle Book 2020

PUZZLE BOOK February 2020 A Special Supplement to

Le Sueur County News & St. Peter Herald

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PUZZLE BOOK | SUDOKU — BEGINNER

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EASY “A day without laughter is a day wasted.”

– Charlie Chaplin INTERMEDIATE “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”

– Abraham Lincoln ADVANCED “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

— Thomas Edison

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