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Culpeper Times • March 23-29, 2017
Week of 3/27/17 - 4/2/17
puzzles The Weekly Crossword ACROSS 1 Brief quarrel 5 Stadium section 9 Ice cream flavor 14 Start of a conclusion 15 Bad spots? 16 Metamorphosed insect 17 Futile 19 Pretense 20 Charged item 21 Unrefined fellow 23 Well-kept secret, for some 24 Knitted coverlet 26 Inner court 28 Role player 30 Chronicles 33 Trough diners 36 Senate stretch 38 Something to shut 39 Attitude 41 Run 43 Tolkien creatures 44 Centers of activity 46 Connective tissue 47 Wavy-lined, in botany 49 Run off to wed 51 Cloisonne coating 53 Big test 57 U2 album, "Rattle and ___" 59 "The Four Seasons" composer 61 Frat letter 62 Boxing site 64 Maturity 66 Kind of closet 67 Exhausted, with "in" 68 Doing nothing 69 Band of eight 70 Wraps up 71 Danson and Koppel
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DOWN 34 Lean and 55 "Get ___ of 1 Old photo tint sinewy yourself!" 2 Smoking gun 35 Small step 56 Valuable veins 3 Getting on 37 Disturb 57 Circle 4 Boatload 40 Fragrant resin overhead? 5 Scout's quest 42 ___ de corps 58 Acid linked to 6 Type of tea 45 Chinese gout 7 Catch porcelain 60 Bergman's 8 Kind of button 48 Wise one "Casablanca" 9 Small earthen 50 Lots and lots role pot 52 Sidestep 63 Bridal bio word 10 Cousin of an 54 Eat away 65 Chart topper ostrich Answers to Last Week’s Crossword: 11 Twin-hulled R A I T A E W E D O W S E vessel A U R A L G E M A R O M A 12 Bug-eyed S T A V E R A I N M A K E R 13 Bar ___ H O S E D E L T A C E L L 18 Remnants C R O A T B O U N T Y 22 Muscle S P I N A L G H O U L contraction L A B R E D O U B T A B L E 25 Like some A T L A S I N N C R E E L training T H E R M O M E T E R T E A 27 Never tested of 3/27/17 - 4/2/17 T A P E R M O D E R N 29Week Sgt. Snorkel's R I P E N F A M I N E dog L E A F R A Z O R C O L T 31 Like the White F R I A R I R R I T A T E D Rabbit O R E E E R I E C I R C A 32 Gush M O O W E E N Y K E Y E D 33 Urban woe
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Each row must contain the numbers 1 to 9; each column must contain the numbers 1 to 9; and each set of 3 by 3 boxes must contain the numbers 1 to 9. Answers to Last Week’s Sudoku:
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Steven Andrew Brown-El, 63, of Bealeton, Virginia, passed on March 12, 2017. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2017, 12:00 pm at Oak Shade Baptist Church, 3287 Old Catlett Road, Catlett, Virginia, 20119. Online condolences can be given at www. joynesfuneralhome.com
Sylvia Coffman
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George Douglas Lacey, Jr., Junnie, 52, of Warrenton, Virginia, passed on March 12, 2017. Funeral services were held on Monday, March 20, 2017, 12:00 pm, at Faith Christian Church, 6472 Duhollow Road, Warrenton, Virginia, 20187. Online condolences can be given at www. joynesfuneralhome.com
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Passed peacefully on Thursday March 16, 2017 at Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, VA. She entered this world December 1, 1932 in Washington, DC, born to the late Clifton and Eleanor Thompson. She is survived by her brother Lester Thompson and wife Ann, Cecil Berry, brother-in-law, her children David Pompell, wife Tammy, Wayne Pompell, Rena Mitchum and husband Noah, Clifton Wilkins, Lester Wilkins, April Cross and husband Mike along with 7 grandchildren Jason Poletis, Mark Pompell, Christin Wilkins, Michael Wilkins, Victoria Martin, Jacob Cross and Joshua Cross. She also had 6 great grandchildren. Her spouses Leroy Pompell, Chesley G Wilkins, Jack Coffman; her sister Helen Berry; 2 brothers Merrill Thompson and Clifton Thompson and two sons Chesley Wilkins and Donald Wilkins all preceded her in death. Her remains will be buried in the Quantico Cemetery with late husband Jack. No services will take place at this time. A gathering of family and friends celebrating her life will be held at her home the beginning of May. Any donations should be sent to the Virginia Breast Cancer Society in her name.
Ruby T. Walker Brooker Ms. Ruby T. Walker Brooker, daughter of the late Fannie Mae and Reuben Walker, peacefully transitioned to her eternal home in glory on Sunday, March 19, 2017. Her celebration of life memorial service will be held at Cedar Hill Funeral Home, Suitland, MD on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 12:00 noon.