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By Riley McMullen december crossword puzzle

MORE MEDICAL MIX-UPS

MORE MEDICAL MIX-UPS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DOWN
1 Aussie’s pickup truck
14 15 16 2 Stashed
J itters, Nerves, and Lights Up!! 17 18 19 3 UK award

4 Relating to blood
At last, it is opening night …. 5 Flower parts
the rehearsals, the missed lines 20 21 22 6 Removed Ahab and Jezebel

and cues, as well as the costume 23 24 25 26 7 Mr. Hyde depiction
and props fiascos, are forgotten … 8 Goat product
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the actors wait quietly in the wings 27 28 29 30 9 James or Francisco
10 Trains have them
for moment of action: some pace, 31 32 33 34 35 36 11 Brit nod

some review their lines, some I 12 Divvy

stand in closed-eye silence. Each 37 38 39 40 41 13 Before right, to Brits
actor has a way of coping, much 21 Hart and Michaels
42 43 44 45 46
like athletes at the starting line of a 22 Menu
23 Tight suit
race. And then, the stage manager 47 48 49 24 What the crude did

says, “Lights up!” and the cast 25 Verb that ‘builds up’ the body
50 51 52 53
and crew prove that the months of 28 Back and forth racer
rehearsal were worth it. Forgotten 54 55 56 57 29 Traffic jam
are the chaotic moments of 30 Before firma
58 59 60 61 62 63 34 Long and short poem
previous productions; the missed 35 Pallid
entry with the cast having to 64 65 66 36 They were split in 1932
improvise until the actor appears, 38 ‘Moving’ scales
67 68 69
the vital prop that disappeared, the 40 Tough conductor?
panicked look when an important 43 You, once

line was forgotten, walking off the ACROSS ACROSS 45 Moves slowly

48 Vine shelters
edge of the stage in a black-out, 1 Mixed up calls? 41 A first for a couple 49 Ornamental alloy
the director having to step in for 6 Bridges found in Hollywood 42 ___ up, like totally man 50 Don’t cry for her
an injured cast member …. This is 10 NBA nickname 44 Got mixed up 51 Not passed over in Israel
a new production, this will be the 14 Sherpa’s home 46 Yummy cube 52 Ice cream, for sure
best production, it is the production 15 At all times 47 Two quacks on a bike? 55 ‘The Big Mouth’, so-called
50 ‘Queenly’ bible book
56 Ghana native
16 To Sir, with love star
of the moment! The lights blind 17 Fluid buildup? Swell! 53 Area 51 denizens, they say 57 Precedes my day. Shucks!
the actors to the presence of the 18 ___ home run 54 Doctor’s ‘hands on’ reading 61 The Sea, personified
audience, and they are in their 19 Norse god of old age of the spinal column? 62 OT book
own world; the world of their 20 Knight who carried off the 58 Conception, mon ami 63 From the spectrum

character, their plot, their context! injured, on a round table? 59 Mighty ones Actual Medical Chart Mix-ups
23 Decrescendo, gradually
60 In worse shape than others
The cast and the crew have been 26 Writer of In Cold Blood 64 Word with shed ● “While in ER, she was examined,
transported to another world; a 27 Where Dr. Quincy got supplies? 65 Saved, privately? x-rated and sent home.”
world created by a playwright and 31 Submachine gun 66 Doolittle girl ● “The pelvic examination will be
made real by the production team. 32 Rolling, for Papa 67 Hoity-toity group done later on the floor.”
Jitters?? Who has time for jitters? 33 ___ blank, appropriately 68 Computer button ● “Social history shows the 1 yr. old
doesn’t smoke or drink and is
37 Goes with good cheer?
69 Mixed up call
There’s a job to be done, two hours 39 Bees’ word currently unemployed.”
of being elsewhere, being someone ● “She is numb from her toes down.”
else, and very soon, enjoying the Puzzle by Douglas Taillon ● “The patient refused an autopsy.”
applause of the audience… it was
all worth it! Prepared Locally by Douglas Taillon • Solutions on page 43