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                                                                                    THE RULE OF THREE
                                                                              THE RULE OF THREE

       By Elaine Kennedy                                                                                                              DOWN
                                                          1       2       3      4       5                            6       7      8      9     10           1  Outcasts, outlaws and outsiders
                                                                                                                            2  3-vol. 1819 Saxon romance
            y    favourite    play    was                  11                       12        13                             3  Run, race or rush

      Mperformed so long ago that                                                                                           4  Ends, erases or expunges
      all I have are vague memories of a              14                                     15                                      5  Had home cooking





      good time, a good play, and a good         16                 17             18                     19        20       6  Of Asia’s largest desert
      cast and crew.                                                                                                        7  Mongolia’s___ bator
                                                 21             22          23                            24                  8  They: French
        “Canadian Content” by Mark-                                                                                         9  Recline, relax or repose
      Leiren-Young      was    a    funny        25                    26        27                  28                          10  Likes, longings and loves
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      and cynical look at Canada, at                                                                                      12  Trimming tools
                                                         I
      Canadians, and at their foibles.                29                      30               31     32                              13  From birth to this berth














      We staged the play in the CCVS                           33                            34                           16  1976 electronic fossil
                                                                                                                          18  CPL., SGT. or SSGT.
      auditorium when plays cost $7.00                                                                                    20  Dr.’s conclusions
      for adults and $5.00 for students and           35     36                37          38                    39     40         22  Chintzy and cheap chap
      seniors. In downsizing my home,              41                                      42       43                                            24  Rope and paper fibers
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      I  am  going  to have to  recycle  the                                                                              26  Pleated Aberdeen garb
      poster that the cast and crew signed       46                      47                  48         49                   28  Exit sign?
      for me. In those days that was the                                                                                  30  NYC’s ‘savings’ zone
      present given to the director at the       50                    51                               52          53               32  Beanie, bowler or busby
                                                                                                                          35  They have runners












      end of a run. Keeping in mind that              54        55                      56             57                 36  Saturday morning TV staple
      they couldn’t write unkind things,                                                                                  37  Fiddles, fixes, or frames
      I still cherish remarks like “All               58                               59                                 38  Fence steps
      the fun I’ve been missing all these                                                                                 39  Disgruntled RFA’s request
                                                      60                                    61
      years, Thanks for the opportunity”;                                                                                 40  Spanish ‘addresses’
      “It was my first, but I really enjoyed                                                                               41  Int’l political reps



      it.”  And then the tongue in cheek                   ACROSS                                   ACROSS                43  Italian monk
                                                                                                                          45  U.S. financial newspaper

      one; “Another opening, another           1  Tasty triangular treats           35  Of 2-Down’s author Walter         47  Cry of delight
      show, another great collaboration.       6  ‘Like wise’ association           38  Looks gangly                      48  Devote, divvy or dole
      Let’s do it again in another 10        11  Take wing                          41  Seals, stamps or symbols          51  Not oft
      years!”                                13  Lassie is a rough one              42  Bank $witch letters               52  ‘Sounds’ like a tech company
                                             14  Hacked, smacked or whacked         44  Twin Hall of Famer Rod            55  NHL Metro team
         In reminiscing about this play,     15  Shames, sinks or smears            46  Thérѐse, to Céline             * 57  Snap, crackle and ___
      I feel so badly that community         16  Automobile no.                     47  Surface groove
      members are not becoming involved      17  Reports for duty                   49  ___-culottes (Commoners)                In The Rule of Three, authors
      in community theatre as they did       19  Make a ‘pitch’                     50  Park, plonk or plop               create  3-part  structures  or triads
      in the past.  And this leads me to     21  Wahoos, whees or woots             51  They’re speedy, sudden and        as a memory aid, which  may also
      another fond memory – I joined an      23  Tie wear where?                          sweeping                        include  alliteration. In Swedish,
                                                                                                                          *57-Down is – Piff! Paff! Puff!
                                             24  Beppo or Gummo
                                                                                    53  U.S. law department
      amateur theatre group when I lived     25  Jar, jerk or jolt                  54  What prices have done lately       In French, it’s Cric, Crac et Croc.
      in New Zealand for two years. To       27  Yes ‘deer’                         56  Leaves by the window?
      this day, I still correspond with one   28  What athletes are put through     58  According to ‘him’, et al.         Other examples – Ready, set, go.
      of the people from that group. I       29  All in a line                            59  1981 GMC model              Beg, borrow or steal.
      learned about theatre, community,      31  Heart tap word                     60  Scornful, snarky or sneering       Blood, sweat and tears (Churchill’s
      and the similarity of people around    33  Ratty, rickety or rusty            61  Uses a Remington (This is         1940 speech included ‘toil').
      the  world  as  I  enjoyed  amateur    34  Cuckoo genus                             a dated clue)                   And of course “Me, myself and I.”





      theatre  with  them.  Theatre  has  a       Puzzle by Douglas Taillon                                              Solutions on page 61
      lasting impact!                        Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
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