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THEME: MISPELLED?
THEME: MISPELLED
DOWN
By Elaine Kennedy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 In the company of
2 Uh-uh
14 15 16 3 5:00 PM report

n 2011, Vagabond Theatre produced 4 They’ve been charged
I“Noises Off,” by Michael Frayn, 17 18 19 5 Suspect’s maneuver

at Dream Builder Studios. It is one 6 Relatives
20 21 22
of the greatest farces ever written, a 7 Octad
play about putting on a play where 23 24 25 8 Preminger’s own biography?
EVERYTHING goes wrong. It is a 9 Gets back in the race
26 27 28 29 30 10 Oui, a ‘lovely’ actress
masterpiece of timing and physical T 11 Tolerate

comedy, and no easy feat to pull off. 31 32 33 34 35 36 12 Entertained

Act one has the audience watching 13 Eye problems
a disastrous dress rehearsal as the 37 38 39 21 Uh-uhs

director, Lloyd, tries desperately to 40 41 42 25 All out, at times
get his cast and crew on track at the 26 Grim task, in legend
27 Nimbus

eleventh hour. In act two, the audience 43 44 28 Designer St. Laurent
sees the show from behind the 45 46 47 48 49 29 ‘Aged’ food

scenes and is privy to the backstage 30 Pope line (13 of them)
shenanigans and affairs taking place. 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 32 Of wind?
The challenge here is that the entire 33 Immunize
57 58 59 34 Crossword favorite Horne
set needs to revolve 180 degrees for 35 Past participle of lie
this to happen, and then it needs to 60 61 62 36 Curling ‘moves’
revolve once more between acts 63 64 65 38 Contractor’s word
two and three. To make things even 41 Long time, for the Bard
more complicated, the set requires 42 Gin buddy

two levels and seven doors! Thanks ACROSS ACROSS 44 Tijuana Brass lead
45 Godfather author, et al.
to the ingenuity of our construction 1 Against paying up 39 Far from far? 46 Sans serif typeface
crew, led by Robert Youmelle, 5 Enjoy 40 Holds 47 Five: Prefix
we ended up with an amazing set, 10 Film with great overbite? 42 Before the boom 48 Hoity-toity getaway
complete with stairs. Gary, played by 14 Early event 43 Petite suffix 49 China ___ (Plant)
Michael DeWolfe, became an expert 15 Somewhat, to Brits 44 Of a wrapper co. 52 Giant projection
45 Written documents of old
16 Dead, to ‘writes’
53 Pete’s follower
at falling down these stairs with his 17 Porta-pal? 49 Matty or Moises 54 One who rests horizontally
shoelaces tied together! Like the 18 Integrate 50 Fertilizer 55 Slips
play-within-a-play, “Nothing On,” 19 Wrinkled 51 Theme word corrected 56 Unit of force
our own production was not without 20 What it all means 57 Needed trace mineral
Spelling bee Which is correct?
significant challenges. Despite the 22 Balzac’s ‘fixe’ 58 Dishearten 1A Fuchsia __ 1B Fuschia __
59 Lofty

23 Teen topic
‘slings and arrows’ we faced, our 24 Nubby fabrics 60 Doctors take one 2A Midieval __ 2B Medieval __
ensemble cast & crew put on an 26 Some got it, some don’t 61 Bettor 3A Separate __ 3B Seperate __
incredible production. It has been 29 It’s a bargain, in court 62 Above the sea 4A Sherbert __ 4B Sherbet __
nearly twelve years since that run. 31 Roof parts 63 Blind part 5A Necessary__ 5B Necesary __
While I have not seen most of the 32 Resistance member 64 Put forth 6A Zuchinni __ 6B Zucchini __
cast and crew in years, I am grateful 37 Toward the wind 65 Irish Gaelic 7A Acquiesce__ 7B Aquiesce __
38 Currency in Paris
8A Ingenious __ 8B Ingenius __

for the many fond memories of our
time together. Correct answers – 1A, 2B, 3A, 4B,
5A, 6B, 7A, 8A
Riley McMullen Puzzle by Douglas Taillon
Director Puzzle by Douglas Taillon Solutions on page 61