1: Author of Farenheit 451

5: Runner Sebastian

7: One-time electronics giant

8: How now brown _____.

10: A title used before the name of knight or baronet.

11: 'We need a solution. Do you have any good ______?'

12: Synonym of 'alert'

14: Joke or choke

16: A domestic feline mammal usually having thick soft fur.

17: Formal objection

18: Dog's age

19: Easter lead-in?

20: Fashion monogram

22: Used to have controlled fires inside a house.

23: A strong emotion.

24: 'Well, __-de-dah'

26: Past tense of 'sit.'

27: ______, two, three, four...

28: Recite or repeat a fixed text.

29: Quip, part 3

1: Precipitation falling in drops.

2: Up to the present time; 'I have ______ to see the results.'

3: Where it's hard to keep 'em after they see Paree

4: An affirmative response.

5: Definitely or positively.

6: Synonym for 'precisely.'

8: Today's albums

9: 1947 Atlantic City 21-Down recipient

13: Measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant objects.

15: Usually; as a rule.

16: A sharp sound made by small birds or insects.

18: Some movies have lots of special ______.

21: Synonym of 'biggest.'

23: Public hangings?

25: Have as a feature; 'I don't, but I know Jimmy ______ a blue crayon.'

27: Antonym of 'on.'