Sunday, August 24, 2014
ACROSTIC, Puzzle by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Edited by Will Shortz
This Sunday’s acrostic draws a quotation from “The Empathy Exams” by Leslie Jamison.
Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison’s visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic understanding of others. … She draws from her own experiences of illness and bodily injury to engage in an exploration that extends far beyond her life, spanning wide-ranging territory—from poverty tourism to phantom diseases, street violence to reality television, illness to incarceration—in its search for a kind of sight shaped by humility and grace. ~ amazon.com
The quotation: EMPATHY ISN’T JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS TO US—A METEOR SHOWER OF SYNAPSES FIRING ACROSS THE BRAIN—IT’S ALSO A CHOICE WE MAKE: TO PAY ATTENTION, TO EXTEND OURSELVES. IT’S MADE OF EXERTION, THAT DOWDIER COUSIN OF IMPULSE.
The author’s name and the title of the work; JAMISON, THE EMPATHY EXAMS
The defined words:
A. Great fortune suddenly acquired, JACKPOT
B. Common denizen of a home aquarium, ANGELFISH
C. Tinkly melody producer (2 wds.), MUSIC BOXB. Common denizen of a home aquarium, ANGELFISH
D. Become stronger or more extreme, INTENSIFY
E. Women’s Olympic event since 1948, SHOTPUT
F. Anything else in a different way, OTHERWISE
G. Asset for a reporter or a shopper, NOTEPAD
H. Bug-catching operation (2 wds.), TEST RUN
I. Get some enjoyment out of life (2 wds.), HAVE FUN
J. Likely sort to investigate global warming, ECOLOGIST
K. Given a rough calculation, ESTIMATED
L. Composer of “Amahl and the Nigh Visitors”, MENOTTI
M. Lickety-split, with no dawdling, POSTHASTE
N. Total departure from one’s beliefs or party, APOSTASY
O. Browning’s facilitator?, TOASTER
P. Item often worn by a food service worker, HAIRNET
Q. Protagonist of “Catch-22”, YOSSARIAN
R. Comforter material, EIDERDOWN
S. What men have once and women twice (2 wds.), X CHROMOSOME
T. Herring family member, ALEWIFE
U. Wearer of the Red Serge, MOUNTIE
V. Those who help people get high?, SHERPAS
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