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1 Worshipped one

5 Outer garments

for Batman and

Superman

10 Kite stabilizer

14 Congregation

area

15 Popeye’s main

squeeze __ Oyl

16 Meat safety

agcy.

17 Boring party, say

18 Light measure

19 D.C. MLB team

20 Where Will

Rogers was born

22 King with a

golden touch

23 Ripped

24 Where Bulls

and Bears are

cheered

26 Parisian parting

29 Capital of Greece

31 Goes down to

defeat

32 Reddish-brown

horse

33 Color variant

36 Where the

Beverly Hills

Hotel is located

40 Decide (to)

41 Sabrina

portrayer

Melissa Joan __

42 Noncom

nickname

43 Quagmire

45 Bygone

46 Where Arthur

ruled the court

49 Against

51 Make one’s

case

52 Where the

answers to 20-,

24 -, 36- and

46 -Across have

appeared in

lights

56 What no

centipede has

exactly 10 0 of,

oddly

57 Roles on

52 -Across

59 First-rate

60 Eurasian border

river

61 Erupt, as

tempers

62 Skipjack or

yellowfin

63 PlayStation

maker

64 Formally gave up

65 __ out a living:

barely manages

DOWN

1 Prefix with

Chinese

2 __ horse: long

shot

3 Shaped like the

president’s office

4 Inheritors

5 Red, white or

blue

6 Wellesley grad

7 Fine cotton

8 Mother of Cain

and Abel

9 Capitol Hill VIP

10 Forum garments

11 Carne __: taco

filling

12 Luggage label

13 Rodeo rope

21 Social unit

sharing the

same dwelling

22 State nicknamed

the “Land of

10 ,000 Lakes”

24 __ En-lai

25 Recover from

injury

26 In addition

27 Make spiffy

28 Stevie Wonder’s

“__ She Lovely”

30 Harness race

paces

33 Difficult

34 Strong desire

35 8-Down’s first

home

37 Tropical root

vegetable

38 Babysitter’s bane

39 Bear out, as

feelings

43 Pitifully small

44 Existentialist

Jean-Paul

46 Not quite a B

47 Last Olds model

48 Mullally of “Will

& Grace”

50 Snooped

(around)

52 Slim nail

53 “The Caine

Mutiny” author

Herman

54 Diarist Frank

55 Affirmative

votes

57 Rank below cpl.

58 Lager

alternative

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triple jump competition, making him the first olympic

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Birthdays of the Week

monday, april 6

bethesda’s usha chivvis (2013).

actress Peyton list (1998).

soccer player Julie ertz (1992).

actor Paul rudd (1969).

tuesday, april 7

actor Jackie chan (1954).

director fr ancis ford coppola (1939).

singer billie holiday (1915).

lego founder ole christiansen (1891).

Wednesday, april 8

brentwood’s haily coello (20 10 ).

actress skai Jackson (2002).

first lady betty ford (1918).

activist helen Joseph (1905).

thursday, april 9

singer lil nas X (1999).

actress elle fanning (1998).

designer marc Jacobs (1963).

golfer seve ballesteros (19 57 ).

friday, april 10

bowie’s samuel anstead iii (20 13 ).

university Park’s alexander rohlf

(20 11 ).

washington’s katie fromm ( 20 09).

washington’s yaa Baucum (2008).

leesburg’s anya lang ( 20 08).

Publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847).

saturday, april 11

human rights advocate ethel kennedy

(19 28 ).

Judge Jane bolin (1908).

chemist Percy Julian (1899).

sunday, april 12

sterling’s olivia scott (2011).

actress tr initee stokes (2006).

Pianist herbie hancock (19 40 ).

author beverly cleary (1916).

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uz Chamorro’s third-period sixth-

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Favorite author and favorite book: Jeff

Kinney and Roald Dahl received two votes

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do’s “The Poet X,” J.A. White’s “Thickety: The

Last Spell” and Katherine Applegate’s “The

One and Only Ivan” were among the favor-

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Favorite singer or musician: Pop star

Ariana Grande earned the top spot with four

votes. Ta ylor Swift and Drake tied for second

with two votes each.

Favorite game, sport or hobby: Soccer

received five votes to place first. Basketball

was a close second with four. Football was

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Person, living or dead, you admire most:

Family ranked highest with these kids, with

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If you could take a trip anywhere, where

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Japan, Australia and the salt flats in Uyuni,

Bolivia.

Favorite birthday food: Cake edged out

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Indian food.

Favorite animal: Dog edged out lion, four

votes to three. Other favorites were cats,

ferrets, koalas and white-faced capuchin

monkeys.

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Veterinarian and teacher tied for first with

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If you were president, what one thing

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The white-faced capuchin monkey was

listed as the favorite animal of one sixth-

grader in Luz Chamorro’s third-period

class at Gunston Middle School.

Adapted from on-

line discussions.

Dear Carolyn: I

have Stage 4

cancer and don’t

have long to live.

My son and his

family have

invited me to live

with them. I would like this as I

live alone.

The problem is, they live

about an hour and a half away

from where my medical services

are. The area is remote and

doesn’t offer much in the way of

medical help.

When I become too ill to

drive, I will be relying on them.

I don’t want to be a burden.

I’m having a hard time

sorting this out. I know I don’t

want to be alone. Thank you.

— Dying

Dying: I am so sorry you’re

dealing with this.

I also think it’s lovely that

your son and family have

offered you a home, and that

you want to be with them, and

that you are mindful of how

much you ask of them.

So my advice is to find a way

to make the professional-care

aspect of it work well enough to

be where you love and are loved.

Remember, when you’re too

ill to drive, your son and family

will have to drive to you, if you

stay where you are. It seems like

a wash: They either drive you to

your appointments or drive

themselves to you.

Further, your condition says

the nature of your medical

services may be changing,

where you’re being treated not

for a cure, but instead for

comfort and quality of life.

Maybe their remote area is a

care desert of all kinds, but I

suggest you at least look into the

possibility of hospice services

local to them.

Plus, if you’re so far away and

living alone, their worry burden

will probably be significant.

They might be grateful to take

on extra logistical efforts in

exchange for the peace of mind

of having you close.

Last thing, kind of an

extension of the prior one:

Being there for you can be their

privilege, not their burden. It

can even impose a burden to

deny someone’s offer to help. As

my mom’s backup end-of-life

caregiver, I know whereof I

speak. The kindest thing she

ever did for me was accept my

help.

Hi, Carolyn: I have a relative

who acknowledges that she has

anxiety and that it’s stopping

her from doing what she wants

to do, but she will not get help

from a professional. She will

accept advice from me, but I’m

way out of my depth here. Can

you suggest any books/whatever

that either she or I could use?

— Out of My Depth

Out of My Depth: My

suggestion is that you not let

anyone use you as an alternative

to getting appropriate care.

What she’s doing is quite

common. People who want to

avoid the hard work of getting

treatment try to lean instead on

whoever is nearby. It’s bad for

you, since you get sucked into

problems you correctly note

you’re not qualified to handle,

and worse for the ailing person,

who goes untreated and

therefore suffers needlessly.

You say she will accept advice

from you? Okay: “I am not

qualified to help you. My advice

remains that you talk to a

professional. I’ll help you find

one.” Repeat, repeat, repeat,

verbatim even. Good luck.

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