(LESLIE) JAMISON, THE EMPATHY EXAMS — 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.
| A. | Great fortune suddenly acquired | JACKPOT |
| B. | Common denizen of a home aquarium | ANGELFISH |
| C. | Tinkly melody producer (2 wds.) | MUSICBOX |
| D. | Become stronger or more extreme | INTENSIFY |
| E. | Women's Olympic event since 1948 (2 wds.) | SHOTPUT |
| F. | Anything else; in a different way | OTHERWISE |
| G. | Asset for a reporter or a shopper | NOTEPAD |
| H. | Bug-catching operation (2 wds.) | TESTRUN |
| I. | Get some enjoyment out of life (2 wds.) | HAVEFUN |
| J. | Likely sort to investigate global warming | ECOLOGIST |
| K. | Given a rough calculation | ESTIMATED |
| L. | Composer of "Amahl and the Night 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.) | XCHROMOSOME |
| T. | Herring family member | ALEWIFE |
| U. | Wearer of the Red Serge | MOUNTIE |
| V. | Those who help people get high? | SHERPAS |