ATUL GAWANDE, BEING MORTAL—We’re always trotting out some story of a ninety-seven-year-old who runs marathons, as if such cases were not miracles of biological luck …. [W]hen our bodies fail to live up to this fantasy, we feel … we … have … to apologize.
| A. | Wastes away, in a way | ATROPHIES |
| B. | Tool for addressing a thorny problem? | TWEEZERS |
| C. | Not expected, out-of-the-blue | UNFORESEEN |
| D. | Anne Rice antihero Lestat de _____ | LIONCOURT |
| E. | Effuse, radiate (2 wds.) | GIVEOFF |
| F. | Most decorated American Winter Olympian (2 wds.) | APOLOOHNO |
| G. | Products of merinos and vicuñas | WOOLS |
| H. | Engulfed, submersed | AWASH |
| I. | Sixty, they say, with "the" (2 wds.) | NEWFORTY |
| J. | Sci-fi series whose protagonist has regenerative powers (2 wds.) | DOCTORWHO |
| K. | Medium for Joan Didion, James Baldwin or George Orwell | ESSAY |
| L. | Senior project? (2 wds.) | BUCKETLIST |
| M. | In time, if not on time | EVENTUALLY |
| N. | Progeny; problem | ISSUE |
| O. | African country that's roughly 80% desert | NAMIBIA |
| P. | Senescent | GERONTIC |
| Q. | Biblical figure who became a father at 187 | METHUSELAH |
| R. | Writer whose only novel features a title character who never grays (2 wds.) | OSCARWILDE |
| S. | Local networks? | RAILWAYS |
| T. | Costly fabric that originated in ancient Persia | TAFFETA |
| U. | Hebrew prophet of doom | AMOS |
| V. | "Science and technology are the keys to both our _____ and our demise" (Rhys Darby) | LONGEVITY |