A Matter of Life and Death

Where there's a will, there's a way to solve.
Solve clues about estate planning, advance directives, and living wills. A thoughtful grid filled with key legal terms and clever wordplay.
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  • 1A
    Wishes outlined in a legal document
  • 8A
    Ventilator or feeding tube, for example
  • 9A
    Kept up-to-date, like a will
  • 10A
    Subject of a DNR order, perhaps
  • 13A
    Subject of a long-term care directive
  • 17A
    Crucially, as in important instructions
  • 18A
    Indicate a choice, as in a living will
  • 19A
    Dispatching, as a copy to one's lawyer

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  • 2D
    "...___ if I'm in a coma" (living will phrase)
  • 3D
    The first step in making a plan
  • 4D
    Amended, like one's last testament
  • 5D
    For ___ and a day
  • 6D
    Parties in a legal case
  • 7D
    Taxes' certain companion
  • 11D
    Condition, as in 'in no ___ to make decisions'
  • 12D
    Spares, as a family from a difficult choice
  • 14D
    ___ support, a topic in a living will
  • 15D
    Like the choices a living will can prevent
  • 16D
    What an advance directive provides