Crossword 298: Having It Both Ways; or, Flaring Up and Calming Down

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I’ve always wanted to have it both ways—to work a little and make a lot, to eat or drink what I please and remain healthy nonetheless, to treat others ill and be treated well by those others.  But I can’t, according to the proverb—except in a crossword.

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298 Having It Both Ways

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A crossword of mine appears Wednesday, March 13, in The Wall Street Journal

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