Answer:

dotage

Answer	Crossword Clue
DOTAGE	Second childhood
DOTAGE	Excessive fondness
DOTAGE	Spoiling

DOTAGE	Mental decline
DOTAGE	Senior years
DOTAGE	Extreme affection
DOTAGE	Foolish affection
DOTAGE	Senility
DOTAGE	Senility.
DOTAGE	Foolish affection.
DOTAGE	Opposite of infancy.

DOTAGE	Father William's time of life
DOTAGE	Feeble, childish condition
DOTAGE	Declining state
DOTAGE	Faltering condition
DOTAGE	Waning years
DOTAGE	Second childhood, perhaps
DOTAGE	Senility state

Crossword

a puzzle consisting of a grid of squares and blanks into which words crossing vertically and horizontally are written according to clues.