40 of daddy's favorite things for his 40th birthday!!!

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Across
  1. 2. your final fist date was at this Italian eatery
  2. 6. this classic novelist only wrote 1 book until recently
  3. 9. world's sassiest three year old
  4. 10. a somewhat healthy breakfast sandwich from McD's
  5. 12. our flat-faced comical canine
  6. 16. a Christmas candy infused coffee drink
  7. 18. best baby ever
  8. 19. a festive brew
  9. 20. Clark Howard's favorite wholesale club
  10. 21. a woman who adores you and is very blessed you married her
  11. 23. an Italian dish made with egg, pasta and pancetta
  12. 26. a perpendicularly aligned vocabulary exercise
  13. 28. a wrist worn activity and heart rate tracker
  14. 29. curiously strong mints
  15. 30. Der Dutchman makes the best version of this icing topped fall treat
  16. 32. popular American fall spectator sport
  17. 34. a pie spiced coffee drink
  18. 35. a crispy, breakfast meat
  19. 36. this tube shaped salty snack became your dinner many times from 2002-2004
  20. 37. your go to pen (does not wash easily from fabrics)
Down
  1. 1. your wife's recent attempt at making this candy totally flopped
  2. 3. classic children's book about a boy's love for a tree
  3. 4. your BFF
  4. 5. chip dip made with avocados
  5. 7. you have received many of these homemade masterpieces from the kids
  6. 8. this breakfast "toast" is soft and sweet (nothing like real toast)
  7. 9. local establishment for nocturnal pizza goers
  8. 11. a full or partial obstruction of the sun
  9. 13. all time favorite book
  10. 14. 10 calorie "peppery" soda
  11. 15. main ingredient in your favorite kind of icing
  12. 17. chocolate and minty energy snack
  13. 22. caffeinated beverage made with butter and oil
  14. 23. Hallmark sells over 8.5 billion of these each year
  15. 24. 32 rooms of discount books
  16. 25. a store selling "recreation equipment" to the outdoorsy type
  17. 27. a very homey Midwestern state
  18. 28. much of your 20's (and money) was spent at this pub
  19. 31. inquisitive little boy who loves maps, soldiers and wild kratts
  20. 33. order "steak on the barbie" at this Australian themed steakhouse