55 Reasons We’re Best Friends

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Across
  1. 4. — The gift we never sugarcoat
  2. 7. — The site you swore off—until you started posting everything
  3. 8. — The month that clearly produces the best humans (you just got here first)
  4. 10. — What we do best — all day, every visit
  5. 12. — The movies you enjoyed while I hyperventilated
  6. 13. — The one you adore even when she drives me nuts
  7. 16. — What you are—in muscle, mind, and everything else
  8. 18. — Exactly as I am — and you still like me anyway
  9. 19. — The shared one we’ve been using since 9th grade
  10. 20. — What our kids probably describe our friendship as — and they’re right
  11. 22. — Because somehow, I got the better end of this deal
  12. 23. — What we’ve been there for—every rise and fall
  13. 26. — Your second miracle
  14. 30. — Proof that laughter ages well
  15. 31. — The person every secret eventually reaches (because obviously)
  16. 32. — The thing you keep me tethered to
  17. 35. — The glue no outsider will ever understand
  18. 37. — The sound that fills every gap between us
  19. 38. — The promise neither of us had to make but always kept
  20. 41. — Without the degree, the sofa, or the hourly rate
  21. 43. — Where we’ll still be talking, laughing, and forgetting why
  22. 45. — Your secret superpower
  23. 46. — Our 21st-century version of passing notes in class
  24. 48. — The age we were when the universe decided to glue us together
  25. 49. — The person I turn to for absolutely everything
  26. 50. — The reason I never know what time zone you’re in
  27. 52. — The thing you understand, match, and manage like no one else
Down
  1. 1. — The losses that stitched us even closer
  2. 2. — The hobby that made you the youngest member of the retirement club
  3. 3. — Where your friend who always forgets the Diet Coke lives
  4. 5. — The town where you insist you’re antisocial while constantly socializing
  5. 6. — The excuse we never actually need
  6. 9. — The thing you keep me tethered to
  7. 11. — Your natural habitat
  8. 14. — The thing that passes but never pulls us apart
  9. 15. — The bleach-blond who made your teenage heart explode
  10. 17. — The sanctuary you open at sunrise
  11. 21. — What Yoli called you when “Beth” was too advanced
  12. 22. — Your first miracle
  13. 24. — Another chapter we witnessed—breathing, cheering, crying
  14. 25. — The one who can hear me at my worst and laugh anyway
  15. 27. — The one arena where you officially left me in the dust
  16. 28. — What you show when I’m dramatic
  17. 29. — The amount of time you’re stuck with me
  18. 33. — Where it all started
  19. 34. — The thing you have so I don’t have to
  20. 36. — The one who will always, always, always be slightly older
  21. 38. — The song I loved so much, I taught it to my parrot
  22. 39. — The man who’s perfect — except when he’s driving you crazy
  23. 40. — The invisible gym partner I’ve heard *so* much about
  24. 41. — The thing we give each other even when it stings
  25. 42. — What forty-one years of showing up looks like
  26. 44. — When we’ve already solved the world’s problems
  27. 47. — The grand finale of our kid collection
  28. 51. — The shared escape plan that usually turns into an eating tour