Dad's Christmas Crossword 2023

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Across
  1. 2. A country singer who is very flat and stiff as a board
  2. 6. (In a funny voice) "Hey, ___ you doing?"
  3. 8. Ace number one
  4. 10. Dad's longtime Microsoft a cappella group
  5. 13. You're in the TV room and you see next to the table lamp is the lightbulb sitting on the table. Then you look inside the lamp where the bulb should be. What is there instead? (2 words)
  6. 15. Mom's favorite place in the entire world is sitting next to this (2 words)
  7. 16. The funny (altered) name of the church across from the Pacific Science Center Parking Lot (2 words)
  8. 18. Dad comes back to our seats with popcorn, stumbling all over us and embarrassing us. What does he say (always)? (4 words)
  9. 20. A Powerpuff Girl stuffed animal misheard exclamation (3 words)
  10. 22. An extremely scary story that dad only told us once but we were very scared. (3 words)
  11. 26. Dad's favorite dessert, perfect with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Described in literature as very American (2 words)
  12. 32. During the Christmas 2000 family CD, 2-year old Claire looks out the window. What does she see? (Alternative clue: something that a Planet Earth narrator described as "the lone survivor")
  13. 33. Dad's second hometown (2 words)
  14. 35. The last name of the author of Lord of the Rings
  15. 36. Dad's favorite Spring holiday (not his birthday) not for religious reasons, but because of the fun traditions and hiding of ovular objects
  16. 37. When parking in a crowded parking lot, before giving up and parking far away, it's good practice to always check for one of these, according to dad. (2 words)
  17. 39. A phrase in the Puryear family that can either mean "goodbye" or "Huh, interesting"
  18. 40. A very convenient 1-mile exercise, commonly done after Thanksgiving dinner (but not this year, we did a different walk). (It rhymes with itself, 4 words)
Down
  1. 1. Where do Emma and Dad get their "bages"? (2 words)
  2. 3. "So ____ to see you!"
  3. 4. Darth Vader to Luke, after he does something rather remarkable during the end of Empire Strikes Back (a phrase Dad likes to repeat)
  4. 5. What is a very funny thing to say before you flop onto someone's bed? (pretending you are an animal) (2 words)
  5. 7. Which MarioKart track did Dad accidentally (and infamously) go backwards? (2 words)
  6. 9. Dad's first hometown (2 words)
  7. 11. While the 3 sisters were the Powerpuff Girls, Dad was Mojojojo, also known as (2 words)
  8. 12. "Hi, I'm Martin. But you can call me ____"
  9. 14. A frog walks into a bar. What is he looking for, lest he get nailed to the wall?
  10. 17. The Transformers TV theme song is playing. Which transformers interject with their declaration of coolness?!
  11. 19. Emma meant to call the fire's popping happy, but used a different word instead and it was very funny
  12. 21. In Emma and Kaitlin's opinion, the best part about visiting dad at Microsoft was going to the employee lounge and grabbing small cartons of this for each of us. (2 words)
  13. 23. A common indoor footwear in the Puryear household. Don't leave the house accidentally wearing them, though!
  14. 24. Dad's college a cappella group
  15. 25. When crossing the 520 bridge, one side is very calm and one side is choppy. Dad exclaims: one side is for the goldfish, and the other side is for _____.
  16. 27. An alternative to the intro in Aladdin. "A dark man waits... with a dark ____." and then Dad makes a silly sound
  17. 28. One of Dad's favorite lines he likes to repeat from the first Indiana Jones movie. "He chose ____"
  18. 29. "GAH! I thought you said your ___ did not bite!" "That is not my ___!"
  19. 30. Dad's greatest foe. The animals that he hates, more than anything in the whole world. When he thinks about them, he clenches his fists with rage. (Alternative hint: things you can get removed at the dermatologist)
  20. 31. Which TV show did the Puryears watch during 2013-2014, that had very dramatic exit music after each episode that Dad liked to dance to? (Hint: Bad Robot!)
  21. 34. While walking the Ultimate Extended Loop for Extremely Healthy People, it is an unfortunate point where Emma gets a little tired and whiny. The acronym for "Point of extreme exhaustion, crying for help"
  22. 38. One of Dad's skills, which he flexes whenever we go on road trips. (1 word)