Happy 42nd Birthday!

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Across
  1. 1. Christmas gift they were never going to get
  2. 6. Rankin/Bass fantasy adventure viewed with olders
  3. 7. constant understudy for all GCS cast of Les Miz? (2 words)
  4. 11. crowded outing with Mississippi crew
  5. 14. coveted wedding treat
  6. 15. we have one of these now (for the first time)
  7. 16. “us vs the…”
  8. 18. October Exploration location (with fruit) (three words)
  9. 21. puppet who played Jean VanJean
  10. 22. new zoo location
  11. 23. a costume gift dance party? (2 words)
  12. 25. Canine-Human Mashup Musical (2 words)
  13. 28. opera with yo’ mama
  14. 29. Halloween Character 2024
  15. 30. Wet and Wonderful annual theater experience (4 words)
  16. 31. Action Scouts Animal Adventures read to “littles” (2 words)
  17. 33. brave new pup
  18. 34. Divorced, Behead, LIV
  19. 35. Summer-Winter hyperfixation on LMM History Musical
  20. 36. first time for “middles” in the red consumer mecca
  21. 37. Mandalorian Spin-off about Jango Clone (4 words)
  22. 38. Gilbert and Sullivan experience at Glimmerglass
  23. 39. animal final baseball game name
  24. 41. mug bought for Kate at Tully Lake (2 words)
Down
  1. 2. one of Gideon’s character in Christmas Play (2 words)
  2. 3. British Sci-Fi Comedy Novel read to “olders” (5 words)
  3. 4. Kate’s surgeon
  4. 5. Greek Myth with a killer trombone part
  5. 8. Billy’s “real” game team (2 words)
  6. 9. Black/Momoa “Square” act (2 words)
  7. 10. dinner date surprise in Rochester
  8. 12. Noah’s Equine obsession (3 words)
  9. 13. Proctor’s first for boys (3 words)
  10. 17. William and Gideon both partook for the first time this year
  11. 19. New Concept album by “Other Lin-Manuel Miranda”
  12. 20. Prehistoric Spielberg Thriller (2 words)
  13. 24. Double Trombone and Rubber Chicken Experience (3 words)
  14. 26. “quack, quack quack…” (2 words)
  15. 27. longest stop motion movie that’s on plex (2 words)
  16. 29. Asher’s new challenge
  17. 32. new mode of transportation for Billy
  18. 40. Cinematic Square Screamfest (2 words)