May Matters

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Across
  1. 2. Spring songbird
  2. 3. Mexican hero of Cinco de Mayo
  3. 7. Mourning display on Memorial Day
  4. 9. Ice-crystal halo effect
  5. 12. Lowest atmospheric layer
  6. 13. Puebla’s traditional glazed pottery
  7. 14. Amphibian heard in spring
  8. 16. Mother’s Day flower
  9. 17. Founder of Mother’s Day
  10. 18. Traditional Mexican dance
  11. 20. Mexican chili chocolate sauce
  12. 22. Honors spirit of Aloha
  13. 23. Nitrogen-fixing spring plant
  14. 24. Symbol of fallen soldiers
  15. 25. Dining outdoors
  16. 27. Military funeral bugle call
  17. 32. Fragrant spring shrub
  18. 33. Sudden late cold snap
  19. 35. Star Wars remembrance
  20. 38. Spring constellation
  21. 39. Decomposed organic soil matter
  22. 40. Late spring perennial bloom
  23. 42. Milk production process
  24. 45. Seasonal pollen allergy
  25. 46. Art of teaching
Down
  1. 1. Tornado intensity scale
  2. 4. Greek goddess for whom May is named
  3. 5. Relatives of fallen service members
  4. 6. Child-centered education pioneer
  5. 8. Tutor to Alexander the Great
  6. 10. May birthstone
  7. 11. Severe rotating storm
  8. 15. Memorial Day tradition
  9. 19. May birth flower
  10. 21. Traditional May Day dance pole
  11. 26. Puebla-origin street food
  12. 28. May equine dash
  13. 29. Bearded flower blooming in May
  14. 30. Honored at Arlington tomb
  15. 31. Plant growth tissue
  16. 34. Tree with helicopter seeds
  17. 36. Safe planting time milestone
  18. 37. National cemetery in Virginia
  19. 41. 1862 victory over French forces
  20. 43. Reappearance after dormancy
  21. 44. Mariachi rhythm guitar