Bethany's 30th

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Across
  1. 3. This American playwright and screenwriter died when he choked to death on a small plastic cap from a nasal spray bottle (last name)
  2. 5. The boy in the Phantom Tollbooth
  3. 6. Von Furstenberg is known to have invented this kind of dress
  4. 7. periodic element
  5. 9. One reason Egyptians wore wigs was to protect them from the sun as well as from this creature
  6. 11. If music be the ____ of love play on
  7. 12. Bethany's favorite Christmas toy at Grandma and Grandpa Greer's house
  8. 16. The kind of object Dot gives to Flik to help convince him to return to Ant Island
  9. 20. A vacation to this place taught Seana to always have snacks on hand for Bethany
  10. 23. Keep an ____ to the ground
  11. 24. The whole ______ yards
  12. 25. The move Bethany and Melanie watched in Charlottesville
  13. 26. To be intoxicated with narcotic drugs is to wig _____
  14. 27. My country code
  15. 28. Laura Ingalls Wilder said, "If you want something done ask a _____ person to do it"
  16. 31. Ernest Hemingway pioneered his own signature brand of this alcoholic beverage
  17. 34. Hagrid's half brother
  18. 37. Bethany’s favorite game to play at Grandma’s when she was a child
  19. 38. Bathtub song
  20. 39. Fendi is a luxury fashion house from this country
  21. 40. The “Big Four” fashion weeks happen in London, NYC, Paris, and this city
  22. 41. I marched 20 miles to the salt beds of Jalalpur in 1930
  23. 43. The fantastic thing that Bethany and Aunt Erin have in common
  24. 44. Sara Blakely quit her job as a door to door salesman to launch which billion dollar company at age 30
  25. 45. As a child Bethany dreamed of working for this government establishment
  26. 48. Sell like _____
  27. 49. These were dropped in the stream at Woodland Park
  28. 51. In "Chitty chitty bang bang" Grandpa Potts sings about this kind of life
  29. 53. The kind of tree they run to in Chicka Chicka boom boom
  30. 55. Bethany’s favorite out of the house group activity to do with friends and family
  31. 56. _____ to go before I sleep
  32. 61. What the monsters do with their teeth in Where the Wild Things Are
  33. 63. The name of the magic creature that pulls the student carriages to Hogwarts
  34. 64. This creature hid in the closet at Edgerton
  35. 65. The first Harry Potter novel was published when JK Rowling was thirty what years old
  36. 66. The game in which I am second
  37. 67. This item with a surprise hand grab was the one possession of Grandpa Greer's which scared Bethany
  38. 68. Have an ____ up the sleeve
  39. 70. The Stallion of the Cimarron
  40. 71. How Charlotte first greets Wilbur
  41. 72. In what book do you find the line, “Well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting”
  42. 75. Vernon Dursley works here
  43. 77. Bethany’s favorite childhood toy
  44. 80. Bethany’s video game of 2023
  45. 81. Miss Price’s first name in Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  46. 84. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s ____
  47. 85. This famous designer (last name) said “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous”
  48. 86. Bethany and Aunt Erin liked to pretend to do this in the Edgerton house attic
  49. 90. Dr. Seuss’s real last name
  50. 91. When Uncle Jim thinks of Bethany, he thinks of this one word: ______________
  51. 96. The dystopian novel "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin published in 1946 served as the inspiration for another dystopian novel published years later by this author (last name)
  52. 97. In addition to writing Roald Dahl was a taste tester for this chocolate company often associated with Easter
  53. 98. Walt Disney said "If you can _____ it you can do it"
  54. 100. Lacewing flies, leeches, powdered Bicorn horn, knotgrass, fluxweed, shredded Boomslang skin, and a bit of the person you want to turn into are the ingredients for this potion
  55. 102. Lisa Lewis led the workout videos Bethany and Melanie did together in 2020 along with "my guy, ____"
  56. 105. City where Bethany road her first upside down roller coaster
  57. 109. According to the sorting hat two characteristics of Ravenclaws are learning and _____
  58. 110. Bethany’s favorite vegetable
  59. 111. The man who said "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted... he lived happily ever after" (first and last name)
  60. 113. What Bethany wanted to see at the St. Croix condo
  61. 115. Hook line and _______
  62. 116. The name of a wizard who catches dark wizards
  63. 117. Bethany and Melanie’s favorite babysitter game at Edgerton street featured this kind of ice cream
Down
  1. 1. Author James Joyce suffered from this fear of thunder and lightening
  2. 2. Pre-Disney World surprise
  3. 4. Agatha Christie ate this fruit while in the bath for creative inspiration
  4. 8. These knee-length trousers for women are cut to look like a shirt with full legs
  5. 10. Bethany's favorite elementary teacher
  6. 11. Eleanor Roosevelt said, "If life were predictable, it would cease to be life, and be without ____ "
  7. 13. I am the polygon with this many sides
  8. 14. My anniversary jewel
  9. 15. The British Monarch who demanded a law be created to ensure certain professionals always be required to wear wigs
  10. 17. This American poet was born December 10 1830
  11. 18. The real first name of the designer Coco Chanel
  12. 19. Name the author who wrote, “And so we beat on boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”
  13. 21. Back of the grad album
  14. 22. I am the animal with this many teeth
  15. 29. Fill the ______ minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run
  16. 30. Tom Riddle’s Diary, Harry Potter, the giant ring, the Hufflepuff cup, Slytherin Locket, and Ravenclaw diadem. What is missing?
  17. 32. To what do you bid goodnight to last in Goodnight Moon
  18. 33. In “A Wrinkle in Time" Calvin, Meg, and Charles Wallace are accompanied on their journey by Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. ________
  19. 35. Beebee!
  20. 36. A visit to Great cemented this song in Bethany and Mom’s repertoire
  21. 42. International Wig Day is celebrated in this month
  22. 46. The unexpected thing Seana told Bethany she couldn't have more of when she was little
  23. 47. The Musical composure who wore a wig to cover a deformity in his left ear
  24. 48. Kristi and Bethany's shared fantasy series
  25. 50. I have this many stones
  26. 52. What Dumbledore sees in the Mirror of Erised
  27. 54. The Lord of the Rings movie for which the most wigs were ever created
  28. 57. This King of France was responsible for a huge surge in popularity of wigs in the 1600s
  29. 58. Name the author who wrote, “Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful”
  30. 59. The oldest of the Boxcar children
  31. 60. Josh's other name for Bethany
  32. 62. What a wonderful phrase
  33. 69. This member of the Wexler family was named for an animal
  34. 73. the language from which the word wig is derived
  35. 74. This kind of fashion is used to describe inexpensive designs that move quickly from the catwalks to stores to meet temporary trends
  36. 76. The row in London that is known for traditional bespoke tailoring
  37. 78. Tim Westergren started which music hardware company at age 35
  38. 79. Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis are usually credited with inventing this type of pants
  39. 82. The drape dress of the 1930s was inspired by this ancient culture
  40. 83. Bethany’s favorite Grandpa trick when she was little
  41. 87. The man known for white “fright” wigs (last name)
  42. 88. Bethany and Dad had a months-long string of texts associated with this game
  43. 89. The elf who wants to be a dentist
  44. 91. The Oxford English dictionary first defined the word wig in the 14th century as this kind of dessert, cake
  45. 92. A little ______ is a dangerous thing
  46. 93. the kind of sandwich Odd Velvet brought for lunch
  47. 94. This famous author added the words waggle and walrus to the Oxford Dictionary (last name)
  48. 95. When mom talked about the history of the world and Mel talked about Mormons, Beth talked about this kind of technology
  49. 99. A _____ for your thoughts
  50. 101. The theme of the 2020 Met Gala before it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic
  51. 103. Victorian author Mary Ann Evans known for her realist novels wrote with this pen name (last name)
  52. 104. Fortune favors the ____
  53. 106. Kristi and Bethany call each other this kind of cousin
  54. 107. Aunt Erin liked calling the Edgerton house when no could answer because of Bethany's _______
  55. 108. Name the author who wrote, “The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing whispering clamoring murmuring inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude”
  56. 110. Bethany’s favorite snack
  57. 112. Who Mootisse met
  58. 114. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was age of foolishness, it was the _____ of belief”