Christine's 65th Birthday Celebration

2. Thailand’s capital
3. Starfleet captain known for “Make it so”
4. Sweet product made from nectar
7. Museum that houses the Mona Lisa
11. Record holder for the most men’s singles titles at the French Open
14. Plant-science field (what you’d study instead of zoology)
16. Britain’s longest-reigning monarch
19. Process of cell division (not meiosis)
20. A plant that returns year after year
21. Surrealist known for melting clocks
24. Tennis player with the all-time record 24 major singles titles, tied with Margaret Court
25. Sci-fi travel speed that beats “lightspeed,” in Star Trek terms
27. Nickname often used for Germany’s national team (“Die ___”)
29. Frankfurt’s soccer club with an eagle nickname, familiarly
31. German word shouted when the ball goes in (meaning “goal”)
32. River that runs through Paris
33. “Night Watch” painter
35. Wizard who declares “You shall not pass!”
38. Germany’s capital
40. Sticky “bee glue” used to seal cracks in a hive
41. Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
42. Drought-tolerant houseplant type, like aloe
44. Ancient city buried by Vesuvius
47. Basic tool used to calm bees during inspections
49. A snipped plant you might root in water on a windowsill
50. Italian art era of Michelangelo and Leonardo
51. Historic English charter signed in 1215
53. Medieval epic novel by Ken Follett centered on building a cathedral (no spaces)

1. “Powerhouse” of the cell
2. Germany’s top professional soccer league
5. Green pigment that helps plants capture light
6. Android officer on Star Trek: The Next Generation, played by Brent Spiner
8. Protein that speeds up chemical reactions
9. Bee home with frames inside
10. Female head of a colony
12. Genetic material, informally
13. A tennis “major” played on grass
15. Basic unit of life
17. Shackleton’s ship, famous for polar survival history
18. Captain of the Enterprise in the original series
20. Movement of pollen to a flower’s stigma
22. German-style layer cake (plural often used)
23. Water loss from leaves through tiny pores
26. French palace synonymous with royal extravagance
28. Shire residents in Tolkien’s world
30. Sauron’s land
34. Needlecraft made with a single hook (not knitting)
36. Scientific beekeeping term (field)
37. The “Big Three” member missing from clues 11 and 24
39. Author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (Swedish)
43. Gardener’s “black gold” made from scraps and leaves
45. A gardener’s act of trimming back growth
46. School of witchcraft and wizardry
48. Plant tissue that moves water upward from roots
52. Architectural style with flying buttresses