Andrea's 75th Birthday Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. Big, black, bold and beautiful (and grand)
  2. 4. Most handsome trainer
  3. 6. Ranch gift
  4. 11. Yaw
  5. 12. Birthday lunch 2011
  6. 16. Lovely brunch 2005 (Andrea, Lexi and me)
  7. 18. Dear old friend
  8. 20. Birthday lunch: 2013 and 2015
  9. 23. Block Party
  10. 24. Launchpad for the future! (____Airlines)
  11. 27. Andrea’s favorite
  12. 30. Best Bloody Mary ever!
  13. 33. Best office mate
  14. 35. The first Andrea/Megan/Lexi birthday dinner (2014)
  15. 36. Color-coded like you’ve never seen before! Andrea’s ___________
  16. 37. Where Lexi insisted in sitting on your side of the table (eating marinara) after you had just had your jacket cleaned
  17. 39. The best baby shower ever!
  18. 41. Your astounding self-discipline around __________
  19. 42. The announcement that knocked your socks off!
  20. 43. Best calendar documentarian
  21. 44. Prone to hyperbole
  22. 45. Phone interview 1997. The only time I have EVER known Andrea to be _____
Down
  1. 1. Fun chase down the hallway
  2. 2. Boxes appeared every Christmas in the lunchroom, much to our delight
  3. 5. Birthday lunch 2012: Café _____
  4. 6. Always on the invitation list for Lexi’s birthday parties
  5. 7. Fun shopping excursion 2008
  6. 8. Empowering Youth through…
  7. 9. Original Works for Adventurous Minds
  8. 10. Best FF policy, 2002 (all your doing, Andrea)
  9. 13. Birthday lunch 2014
  10. 14. The number of states in which Fulfillment Fund is operating (according to Gary, 1/13/18!)
  11. 15. They followed you everywhere to get what they needed…even to the
  12. 17. ______ Fish and Rice in the ______
  13. 19. In Pursuit of…
  14. 21. The second Andrea/Megan/Lexi birthday dinner (2015)
  15. 22. Loud and fabulous and in your face
  16. 25. New
  17. 26. The number of joys Andrea brings to the world
  18. 28. The car for wild stories from the past
  19. 29. Lexi’s first name for you!
  20. 31. One of the best holiday traditions…Andrea’s ____ parties
  21. 32. The wrong thing to change when Gary’s on his way to the office
  22. 34. Hearty, distinctive, and makes everyone smile: your ______
  23. 38. Birthday lunch 2017: Rays and …
  24. 39. Transforming Organizations. Empowering…
  25. 40. The setting for wild stories from the past
  26. 43. Shall we say…”shared distaste”