Dida's Birthday Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. My favorite munchkin who loves purple
  2. 4. Film the family went to see while I got a hysterectomy
  3. 6. My mona lisa
  4. 7. Keralite leprechaun that builds doomed housing
  5. 8. What I need to survive
  6. 12. Lives in Setauket
  7. 15. My student who once offered my assistant some gynecological advice
  8. 16. Last American film I watched without falling asleep once
  9. 18. My current crush
  10. 23. Where I've met some of the dumbest people on Earth.
  11. 26. Favorite Ice Cream Brand
  12. 27. Current favorite type of cookie
  13. 28. One of my favorite clothiers.
  14. 33. First three numbers of my first phone number at Burns Street house
  15. 35. Street that has my fave dosa spot
  16. 36. Hate them; never want to see them
  17. 37. My favorite childhood cartoon
  18. 39. Second cutest girl I ever saw
  19. 43. Size of whole, in inches, that remained open after my second spinal surgery, for 6 months
  20. 44. One of my favorite teachers growing up
  21. 45. Favorite type of para
  22. 48. Teacher at my school who slapped a student
  23. 49. My hero
  24. 50. My conduct vis-a-vis my own health
  25. 53. Place I can only walk to six times a year
  26. 55. Acronym of my favorite (American) soap opera
  27. 57. Dentist who killed my soul
Down
  1. 1. My favorite dessert, formerly of Applebee's
  2. 3. I see him shirtless more than any other man
  3. 4. Favorite type of jelly
  4. 5. I briefly attended this medical school
  5. 6. First name of my favorite novelist
  6. 8. Only karat of gold that touches my skin
  7. 9. Fat one who takes care of me
  8. 10. Place where boat got me a little misty
  9. 11. Future cure for much of what ails me
  10. 13. Favorite fast food option
  11. 14. First name of buffoon who locked himself in my bathroom after blasting a dookie
  12. 17. My role model
  13. 19. Site of the worst airport incident I've ever been a party to
  14. 20. I like him. He's not too competent at this point, but he's sweet
  15. 21. Can destroy my day with lightning quickness
  16. 22. Founding group of my birth home
  17. 24. My all-time favorite Knicks player
  18. 25. I taught here for more than 20 years
  19. 27. Surname of my all-time favorite TV news anchor
  20. 29. My favorite tennis player, mainly for his full head of hair
  21. 30. One of two who killed my spine
  22. 31. Suspected slumlord turned principal
  23. 32. My goto Jackson Heights restaurant in the 90s
  24. 34. Full title of my college
  25. 36. Subject of my favorite Indian serial, currently
  26. 38. Type of pepper used to assassinate me, even though I ate the entire thing myself
  27. 40. Model of car I killed
  28. 41. My first crush
  29. 42. My favorite fabric
  30. 46. My favorite scent, at least what I said once in 2016
  31. 47. I love their basil chicken
  32. 51. Least favorite article of clothing, seemingly
  33. 52. Where my angels play
  34. 53. Was the cutest girl I ever saw
  35. 54. Everyone else likes to eat them; I do NOT
  36. 56. He is the WORST