Don's 2023 Birthday Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. the river that originally divided Hartford into northern and southern sections, now it runs underground
  2. 4. number of players needed for a game of Canadian doubles tennis
  3. 5. the second most popular instrument in the world
  4. 7. boy’s name of Scottish origin meaning “proud chief”
  5. 10. tallest player on current UCONN women’s basketball team
  6. 11. zero on the court
  7. 12. 1961 film that Barry Galbraith appeared in
  8. 15. tallest player on current UCONN men’s basketball team
  9. 17. the name of the stadium where the French Open is played
  10. 19. one of Don’s favorite research students who may have gone on to dental school (Kathy’s not positive about that)
  11. 21. Don’s favorite ground cover plant in hard-to-plant areas such as under trees, or in shady areas with poor or acidic soil
  12. 24. the original name of Trinity College
  13. 25. Noreen’s favorite color for houses and steeples
  14. 27. man who mysteriously lost his legs and washed up on Sandy Cove in Nova Scotia and carved wooden shovels
  15. 28. place on New Britain Ave where we used to go get butter burgers on Friday nights
Down
  1. 1. girl’s name of Irish origin meaning “honor”
  2. 3. giant seagoing mammal carcass that washed up on the beach one time when Kathy and Jenny were visiting
  3. 6. what you call a person from Halifax
  4. 8. color of Buddy, Diana’s cat
  5. 9. locus of alleles that control black and yellow hair color in mice
  6. 13. place where the first known guitar was found
  7. 14. Don’s favorite type of wine
  8. 16. the island on which Rafael Nadal was born
  9. 18. the European country that Nova Scotia was named for
  10. 20. Starry’s breed
  11. 22. first known inhabitants of what is now Nova Scotia
  12. 23. along with Don, the father of modern genetics
  13. 26. island with part-time sheep inhabitants