Grandma Rose's Ultimate Crossword Puzzle (Are you ready??)

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Across
  1. 2. arkansas' state flower/blossom that may shoo your medical bills
  2. 3. to retrieve and get something back
  3. 7. this founding father has a musical about him
  4. 9. an expression that sounds like the letter it starts with
  5. 11. the one who puts the apple on the desk
  6. 12. there are too many of these family members to count
  7. 14. these humped animals once roamed Texas in the wild west
  8. 17. praying mantises eat most of their food like this
  9. 19. people give these even when they're not asked for them
  10. 21. this object should be dizzy from all the spinning
  11. 23. everyone who has been brought into this planet has one
  12. 25. between freshman and junior year
  13. 27. "big-girl/boy" school
  14. 29. 49th state
  15. 30. cartoon pig
  16. 32. if you're boiling eggs, this is a must have
  17. 34. an app and website to help write your papers
  18. 35. surfing hotspot in Europe
  19. 38. start off as swimming things in ponds or nasty water
  20. 39. the last name of one of tv's favorite princes
  21. 40. their goal is to have you leaving with a bright smile
  22. 42. there's a backwards and forwards one on the keyboard
  23. 43. medical prefix meaning "stomach"
Down
  1. 1. the last name of the man who invented the pringles can (by the way, his ashes are buried in one)
  2. 4. you would serve the ball to the opposite side of the net (nope, not tennis...)
  3. 5. capital of Nigeria
  4. 6. can assist and aid in getting you into college
  5. 8. a modern word meaning to behave and take care of responsibilities as a grown-up
  6. 10. wife's loving counterpart
  7. 13. NBA team from Toronto
  8. 14. when someone tells you not to hate, you do this instead
  9. 15. the only state where you are by yourself
  10. 16. number 7 on the periodic table of elements
  11. 18. what is "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir" original language
  12. 20. Ben's dairy counterpart
  13. 21. abbreviation used for asking for one's location (although grammatically incorrect)
  14. 22. if you are an italian resident, you may have a font named after your people and a book of the bible
  15. 24. every what can be found in this sentence:"the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
  16. 26. man in the bible who didn't eat the king's meat (of course, he had help from his three amigos)
  17. 28. what "hola", "annyeonghasseo", and "bonjour" all mean in english
  18. 31. many hymns and carols pray for this
  19. 33. fish can actually do this
  20. 34. the "g" in text slang "ig"
  21. 36. this many world travelers set a record by traveling to every continent in just three days
  22. 37. these are caused when you have some facial muscles that are shorter than others
  23. 41. president #10