Across
- 5. birth stone
- 7. dream vacation
- 8. important part of her St. Patrick's Day meal
- 9. beach, 2
- 11. birthday month
- 14. first successful gardening venture
- 16. Long Island actor with many children that she hated
- 17. hobby
- 18. "you look like ____ of the north"
- 20. historical astronomical event the year she was born ('57)
- 21. Kiawah or Long
- 25. code for people robbing her at her place of work
- 27. favorite adult beverage
- 29. favorite soup to make
- 31. email service where her username was 'callmelois'
- 36. New York Times game she played 855
- 37. what people are at the beginning of Law & Order, according to her
- 40. last workplace
- 42. name of street in Centereach
- 43. name of dog she rescued from the pound
- 45. you'd find a vast collection of these leaves in her kitchen
- 46. corned ____, favorite irish dish
- 49. christmas eve tradition
- 51. honeymoon location
- 55. first name of senator she booed at St. Patrick's Day parade
- 56. Jasmine _______, one of her favorite romance authors
Down
- 1. go-to road rage insult
- 2. frequent outing with Bill
- 3. grandchild with same middle name as her
- 4. Tyler _____favorite hallmark movie actor
- 6. a goodbye gesture created by her father
- 10. ___ pleasant, beach 3
- 12. queens neighborhood she lived in before Ella was born
- 13. reason to cut hair off as a new mother
- 15. queens neighborhood known for greek cuisine
- 16. dessert she was known for making
- 19. favorite "Murder, She Wrote" episode, "Who Threw the ___ in Mrs. Fletchers' Chowder?"
- 22. Superbowl Sunday tradition with her daughters
- 23. "you make a better _____ than a window"
- 24. what month she get married
- 26. ____actually, her favorite movie
- 27. childhood birthday treat substitute for cake
- 28. common birthday present brand
- 30. (daytime) awards show she attended
- 32. her middle name
- 33. birth name
- 34. her favorite crossword puzzle to do
- 35. beach, 1
- 36. favorite kind of wine
- 38. halloween costume she made for lynne
- 39. dark shadows vampire (her favorite soap opera)
- 41. reason to cut hair off as a child
- 44. first movie date
- 47. Sunny or Chimney
- 48. upstate residence
- 50. one of the colors she dyed her hair
- 52. favorite network for soap operas
- 53. her favorite souvenir to collect
- 54. one of her favorite tv channels
