Across
- 2. Spring songbird
- 3. Mexican hero of Cinco de Mayo
- 7. Mourning display on Memorial Day
- 9. Ice-crystal halo effect
- 12. Lowest atmospheric layer
- 13. Puebla’s traditional glazed pottery
- 14. Amphibian heard in spring
- 16. Mother’s Day flower
- 17. Founder of Mother’s Day
- 18. Traditional Mexican dance
- 20. Mexican chili chocolate sauce
- 22. Honors spirit of Aloha
- 23. Nitrogen-fixing spring plant
- 24. Symbol of fallen soldiers
- 25. Dining outdoors
- 27. Military funeral bugle call
- 32. Fragrant spring shrub
- 33. Sudden late cold snap
- 35. Star Wars remembrance
- 38. Spring constellation
- 39. Decomposed organic soil matter
- 40. Late spring perennial bloom
- 42. Milk production process
- 45. Seasonal pollen allergy
- 46. Art of teaching
Down
- 1. Tornado intensity scale
- 4. Greek goddess for whom May is named
- 5. Relatives of fallen service members
- 6. Child-centered education pioneer
- 8. Tutor to Alexander the Great
- 10. May birthstone
- 11. Severe rotating storm
- 15. Memorial Day tradition
- 19. May birth flower
- 21. Traditional May Day dance pole
- 26. Puebla-origin street food
- 28. May equine dash
- 29. Bearded flower blooming in May
- 30. Honored at Arlington tomb
- 31. Plant growth tissue
- 34. Tree with helicopter seeds
- 36. Safe planting time milestone
- 37. National cemetery in Virginia
- 41. 1862 victory over French forces
- 43. Reappearance after dormancy
- 44. Mariachi rhythm guitar