Mother's Day 2022

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Across
  1. 2. Your fuzzy closet protector
  2. 3. Business card aficionado
  3. 4. First child in The Rake's Song
  4. 8. A childish exclamation
  5. 9. Link's dream girl
  6. 10. Math teachers' favorite suffix
  7. 14. Balancing on one of these is the topic of much discussion
  8. 15. Difficult to pronounce aquatic reptile
  9. 17. Musical Twittering friends
  10. 18. Oft confused with an ice cream brand
  11. 21. Lyra's daemon
  12. 22. The best Mario Kart Wii vehicle
  13. 28. Local mycorrhizal parasite
  14. 30. Andrew Bird album series
  15. 32. An enemy from Twilight Princess, also the abbreviated name of a physics class creation
  16. 33. Fabled mountain range known for its unusual material composition
  17. 34. Loves cigars
  18. 36. The most macho of vehicles
  19. 38. Demon lord from Buffy, also the entity Republicans think all us lefties worship
  20. 40. A David Grey album title, this phrase was also featured in A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
  21. 42. Our newly determined district
  22. 43. "Goodnight"
  23. 45. Skade's favorite camouflage
  24. 47. Drosophila melanogaster's sister species
  25. 49. Your go-to nail salon
Down
  1. 1. One member of this family is known for their flamboyance and toxicity
  2. 3. Chloroplast pancakes
  3. 5. Our favorite method of air travel
  4. 6. If only we had her couches
  5. 7. Little Stella's favorite makeup look
  6. 11. Kim's hometown in Bye Bye Birdie
  7. 12. Desert planet
  8. 13. A color fitting for racing cars and little dune buggies alike
  9. 16. You were right about the pronunciation
  10. 19. This region is known for its sunny weather
  11. 20. Our rival brand
  12. 23. Your signature glasses
  13. 24. A type of yellow lily unique to the San Jacinto mountains
  14. 25. Homeland of metal horses
  15. 26. A sedentary lifeform worth swerving for
  16. 27. This bug can jump so high, it's the equivalent of a human jumping over the Eiffel Tower
  17. 29. Cheese quesadilla
  18. 31. Ascend with
  19. 33. Shopkeep known for enthusiastic greetings, equally at home in the air, on the ground, or at sea
  20. 35. Building material and music designation
  21. 37. A foodstuff worth dancing for
  22. 39. No Idyllwild home is complete without this renewable insulation
  23. 41. Woodpeckers' favorite music genre
  24. 44. Deadly caterpillar ping pong
  25. 46. Peach's predecessor
  26. 48. Tiny musician who lives in the forest
  27. 50. What size?