To My New Granddaughter
■ · Por JeffsPuzzles · Publicado 2023-02-02T23:30:56.627Z
Constructor's Note
Sandy and I became grandparents yesterday! Our granddaughter, 18 Across, and her Mom, Andrea, are doing great. Here's a puzzle in her honor, with easy clues followed by bracketed notes to her relating the answers to our family. (I plan to indoctrinate her into the joys of crosswords ASAP!) Yes, it's incredibly sappy, but you can't blame me!!
Jeff Linder
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Pt. of the Alps or Rockies. [I'll take you to any mountain, anywhere; just don't expect me to ski. Your Grandpa Jeff and skis don't get along well.]
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- 1APt. of the Alps or Rockies. [I'll take you to any mountain, anywhere; just don't expect me to ski. Your Grandpa Jeff and skis don't get along well.]
- 4A"(It's Not Easy) ___ Green" (Kermit the Frog song). [Ask your Mom to show you the video of her and Grandpa Jeff dancing to "The Rainbow Connection" at your parents' wedding]
- 8AOne who looks after someone. [You've got lots of people looking after you!]
- 10AIt hangs in Italy [Maybe you'll grow up to paint beautiful pictures like your Grandma Nan!]
- 11AMacy's Thanksgiving Day ____ [Your Grandma Sandy wanted to be a majorette and your Grandpa Jeff used to play in a marching band]
- 12AHug and ___ [What I'll do every time I see you!]
- 13AColumbia or Harvard, for short [ask your Grandpa Bob for stories]
- 14ACapital One and other stadiums [I know your Dad and Mom will take you to lots of Caps games]
- 16ANumber of squares in a tic tac toe game [We'll play lots of games!]
- 17A"What's up, ___?" [I hope you like watching old cartoons like Bugs Bunny and especially Tom and Jerry and Top Cat, which your Uncles Ryan and Adam loved]
- 18ARoosevelt who was one of the greatest women in American history [And it's your name!]
- 21ATitle for some diplomats (Abbr.) [If you ever construct crosswords, and I sure hope you do, you'll find that sometimes you can't avoid "bad" fill. This is one of those times]
- 22AEight (Sp.) [Your Great-Grandma Eva, whom you were named after, was born in Cuba and grew up in Puerto Rico speaking Spanish]
- 25AArrive by ship [You're going to love going on cruises! Ask Uncle Ryan to show you a picture of him as a kid on a ship with a super-sized ice cream cone]
- 28AKeurig insert ["Coffee" might be one of your first words given how much your Dad loves it!]
- 29ARed Sesame Street character [His name sounds a little like yours]
- 30ABaltimore baseball player [We're all Nats fans and I hope you will be too, though as long as you're a baseball fan I don't care whom you root for!]
- 32ALots [Like how many books and stuffed animals you already have]
- 33ABurst with pride (from Yiddish) [I'm sure you'll make your parents and grandparents do this a whole lot!]
- 34ATune [A band called the Turtles wrote one with your name as the title, but they spelled it differently. It goes ["[your name], gee, I think you're swell ..." and they're right!]]
- 35AGov't agency issuing 9-digit IDs [You got one when you were born]
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- 1DRelated to the ocean [You'll see the ocean every time you go with your Grandma Nan and Grandpa Bob to Cape Cod]
- 2DAccompany on a trip [I hope you love seeing other places as much as I do - you'll come with us to lots of exciting places!]
- 3DFictional Flanders (the Simpsons) or Stark (Game of Thrones) [I think this would be a good name for a teddy bear because Ned and Teddy can both be nicknames for Edward]
- 4DMake snickerdoodles, e.g. [You'll do this lots with Grandma Sandy!!!]
- 5DPoetic name for Ireland [Ireland is one of my very favorite places in the whole world. Ask Mommy to tell you what she talked about with Uncle Ryan and Uncle Adam when Grandma Sandy and I walked along the Cliffs of Moher]]
- 6D"___ Girl!" [You had lots of balloons saying that]
- 7DFamous Scottish loch [Two of my favorite authors, Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin, come from Scotland. Maybe you'll read them one day!]
- 8D"___ have another snickerdoodle?" [at your grandparents, almost certainly!]
- 9DEnjoy "Harry the Dirty Dog," e.g. [your whole family loves to do this; I know you will too!]
- 11DBit of wordplay [Between your Dad, your Mom, your Grandma Sandy, and your Grandpa Jeff, you're going to be hearing lots of these!]
- 15DHarry Potter's friend [I can't wait to share these great stories with you]
- 19DCPR pro [Your Dad served as one before you were born]
- 20DCoke competitor [You'll learn that in our family Coke, and especially Diet Coke for the grown-ups, is the only acceptable cola]
- 23DThe outside of a popcorn kernel, or the body of a ship [Grandma Sandy loves popcorn!!!]
- 24D"Open," to Shakespeare [You'll be assigned some of his plays in school and probably not like them. Read him again as a grown-up, they're amazing!]
- 25DThe Caribbean and Mediterranean, e.g. [Puerto Rico is in the Caribbean. You'll love it there. I'll show you where my Grandma and Grandpa used to live and we'll eat yummy fried bananas]
- 26DKind of saxophone [It's my main instrument. Maybe you'll learn to play it, or maybe you'll play flute like your Mom, guitar like your Dad and your Uncle Adam, or piano like me and Grandma Sandy. Or all of them!]
- 27D"___ your side" (Simon and Garfunkel, "Bridge over Troubled Water") [I always will be!]
- 31DCamper vans, for short. [Your great-uncle Eric and great-aunt Elise like to take vacations in these]