70th birthday
Across
- 7. for the Birthday Girl, sometimes four times a week
- 8. bespoke walking group known to Birthday Girl (4,3,4)
- 10. products of a new pastime/activity?
- 14. city between Worthing and Eastbourne
- 16. waist-wading is fine here
- 17. favoured pre-lunch tipple
- 18. usual alcoholic accompaniment to jolly meals with Birthday Girl
- 19. tennis shot
- 21. "... everywhere and never a drop to drink"
- 22. beloved Sussex coastal backdrop (5,7)
- 26. Birthday Girl's favourite & essential beauty session (4,11)
- 27. sport famous in Eastbourne
- 30. new pastime the Birthday girl is excited to start?
- 31. Birthday Girl's favourite pin-up
- 32. Would the Birthday girl like to go sea swimming? Ha ha (3,4,2,6)
- 34. soaring Sussex football club
Down
- 1. animals in furry cafe in Eastbourne
- 2. Birthday Girl's middle name
- 3. "It's just a ... to the left · And then a step to the right · With your hands on your hips" etc
- 4. a glorious quadruple of pals (3,3,4)
- 5. one step in front of the other
- 6. a critical moment in a tennis match (5.5)
- 9. another Sussex football club
- 11. useful aid for internet browsing and/or wine bar group drinks
- 12. The ... Pavilion
- 13. number of steps up to Birthday Girl's front door
- 15. films the Birthday Girl finds interesting
- 20. Renowned writer and playwright hired as Story consultant in the late 1960s to inject more social realism into Coronation street
- 23. Birthday Girl's helpful travel monitoring activity (6,8)
- 24. Birthday Girl's alternative career sector?
- 25. Beach bag essentials: towel, sunnies, hat and ...
- 28. digital admin aide beloved by the Birthday Girl
- 29. excellent coat colour choice by Birthday Girl
- 33. Birthday Girl's glamorous hair shade