70th Birthday Crossword 2025!

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Across
  1. 6. Greek street names abound in my neighborhood--"many ways" indeed! Apart from one, which uses this hero's Roman name - aptly, I pass it on my way home.
  2. 8. The vaccine for this disease was declared safe and was licensed your birth year
  3. 11. The first of this now ubiquitous chain opened in Illinois in 1955
  4. 12. She became the last woman to be executed in Britain, 11 days before your birthday - for a crime committed in Hampstead!
  5. 14. We were seeing stars at this quirky West London _____ House
  6. 15. Arthur Boyd, a painter from this country, is another birthday buddy of yours
  7. 18. I now live near this Green - like it was destined!
  8. 21. We enjoyed his Prague museum, and he shares your birthday!
  9. 22. Seventy, in Paris
  10. 24. His premiership, which debuted a few months before you did in 1955, was no paradise!
  11. 25. We browsed Housmans together for the first time since 2000! On this now literary road.
  12. 28. I met this Black Panther photographer this year by total happenstance!
  13. 29. Wicked! This Glinda role originator shares your birthday
  14. 31. "The name is ________!" This democratic socialist pleasantly surprised us all with his June primary win for NYC mayor!
  15. 34. This Brit artist filmed a music video where we candlepin bowled!
  16. 36. You were a big fan of the coffee at this local caf - queue the Kinks song!
  17. 37. Little Richard had this hit in 1955…“A‑wop‑bop…”
Down
  1. 1. We both read the tell-all about Facebook’s execs - who are definitely this kind of people!
  2. 2. We saw several of this type of whale, far off the coast of Gloucester!
  3. 3. A 70th jubilee is marked with this gemstone
  4. 4. Monroe had the OG ‘Marilyn moment’ in this 1955 film, which premiered 4 days after you were born!
  5. 5. Reduplicative director of L'Avventura and Blow Up
  6. 7. This month of this year was the hottest ever on record in England
  7. 9. This union umbrella was formed after a 1955 merge
  8. 10. Your age now is summed up by this phrase in the Bible
  9. 13. The group of gay Gloucestrians was known by this acronym
  10. 16. Seventy [Ger.]
  11. 17. 70 in Roman numerals
  12. 19. You and mom were back at this (now not so) quaint country Cotswolds inn 30 years later!
  13. 20. The 70th birthday milestone is called this in Kyoto (only one letter off from my Japanese host sister’s name!)
  14. 23. This frozen food for a Friday first hit the market in 1955
  15. 25. KEYS v. ______ COACH CO. was a landmark 1955 decision
  16. 26. The CEO of this company was exposed for his public Coldplay concert cheating
  17. 27. It took me 3 months, but I finally watched the Sopranos this past year! Tony’s boat was called The what?
  18. 30. Atomic element 70, symbol Yb, is named after a Swedish village
  19. 32. Prof. Thomas and you are both members of this org that’s taking on Trump on behalf of Harvard
  20. 33. 7 days before you were born, this opened in Anaheim
  21. 35. A new socialist party was founded in this French-colonial state 1955