A Jewish businessman, a shoe heiress, and some Irish blokes walk into a wedding…

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Across
  1. 2. A nightmare of a Donovan dog, also a famous poet
  2. 5. A 19th century Jones made these, while Lazarus forebearers sold them
  3. 6. Five of us have been professionals in it, a few may have skirted it at times, and Howard Green has often laid it down
  4. 8. Family seat of the Lazari, also Carol G’s favorite random US city
  5. 9. The most popular zodiac element among us (explains our brilliance)
  6. 11. Multiple young, old and deceased canine family members are represented by this breed
  7. 14. A seltzer often in Carol and Sam’s fridge, or a bear seen on Sam’s pajamas
  8. 16. Family members on both sides have traversed these iconic waterways of France
Down
  1. 1. Slovakian town where Monika, brides-mates Mark and Blake, and a former captain of the Bruins all find their roots
  2. 3. A revolutionary grape, also an Academy where Sam, Carol and Maya all crossed paths from 2000-2002 (unbeknownst to Sam…)
  3. 4. Flower girl Lydia and her mom, Ana, travel to this Mediterranean country yearly
  4. 7. Means Song of Joy; if not singing, both of these are likely joyful today
  5. 10. County from which the original McSherrys and Donovans came
  6. 12. Sam and Carol’s first vacation took place in this Canadian province
  7. 13. Capital of a state important to the Greens, and the Ithaca-adjacent town that Sam and Carol now call home
  8. 15. Best Eurich-Ferko dog, and a mountain range in the state where Howie B, Anne, and General McSherry have all called home