Happy Birthday!

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Across
  1. 2. Midlife milestone
  2. 7. Annual reminder that cake is totally justified
  3. 9. Tiny pollinator with a sweet side hustle
  4. 13. Chain reaction vehicle
  5. 14. Figurative path fading with age
  6. 15. Prone to swings like a pendulum heart
  7. 16. Score, centuries ago
Down
  1. 1. Where the rubber meets the road
  2. 3. Capital where weirdness is a civic virtue
  3. 4. A still body
  4. 5. Half a dozen, but never a crowd
  5. 6. Emotion
  6. 8. What to do with good news, milestones, or Fridays
  7. 10. Every hero—and relationship—has one
  8. 11. Bar with character
  9. 12. Before sweaters fully take over