Kumar's Story in a Puzzle

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Across
  1. 6. Milestone celebration (8)
  2. 7. Mufasa's species and Kumar's spirit animal (4)
  3. 9. South Indian crispy crepe Kumar loves (4)
  4. 10. Kumar's relationship status: happily ___ (6)
  5. 11. Nature's WWE matches Kumar shares constantly (12)
  6. 17. Wrote about man-eaters; Kumar's go-to reading (15)
  7. 19. Where Kumar made his grand entrance (10)
  8. 21. Kumar's favourite decade for Hindi film music (8)
  9. 22. The woman with the most Kumar-invented nicknames (3)
  10. 23. Recent passion that actually gets Kumar to leave the house (10)
  11. 24. Spanish tennis star's nickname Kumar adores (4)
  12. 25. Post-RTO, the ONLY reason Kumar visits office (7)
Down
  1. 1. Home made food? Yes! Pack it in this? Never! (7)
  2. 2. "The Ghost Who Walks" - purple-suited hero Kumar loves (7)
  3. 3. From India to Pak to USA - Kumar's endless discussion topic (11)
  4. 4. Breakfast he could eat every single day forever (4)
  5. 5. The legendary thing he forgot that could've changed his academic career (10)
  6. 8. Kumar's been practicing this art solo for a decade (11)
  7. 12. Kumar's problematic tooth variety (5)
  8. 13. His closet called, it wants some variety from this color (4)
  9. 14. Kumar's unpaid side gig: testing this Tesla feature (3)
  10. 15. Where Kumar studied, Nav landlord-ed (10)
  11. 16. Tangy rice dish that makes Kumar's mouth water (8)
  12. 18. Cincinnati landlord turned close buddy (3)
  13. 20. The demographic with his biggest fans (4)