Many firsts, and many more to make

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Across
  1. 2. Island and ship that carries planes
  2. 3. Small-ecosystem
  3. 6. World’s best bolognese
  4. 7. Beautiful, intelligent, driven, artistic, talented, gorgeous, but most importantly kind
  5. 9. Duo water sources below mt Elbert
  6. 14. Guinness!
  7. 15. Maze structure, also used for gas?
  8. 16. Girasol
  9. 17. Greek muse of music
  10. 18. Mac and cheese musician
  11. 20. Meeting your person
  12. 22. beach Aptly named western coastline feature
  13. 23. Musky smell of precipitation
  14. 24. Grand slam not filmed
  15. 26. Key motto for success
Down
  1. 1. A neighborhood in New York or a nicknamed mountain feature near Ralphie
  2. 4. What you are to me
  3. 5. Amazon, UPS, FedEx receptacles
  4. 8. Regal, elegant, loving; though some say loud
  5. 10. Earths largest organism, known for its dynamic appearance
  6. 11. direction)sells libations
  7. 12. Edible mascot
  8. 13. The month that started it all
  9. 16. Oldest ship that still sails
  10. 19. Watercraft(dangerous)
  11. 21. One who commands the attention of any room she enters
  12. 25. Acknowledgement of orders via radio