Nefeli's 40th

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Across
  1. 3. PSYCHARI Address remembered because everything else was unfamiliar
  2. 6. PATE Morning-after offering that confirmed good intentions
  3. 8. BUTCHERS Cheerful-sounding local where many decisions were improved by drinks
  4. 9. PARK CEMETERY First meeting place where the setting hinted at permanence
  5. 10. YORK City that conveniently explains a missed birthday
  6. 12. PARK Park where formal words were followed by informal celebrations
  7. 14. Mountain village birthday that raised expectations permanently
  8. 17. ROAD Road where love settled in, not just passed through
Down
  1. 1. HOUSE First UK ceremony, meaningful long before it was official
  2. 2. HENRYS WALK Royal-sounding route that quietly became ours
  3. 4. Boss whose name quietly anchors a chapter
  4. 5. STICKING WITH YOU Song title that doubled as a promise
  5. 7. Where gods and guitars agreed on the volume
  6. 11. BRIDGE Bridge appearing in the earliest saved evidence of “us”
  7. 13. AQUARIUM Birthday involving tunnels, tanks, and mild disorientation
  8. 14. GARDENS Birthday spent among plants that outlived the plans
  9. 15. JOHNS CATHEDRAL Church marking a move that truly stuck
  10. 16. OF GLORY Pub name better suited to folklore than last orders