Nefeli's 40th

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