PAPA's 65th BIRTHDAY CROSSWORD

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Across
  1. 2. 2002 Franc, Lira and Mark are no more (4)
  2. 3. 1971 ‘The day the music died’ hit (8,3)
  3. 5. 1985 The chevdo to your chai (3)
  4. 6. 1994 Royale with cheese (4,7)
  5. 13. 1982 “It’s close to midnight…” (8)
  6. 17. 2023 Pink-powered box-office smash (6)
  7. 18. 1976 Oscar-winning sporting drama with Adrien (5)
  8. 20. 2012 Event opened by James Bond and the Queen (8)
  9. 22. 2018 The next Harry Kane (4)
  10. 23. 2009 James Cameron returns (6)
  11. 24. 2003 “Everyone’s thinking it, I’m just saying it…” (7)
  12. 25. 2016 Budding Colchester author (5)
  13. 26. 1964 Disney musical with a practically perfect nanny (4,7)
  14. 31. 1987 “Nobody puts Baby in a corner” (5,7)
  15. 32. 1963 British pop frenzy for a Liverpool band (11)
  16. 33. 1965 The hills are alive with the (5,2,5)
  17. 37. 1979 The milk snatcher (8,8)
  18. 40. 1972 “I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse” (3,9)
  19. 41. 1984 India’s first female prime minister (6,6)
  20. 43. 1997 First labour prime minister in 18 years (4,5)
  21. 44. 1993 Not the best park for a family day out (8,4)
  22. 45. 2013 First British men’s Wimbledon winner since 1936 (4,6)
  23. 46. 1969 First rocket to land on the moon (6,6)
  24. 47. 1975 Spielberg film with an ominous soundtrack (4)
  25. 49. 2025 Foxes go down (9)
  26. 50. 1981 “You named yourself after the dog?!” (7)
  27. 52. 2006 Planetary demotion (5)
  28. 53. 1990 Two becomes three (7)
  29. 54. 2024 Your chikuli (4)
  30. 55. 1986 Tom Cruise cruises high (3,3)
  31. 59. 2007 Apple is no longer a fruit after this launch (1,5)
  32. 60. 2010 First African country to host the world cup (5,6)
  33. 61. 2026 Chikuli 2 (5)
  34. 62. 1977 The 4th instalment (1,3,4)
  35. 63. 2014 Swift shaker (5,2,3)
  36. 64. 2004 Social network launched (8)
  37. 65. 2019 Fridays for Future activist (5,8)
Down
  1. 1. 1967 Boxer refuses call to the army (8,3)
  2. 4. 2001 Fellowship director (5,7)
  3. 7. 1968 Sci-film with monkey face (6,2,3,4)
  4. 8. 1988 Yippee Kay Yay (3,4)
  5. 9. 1992 I will always love you blockbuster (3,9)
  6. 10. 2005 Video-sharing site debuted (7)
  7. 11. 2011 A royal wedding (7,3,4)
  8. 12. 1983 The padawan completes his training (6,2,3,4)
  9. 14. 2017 Oscar mishap naming which wrong film (2,2,4)
  10. 15. 1989 Deutschland reunited after its fall (6,4)
  11. 16. 1996 Wannabe superstars (5,5)
  12. 19. 1962 Desert adventure that won Best Picture (8,2,6)
  13. 21. 2000 Roman revenge drama (9)
  14. 24. 1991 Your padawan (8)
  15. 27. 1966 World cup winners (7)
  16. 28. 2022 Women’s Euro’s winners (7)
  17. 29. 1974 Eurovision-winning song by ABBA (8)
  18. 30. 1998 Search engine starts searching (6)
  19. 34. 2020 Lockdown culprit (5)
  20. 35. 2015 Back for round VII (3,5,7)
  21. 36. 1961 First human in space (4,7)
  22. 38. 2021 Bond’s demise (2,4,2,3)
  23. 39. 1973 Pink Floyd’s epic album (4,4,2,3,4)
  24. 42. 1999 Mr Anderson’s unplugged (3,6)
  25. 48. 1970 Lots of songs in a field (11)
  26. 51. 2008 First black president (6,5)
  27. 56. 1978 Travolta musical hit (6)
  28. 57. 1995 First computer-animated feature film (3,5)
  29. 58. 1980 It started with a McDonalds (5)