things i love about aran by archana

123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Across
  1. 3. Archana, by Aran (7)
  2. 9. how Aran keeps going long after most would call it a day (4)
  3. 11. how Aran’s humour is, and what sometimes mortifies Archana (10)
  4. 12. unique to Aran’s arm (9)
  5. 13. in leaps and bounds in the birthday boy (8)
  6. 14. always loses to Aran (4)
  7. 16. bold and beautiful (8)
  8. 20. what Aran likes to do on holiday while Archana wants to read a book (7)
  9. 22. how Aran tends to be about most things, Archana excluded (6)
  10. 23. to know him is to know this is him (8)
  11. 24. privilege quietly granted to Archana whenever the remote appears (6)
  12. 25. Archana’s favourite solution (7)
  13. 26. a shared love (8)
  14. 27. unusually small in the birthday boy (4)
Down
  1. 1. something that always features in our holidays (6)
  2. 2. what Archana jokingly claims is 5 foot 8 (6)
  3. 4. how Archana views the birthday boy (8)
  4. 5. what Aran often becomes for Archana on travels (6)
  5. 6. Aran’s title in Archana’s family (14)
  6. 7. Aran’s natural state without effort (3)
  7. 8. future potential, where one now stands (8)
  8. 9. how to know Aran is in the room (6)
  9. 10. unusually large in the birthday boy (5)
  10. 12. Aran’s one last bedtime task (6)
  11. 15. home (4)
  12. 17. something Aran has even on an ordinary day (5)
  13. 18. how Aran is with everyone (8)
  14. 19. how Aran finished his first day of work (8)
  15. 21. where mornings together sometimes begin (4)