Birthday Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. author of a particularly memorable yearbook message
  2. 4. hans friendship facilitator
  3. 8. alliance responsible for europe escapades
  4. 9. genuflection-inducing Swiss pastry
  5. 10. karate belt rank
  6. 13. the best thing i've ever done
  7. 15. hair hue circa covid
  8. 17. semi-eponymous chamber group
Down
  1. 1. Italian interjection, senior yr time suck
  2. 2. first great adventure, Noah’s biggest fumble
  3. 5. may's periwinkle friend
  4. 6. kind place for first mediterranean dip?
  5. 7. mariner's landmark, jenni's photo op
  6. 11. eccentric story book orator and art instructor (elementary)
  7. 12. Sonia’s stand partner when graduation became aquatic
  8. 14. serendipitous boston friend turned queer icon
  9. 16. graduation speech suitor's misstep