Celebrants Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. hitched
  2. 5. trim on mail needed about marriage
  3. 7. a ride
  4. 9. ritual performed to mark a formal occasion
  5. 10. type of bliss
  6. 13. of wedlock
  7. 15. a knot
  8. 17. goers getting together!
  9. 18. or ceremonial act
  10. 20. with not a single member
  11. 21. a spouse
  12. 22. nothing up with a ruler
  13. 25. together
  14. 26. plain first half of tune relating to marriage
  15. 28. and wife-related
Down
  1. 1. slice
  2. 3. chess matches
  3. 4. arrangement of lady on the day of the union
  4. 6. union
  5. 8. MAN,Groom's mate (4,3)
  6. 11. ropes in nautical manner
  7. 12. a pair
  8. 14. into a single unit
  9. 16. collective
  10. 19. the matchmaker
  11. 23. suit specially for this
  12. 24. steeple chimes
  13. 27. part, ... in