Darling Alex...

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Across
  1. 4. it's nearly ....... birthday
  2. 5. ... and fro
  3. 6. buddies
  4. 7. soaring
  5. 8. not me
  6. 9. expression used by said lady if she were to jump out of a cake
  7. 10. day of entry into this world
Down
  1. 1. ... better and ... worse
  2. 2. the land of the queen, tea and red buses
  3. 3. wonderful
  4. 5. after 29th
  5. 11. female horse minus first letter