Day 47 of 50: For My Beat-Keeping Legend

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Across
  1. 2. Team Rachel roots for
  2. 3. Sun-soaked state of your roots
  3. 5. Days left to your golden birthday
  4. 6. Drummer whose beats fuel your fire
  5. 8. Magic city where you entered the world
  6. 9. Irish drum you make sing
  7. 10. Big age you’re about to hit
  8. 14. Your heartbeat in the classroom
  9. 15. When we’ll toast your milestone
Down
  1. 1. Capital where you spark musical dreams
  2. 4. Eight-armed critter we laugh at
  3. 7. Your River Walk childhood home
  4. 9. Where we cheered for the Bears
  5. 11. Starlit state of your early years
  6. 12. City where you shaped minds
  7. 13. tools for rocking the rhythm