Happy Birthday

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Across
  1. 3. Friends at Barnes
  2. 4. “I won’t go,” to Chad
  3. 6. Chad’s first hometown
  4. 7. Fave bar band
  5. 9. Favored fast food desert
  6. 11. Patron saint of bishops and cardinals
  7. 15. Cause of summertime multi-colored tongues
  8. 16. First Troy Street
  9. 17. KIT’s driver on Knight Rider
  10. 19. Tiring tome or reason to shout EEK!
  11. 22. Back-to-work again boss
  12. 23. Katy’s first hometown
  13. 25. Borrowed play equipment
  14. 28. Bear-fearing bear-country employee
  15. 31. Breakfast loved by grandkids
  16. 33. Best couple-friends in St. Louis
  17. 37. Smiling figure in a Hall & Oates hit
  18. 38. Wet plastic backyard entertainment
  19. 42. Fearsome buccaneer alter-ego
  20. 43. Scandinavian goddess of love or soap manufacturer
  21. 44. Troy preschool
  22. 45. Favorite sport often played in a bubble
  23. 46. First apartment with Chuck
  24. 48. Scalp-soothing cephalopod
  25. 49. Peanut butter and chocolate treats
  26. 50. Road trip treats from Brooklyn
Down
  1. 1. First railroad to enter Texas from the north
  2. 2. Farm friend and flight enthusiast
  3. 4. Swiftcurrent Lake locale
  4. 5. Comfy holiday gift tradition
  5. 8. Wheaton preschool teacher
  6. 10. Speedo-loving neighbor with good fortune
  7. 12. Favored ‘80s babysitter
  8. 13. Troy elementary school mascots
  9. 14. Site of infamous frosty breakdown
  10. 18. Baseball card price guide publisher
  11. 20. Favorite baseball team
  12. 21. Bar locale of BensonMundell meeting
  13. 24. Incontinent neighbor dog
  14. 26. Ballot punch-out
  15. 27. QB GOAT
  16. 29. Best utensil for eating ice cream
  17. 30. Best-loved barn cat
  18. 32. Site of first house with Chuck
  19. 34. 1980s lovie loved “to well?”
  20. 35. Patron saint of Ms. Mundell’s nursing school
  21. 36. Guest bedroom buddy
  22. 39. Prehistoric hatching reenactment
  23. 40. Palindrome for a Chinese dynasty
  24. 41. Subterranean playplace
  25. 47. Gilbertson treats that required a break-in