Across
- 2. Midlife milestone
- 7. Annual reminder that cake is totally justified
- 9. Tiny pollinator with a sweet side hustle
- 13. Chain reaction vehicle
- 14. Figurative path fading with age
- 15. Prone to swings like a pendulum heart
- 16. Score, centuries ago
Down
- 1. Where the rubber meets the road
- 3. Capital where weirdness is a civic virtue
- 4. A still body
- 5. Half a dozen, but never a crowd
- 6. Emotion
- 8. What to do with good news, milestones, or Fridays
- 10. Every hero—and relationship—has one
- 11. Bar with character
- 12. Before sweaters fully take over