Happy birthday

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Across
  1. 3. Where journeys pause before becoming stories
  2. 5. Modified leaf surrounding a flower’s reproductive core
  3. 7. Small state nestled between larger ambitions
  4. 8. Quiet motion, often under covers
  5. 10. Second-person pronoun
  6. 11. She runs through Cobh history, not away from it
  7. 12. Screen time that shortens distance
  8. 13. How the word is supposed to be pronounced
  9. 14. Go to the place that remembers those who left and never returned
Down
  1. 1. Shape shared by bridges, doorways, and good business ideas
  2. 2. Last blessing for many before crossing the Atlantic
  3. 4. Where waiting feels intentional
  4. 6. Cooked twice, explained once, spuds...
  5. 9. Shrimp boatmate plus a coward, linguistically speaking