Wow the ROCKY/RAMBO and KNOWN/BLOWN crosses gave this one some trickiness!

Ditto to mike’s comment... I got a kick out of the cluing duality there

Theme sound be "Double cross". Brilliant.

Ditto to Philip's ditto!! This was a fun one!

That was super fun! Had ROCKY in 1A for a bit before I figured it out

Thanks, Taylor! It is kind of fun to see which franchise people think of first!

Very nice! I second everyone's comments. Figuring out which was ROCKY and which was RAMBO gave me some nice sudoku action in the beginning.

I also chuckled at ANANA – my country is another one of the few that call it by a different name.

Thanks, William! I did a deep internet dive on pineapples during construction and found some interesting facts. Always happy to evoke a chuckle!

Really nice, Jake! Love the mini themes! RAMBO was my first guess for 1A so it all fell into place nicely. Exellent!

Grunts

Nice one! I had CPI for PSI and was pretty confident about it so that entire corner was a no-go for me 😂. Nice trap clue!

Ha, thanks! Felt pretty good and sneaky about it. 🥸

Accessible 

Nice one Jake - I ended up guessing at the MOM/MINOS crossing a few times but in retrospect I should've gotten it right away!

HOW totally threw me for a bit, fun puzzle!

Thanks! The HOW was a bit of fun. I wonder if everyone else recalls it as being the last in that set of questions.

It totally came to mind, but since it didn’t start with a “w” I didn’t put it in at first and thought you might be referencing something else ha

I like HIRED. Took me a minute to get it, though, thanks to that tricky HOW. Nice one!

Thanks, Lloyd! I was thinking of different clues for HIRED and then thought it fun that the “help and hands” clue also kind of sounds like “helping hands”, so I went with that. 🥸

Another Themeless

I loved the clue for MAPLE! 😂😂

URIAH/LIPPE was what did me in

I got a kick out of having Acer as a clue instead of an answer.😁🍁🍁🍁

Cherry Blossom 🌸 

Nice one Jake! I struggled a bit with SUPER FUDGE and AGNES but managed to guess right after getting the rest 🎉. Clever way to clue DRESS

Glad you liked it! Please check out some of my other puzzles; they’re not perfect, but I try to keep them fun. 😄

Well done. I didn't have time to figure it out so I revealed the answers and was very interested in your answers.  Great clues!

Thanks, Jim! I appreciate it. I’ve got some other more time-consuming puzzles for when you’ve got more time to spare. 😉

Really nice. Great clues for DRESS and KEELS. And a Judy Blume reference always gets a smile out of me!

Thanks, William! A smile is the best I can hope for. I really enjoy and often find myself including little homages to those who have had an impact on me in some regard. I guess Judy Blume was one such person!

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I like how your theme answers intersected, Couple of tough clues as well!

Thanks, Taylor! I started with the intersecting answers and worked out from there. Glad you enjoyed it!

Emotional Realism

Nice one Jake - I couldn't get SPRAT but I enjoyed working my way through this! Loved some of the clues for the longer entries, like ESCAPEROOMS

Fun puzzle! Nice work stacking the 11-letter answers

It's harder to solve when you read 'Mesoamerica' as 'Mesopotamia'. 🙄

EAGERBEAVER was a fun one, and I liked OOZIE. At first I wasn't sure why you mentioned and uzi, and then I got it! clever

Mint Franklin

Cartoons Not For Kids - my first crack at a meta puzzle

In a good way, I hope. Please let me know if you think the clue didn't quite match up. :)

I understood it eventually. It was a good challenge.

Jake A

@PuzzlingEvidence