Regular Minis #12

Thanks! I got a bit of help with making it trickier thanks to Chris P.

TIL there is a Ralph Waldo ELLISON… confidently put in Emerson and couldn’t figure out what went wrong from there

When I came back to this puzzle for some edits, I admittedly forgot about Invisible Man

Why did 9D sell the funeral products division?
Too much red ink!

Fun one!

EMERSON/ELLISON tripped me up too. But fortunately "SON" gave me enough to go on to figure out GLIA!

Menace #4

Heh took me forever to decide on APERIES. I liked the clue for SEEPIN!

Should URN get changed so it's singular?

For those wondering, my seed entries were a single from the Steely Dan album *Gaucho*

Apparently I need to listen to some more Steely Dan! Fun one to try to work out!

And I just got an idea how to clue these singles ideas down the road

Well done, as usual.  5d is a great clue for a tricky fill.

Really amused that when you apply rotational symmetry, the theme answers must be TRANS, ACE, ARO, and the supremely inclusive EDNAS.

Omg I totally fell for ACCORDION 😂😂

Sounds like a common tune for this grid 😂

Don't *fret* - you likely aren't alone :V

Ashamed to admit I had to use a check on ACCORDION, even then I didn't understand it until I solved the rest of it LOL

Very nice! I can't decide if I like ASATEAM or ATSTAKE better 😂

I figured why not make like Mike G and pun it up