Hey! Thanks for checking out my puzzles - it means so much to me.
I realised this puzzle was possible when I noticed there were 8 odd numbered rows in a 15x15 grid. Surprisingly the revealers and the second scale going back down came in after I had already started setting.
Since this was one of my early full grids, I was pretty impatient and just settled on the first layout I could find - I try a few more times these days to avoid dodgy words like
ROOTCOLA24AA soda made from ginger, perhaps
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I'd love to hear your thoughts on the other puzzles too - thanks for leaving a comment!