AWESOME! Loved the clues for POLKADOT11DFashionable spot[--------], ISTHISSEATTAKEN20AStanding question[---------------], and PRIMES49ASome are twins[------]. The NE corner was the toughest for me - but that’s because I massively overthought it. (Also it took me forever to see POLKADOT11DFashionable spot[--------], even though I thought of “spot” in the clothing sense, because I had AAH (AHH?) for OHH16A"That feels gooood"[---] and MINIS for MIDIS28ALil AVC X offerings[-----])
You see, with ?A?EPI?? in place at 12D12DLike the dogs on dogshaming.com[--------] (the A was wrong but of course I didn’t know), I thought the clue was a devilish bit of misdirection (“like” used as a verb, so to like the dogs is to… HAVE PITY? TAKE PITY?). I was so wrong.