8 down could maybe use a more specific clue! but great puzzle!

PIANO means softly in music notation I believe. I'm not sure what you mean by a more specific clue. But glad you liked the puzzle

Just meant adding a hint about music wouldve been more obvious

I really enjoyed solving this! As someone who lives in a Great Lake State, I was stoked to see that come out as the theme :) enjoyed all the cluing. I noticed a few that reference a “disc” and a few that use “soft”, was this purposeful? A mini theme throughout the clues?

More of an accidental mini theme. Wasnt intentional at all .

Right on, fun puzzle! I look forward to doing more of yours

Famous Five

88 miles per hour 

Passionate people 

Nice theme and great fill.  There are some minor cluing issues, though - and I would definitely rethink 12A.

I suppose it is somewhat  controversial. I'll change it up

I think 12A is fine?  Unless you changed it already.

Wow!! Great theme, and many of the clues are quite unique!  Especially liked the pairing of DUCAT and EURO, as well as the clue for ROOF

That's great that you liked my clues ! Glad you liked it

nice puzzle with an awesome revealer!! ... i got stuck on ROOF - thought it was something someone would wear, so good misdirect there. quick typo on the clue for COW (milk)... i noticed you use "item" a lot - noble item for gas, noble item for cow... seems just a little awkward

I used 'item' for misdirection purposes. If you know a more apt word to use then i'll change it

Skeletal frame

Famous line 

Nice theme! I got stuck in the NW corner but really enjoyed it overall

Same here.  A few thing I might have clued differently but overall really enjoyable.  Oddly that's often how I feel about my own puzzles.  ;)

Fun puzzle!  I hadn’t heard the lock-meets-the-key expression before.

3-D puzzle time 

Thanks. It was really hard to make and I'm still not satisfied with it

Final Countdown 

That was a hoot. I like your idea of breakfast food! 😄

Good puzzle, Saswat! Thanks for sharing this.

What's up his sleeve ?

Themeless #1

Great grid! Yes, CAVIL was a new one. Much appreciated!

Saswat Mishra

@saswat