nice to see ATTA in a puzzle that isn't clued "___ boy (or girl)!".. I get hungry whenever I see food in the puzzle - roti, sushi, snoball...🤤

Salty towards the end

Sweet at first 

Nice one - I liked following the story as I solved!

Glad you liked it ! I figured there should be more fictional gay representation in crime

Break a leg 

Very nice! I think something might have gotten chopped off of the clue for DATEMOVIE?

lol not sponsored by anyone... i want taco bell now... fun puzzle, really enjoyed this one :)

Ha! Loved the little “we interrupt...” clues. And I always enjoy a healthy dose of pop culture in puzzles, really fun one!
Can’t believe you didn’t take the chance at a Catherine OHARA clue though.. she’s brilliant ;)

Glad you liked it. I'm sorry, the One piece clue came into my head first

Relax and have some popcorn 

Good one. Tried to make SNOCAT fit for SKICAR and it wasn't happening 😂

Sorry about that. There weren't any good options there

Themeless #2

Really enjoyed doing this, Saswat. I can tell you're younger than I am because of some of your references. So, that was a cruel thing to do to an old lady. But I managed to do it with the crossing clues, which is so important. This is a great idea and really high quality fill!

Glad you enjoyed it ! I am 22. I'm assuming you're commenting using someone else's account as I don't believe there are many ladies named David

Us gays use lady affectionately. And we become old at 30.

Always love doing your puzzles, they never disappoint!

Awfully Good

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 

Thanks ! Though I'm not sure how you managed to find a two month old puzzle :D

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

I'm happy that you seem to be going through all of my puzzles !

They're listed consecutively in an email to me from Crosshare.

Saswat Mishra

@saswat