Hi juggler. Apols for taking a few days to get to this. Similar experience to the last one of yours I did: plenty to like and some neat devices with quite a lot of use of plain view. The Eli repetitions are intriguing. Likes include 12a &13a, 16a, 33a, 21d and 32d. Thanks. PM
I liked this a lot. There were some clever ideas and a good variety of clues. It was fairly breezy, helped by the friendly grid (I count 12 100% checked words). I liked the 8a & 9a and 12a & 13a combos best, along with 16a, 26a, 39a, 17d (fun), 18d, 20d and 21d (clever). Cheers!
This was a very enjoyable solve. Your setting is very imaginative, approachable, and fun. I was actually disappointed that many of the crossers had been filled in by the time I got to the downs! Thank you for taking the time to put this together :) 8A + 9A and 12A + 13A were the highlights for me.
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