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BWS Puzzle 30: Midi Themeless #13

 

A smallish midi themeless puzzle today (8x8), and we're still riding that diagonal symmetry train. I started this one with 9-Across and 2-Down, two entries that I've wanted to put in puzzles for a while. Moreover, 2-Down is doing something awesome today which you can read about in the following link once you're done with the puzzle: SPOILER ALERT.

This grid also ended up being similar to some others I've done recently that I can only think to describe as "just shorts and longs": for instance, this puzzle has sixteen 3 letter entries and eight 8 letter entries. That's a whole bunch at the minimum possible length (3) and quite a few at the maximum possible length (8) in a grid of this size. I wonder what other grids with this property look like... 🤔

Anyway, let's call this one a medium difficulty overall: I wouldn't say it's easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy, but I don't think there's anything too too tricky, either.

Enjoy the solve, and share if you do! Constructive feedback in the comments is always welcome.

Download links:   [puz]   [pdf]   [solution]        Direct link: [play online]

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