BWS Puzzle 60: Midi Themeless #25

Just another small themeless puzzle this week. I quite like this grid layout because it has both 90° and 180° rotational symmetry and no 3s! Indeed, the length distribution goes like this: 16 x 4 letter entries, 16 x 6 letter entries, 4 x 7 letter entries, and 2 x 11 letter entries. (In fact, if you shorten those fingers of blocks to be all three squares long instead of four, that makes the grid much more chasm-like in the center and opens up four more 11 letter slots around the middle. Hmm, I wonder if I could actually fill that grid...)

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

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