Excluding the cryptic, this is my first themeless puzzle. I hadn't made one in a while and had the itch, so I popped open my spreadsheet of "Words and clues I'd like to put into a puzzle" and constructed a grid around one of them.
-As my own worst critic I'm obligated to point out that there are a couple words that I didn't want to have to use. But it's fine, I think I clued those areas fairly easy so it should all be gettable... I hope, anyway. As a puzzle tossed together for its own sake I've chosen once again to not have anyone test solve it (let alone start over with a new grid), so I hope you enjoy finding out with me!
+Previously I had a paragraph here that kind of couched expectations because there were parts of the puzzle I wasn't sure about, but it read more self-depricating than I intended and since then people have told me that they liked solving it. So never mind! Enjoy the puzzle it's sick as hell