I made this puzzle back in May, but have been holding it back since I realized I was making too many puzzles with a theme based on something I was reading at the time. Hopefully enough time has passed since the last such puzzle that you won’t even notice. And yes, I’m being hella vague to avoid spoiling anything!
Themeless #171
Great puzzle, as always, but there’s a typo in the clue for 36A (Across Lite version).
Yes, there’s a mistaken cross reference.