Hello! It has been a while! I took sort of a break from constructing crosswords due to mainly not having ideas, but also because I legitimately was doing other things. It's been a long and good summer! I turned 38, made new friends, got to visit several beaches, and some other things happened . Overall I am happy and I think that is meaningful and positive. This particular puzzle is one that I wanted to submit for publication but I didn't feel it was good enough. I want to do more themelesses because I still don't feel like I have a handle on them. (Wow I am really selling it!!) I hope that you like it anyway. The seed entry is something that has bothered me for (checks notes) 22 years. I should also probably mention that I made tiny "danandbabka" stickers! These were meant to be handed out at Lollapuzzoolla, but they didn't arrive in time. I now have a bunch of them that I will be bringing to the Midwest tournament . I've made a form to fill out in ca...