“Two Sets to Love” Fireball 13

Published weekly by expert constructor Peter Gordon, the Fireball crossword is famous for being hard. How hard? Well, in the words of Peter Gordon, if you need to ask, too hard for you! It is not regularly a meta crossword, but does feature a contest or meta puzzle several times throughout the year. Available here for a subscription: http://www.fireballcrosswords.com
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“Two Sets to Love” Fireball 13

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By Alex Eaton-Sanders

This one is amazing 🤯

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Abide wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:57 am By Alex Eaton-Sanders

This one is amazing 🤯

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Yeah, the more I think of it, kinda unbelievable.
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Agree amazing. Grid was a bit brutal, though.
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If any subscribers want the spreadsheet for this send a PM, please.

Yes, the spreadsheet resembles the PDF.
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Got it. What a hard grid though! For me, the clues were VERY obscure and I had to resort to Google more than I prefer. Amazing construction, I must say.
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That was clever!

The grid was hard, but in a good way. Challenging, but managed to figure out almost all the stuff I didn't actually know. Finished my pre-google attempt with only one square that I had no idea about (and guessed wrong).

Got lucky in that my first idea about the meta turned out to be the right path.
If you want help with a meta, feel free to PM me. The more specific you are about what you have and what you want, the more likely I can help without spoiling.

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Got it. The grid was pretty gnarly, but my guess at the meta panned out.
Pretty amazing effort all around by Alex.
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Solved. Tough slog, but very clever. Also submitted if anyone wants to compare notes. There's no way my answer isn't 100%, but...

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