#27: 6 + 13 (Themeless #12)

 

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difficulty: hard (Saturday)

God bless Adam Aaronson, who has made not one but two Steely Dan themed puzzles, and inspired at least two imitators - you can blame him for the sort of goofy seed entry here. You'll know it when you fill it in and go "ugh." I'll leave it to him to determine whether this qualifies as a "Grid Charlemagne."

If you're sick of my BS, good news: there'll be a Very Special Guest Puzzle on the blog next week courtesy of two crossworld luminaries, so look out for that. Speaking of two crossworld luminaries, shout-out to my test solvers this week, who made this puzzle less tortured in spots.

That's it, I guess - applet under the cut. Enjoy.