Five by Five #2

Belated 5x5 because I had to make a new puzzle to accommodate current events.

Speaking of current events, did you see that last week I had a guest puzzle on BEQ's site!? Everyone loved it, with the exception of nearly every commenter on CrosswordFiend. But everyone else loved it, other than the 36 people on BEQ's site who wrote in to tell me that I am a deranged maniac. But everyone else loved it, if by "everyone" you mean Sam Ezersky (a person who no one on the Internet has EVER said anything mean about):

@quiarados your guest puzzle today (on @fleetwoodwack's site) will go down as a personal favorite!! The theme itself, the ahas throughout, the whole grid … take a freakin bow

— Sam Ezersky (@thegridkid) May 5, 2022

What an endorsement! See you next week.