Excellent. I didn’t get to Gettysburg but am planning on Austin next summer. Hope to see you there.

That makes me very happy to hear as I’m going back through your puzzles in reverse order. Looking forward to the occasional DFW reference, among other things.

Yes, I am a member of the society and attended the conference for the first time in Gettysburg this year.

DFW does make his way into my puzzles on occasion. Glad you enjoyed.
Are you familiar with / a member of dfwsociety.org ?

Beyond tickled to see 3-D (my personal GOAT novel) and with 9-D my first thought was of Poor Tony Krause, throwing his over his shoulder and “making an infinite series of grand entrances into pocket after pocket of space.”

Kudos! Thanks again!

26-D is kinda fun. But really, nothing in this one is as fun as 23-A.

That’s the goal, for crossings to even out the tough ones.
Definitely no meta here! Though now you’ve got me wondering if I should try and make a meta or two…

You’re welcome, as always.

Ha, kinda meant it as an oblique reference to 6-Down, but clearly too oblique! My bad…

Thanks… I knew this was leaning a bit hard, but glad you still dug it.

Favorite clues all happened to be down this time: 26D and 35D (love the “contrary to its name” addition)!