Puzzle 72 – “I’m So Glad We Had This Solve Together”

puz here / pdf here / solution here

Made this one a while back, only got around to fully cluing it recently. As always, shooting for a good balance of shorter fill that should be easier gets, to help out with the longer entries. Fave clue here no doubt is 43-Across, in good fun-fact trivia territory–that entry was the seed for this grid and inspired the title, too. 8-Down was fun to fit in here too, though it’s tougher trivia territory for sure.

As always, puzzlers, hope you enjoy. Happy solving. Comments welcomed.