Glad you liked it. I wasn't too impressed with this one.
Ambitious puzzle but the execution lacked somewhat. Four words playing double duty & one triple. Rather busy in a few sectors while there were large swaths with no changes.
I thought 50A & 45D were totally unfair, even for Americans; doable but ...
The former is not even a town - a borough with a population of 1018 (Wiki).
Agree with your picks of nice reads. Also liked 4D, 33D, 52D.
I think 22D mod was considered a foreign word.
Till next month.