Glad you all liked it, as did I.
The Down clues were easy, to help with the placement, though 1D had me stumped for a while.
If I remember correctly, C & R did a similar puzzle for
The Atlantic where both the Across and Down clues comprised a story which had to be broken down into clues that ranged across sentences. Beautiful work, and fun to solve.
Keep an eye out for
Harper's. It should be here this week, Tuesday or Saturday.
Happy puzzling!