@wallhackio I liked your puzzle :) I did have to take a lot of reveals ha ha, there were things I don't think I was ever going to get (tbh the unchecked squares are pretty rough :p) and a few tense issues that tripped me up, but I enjoyed it :)
I didn't get the joke with the circled letter clues until after the solve but that's on me ha ha, I should have figured that out sooner :)