On the Shelf (Summer Puzzle 13)

 So as I mentioned in my post for last week's puzzle, I'm starting to get busier as summer is winding down and fall course prep has begun in earnest. This meant that I didn't actually have time to make a puzzle this past week, but... I did have time to make a puzzle this morning! What this has resulted in is... a pretty normal, pretty straightforward themed puzzle that I think is pretty good? Definitely still got silly with some of the clues, but I think this will play sort of like an early week newspaper puzzle.

Anyways, hope you're all having a good summer, and I'll see you next week for the penultimate(!) summer puzzle.

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