Sade

Long time lurker, first time poster - hit my 1000th puzzle streak with this one and I'm a bit overwhelmed with joy. Joy for this Wordplay community - @Puzzlemucker's beautiful odes from December 2023 sums it up better than I ever could; joy for my friends who I babbled my puzzle thoughts at (special thank you to the Bens from Toronto!); joy for anyone who loves the interplay of words. I'm having a streak-breaking party fittingly enough, right at Independence Day b/c I love any excuse to celebrate. I'm so unbelievably happy right now - on to considering tackling the next challenge of constructing :-)