Crabby

Puzzle Creator, I hope you are pleased with yourself. I’m angered enough by this crossword that I felt the need to comment. There are so many Thursday puzzles that are challenging and interesting, and it’s a shame I can’t include this one in that list. I’d say “Try again,” but I’m not interested in another puzzle from you. I don’t worry about solve times or other nonsense. I just want a decent challenge, not a solution that asks me to omit the first two letters of my answer, revealing gibberish for each down answer. Perhaps you could do better, but I’m unwilling to find out.