Kathy

Just a nitpick on 18A, having grown up in Louisiana and eaten and made my fair share of gumbo.... there aren't multiple types of okra wherein this would make sense as a plural. Okra is one ingredient in gumbo. Were you to list "gumbo ingredients" as the clue asks for, the answer would be along the lines of onion, green bell pepper, celery (Holy Trinity), along with shrimp, sausage, okra, spices, etc... That is all. :)

Even though I figured out ROMANGODS by getting enough letters on crosses, I still have no clue how in the hell the answer has anything to do with the clue about fishing gear. Also, PROBLEMONE is such a stretch, I might as well have been doing yoga. Can you glean the frustration in my comment? Not at all a fun puzzle for me.