Special Instructions: 21 setters (credited in the annotated solutions) have created clues for this puzzle. Supposedly, all of the stories are fictional. Enjoy!

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Such intrigue! How were the three-letter clues allocated? Punishment for a pseudonym in one case it would seem! Anyway, huge credit to tpg for the grid and all the coordination around it, and to the humming minds of the setters who made this such a great solve. I wouldn’t dare pick out favourites- too many daggers might come out! But thanks all- fantastic community effort celebrating a fantastic community🤩

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Last reply 2 wk agoView thread

Great stuff! Well done tpg for the concept, grid and pulling it all together.

Well done and thanks to tpg for the grid and contributors for the contributions. PM

Thank you to all setters and solvers! Quick backstory: I once enjoyed a vivid clue so much that I immediately hoped to emulate it in a multi-setter effort. The clue, by Gennaro: "Heavyweights strangle husband with skin of predatory snakes" (7). I'd aimed for multiple setters to contribute to a “cryptic murders” mini; timing-wise it didn’t work out, so I ended up making that puzzle myself (MyC Mini #189). 6 months later, Gennaro struck again with another beauty; soon after, this puzzle emerged!

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Last reply 2 wk agoView thread

Come together very nicely hasn't it?! Well done for corralling so many different setters and achieving arriving a well balanced and accessible puzzle. I shan't dare pick favourites either but hope to see more of the like in future. Cheers!

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Thanks to tpgrammar for arranging this and everyone else involved! Another fun one to be part of and contribute to! A wonderfully macabre crossword!

I don’t really want to choose a favourite as they’re all so good, but the straightforwardness of 25a is right up my street.

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Thank you to Cryptic Sunday and Ouroboros for live-streaming this puzzle here https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2812659902 and here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2815297987