Tales from the Cryptic

This grid is like a mini, but... bigger? Like some kind of maxi-mini. Not sure if this allowed, s/o to Dan Feyer at the Browser for letting me experiment like this. Hope you enjoy!

Somebody *else* published one of my cryptics again! This time over at The Browser: https://thebrowser.com/crossword-archive Sadly, it's paywalled... but if you message me, I might be able to sneak you a copy :) Thank you to editor Dan Feyer, who absolutely helped hone the puzzle into something I'm really proud of! Hope y'all enjoy solving it as much as I enjoyed making it!