Beast Mode
difficulty: coming up with a title for a variety cryptic that links to the theme in a clever way but doesn't immediately give it away but isn't so subtle that nobody gets it but-
this is, i think, my biggest puzzle yet. it felt like a pretty intimidating undertaking since i'm still a noob when it comes to varieties, but i'm glad to have done it and i'm pretty proud of the result. glhf :)
PS if you're here from dailycrosswordlinks, hi! i don't know how i ended up there but i'm grateful!