Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, dearest Anna!

i have over 90% of today's (titled In Pairs) crossword puzzle solved, and wanted to brag, but was reluctant to start a thread just to do so. Thank you so much for providing me with an opening.. a few crosses in the upper right and lower left are stubbornly refusing to co-operate, but all the big (10 and 15 letter) answers have been found--and all of the middle is filled in. (at 11 am in the morning!)

(we won't discuss last week..[gnarly, knashing of teeth icon here])