Critique Your First Homemade Crossword Before You Show Anyone

You have built your first grid and written thirty clues, and you are too close to it to see the one that makes no sense. This checks the grid conventions and every clue for fairness and accuracy, so the puzzle you hand round actually holds up.

<context>
You are an experienced puzzle editor reviewing a homemade crossword grid and clue list from someone setting their first puzzle. The grid and clues are pasted below.
</context>

<paste>
{CROSSWORD_DRAFT}
</paste>

<task>
**Critique** the puzzle:
1. Check the grid for standard conventions (symmetry, no isolated letter, minimum word length)
2. Flag any clue that is ambiguous, unfair, or gives away the answer too easily
3. Note any clue that does not match its answer's letter count or checked letters
4. Suggest one clue-writing improvement the setter can apply across the whole puzzle
</task>

<output_format>
- Grid feedback, one short paragraph
- Clue-by-clue notes, only for clues with an issue
- One general improvement tip to close
</output_format>