You have to pick the correct “strange” which is totally strange. The _r category is not easy to get correct but I don’t know how to fix it; I hope people can guess it ... ugh. Anyway thanks for playing my board and apologies.

They were good category ideas but yes, either the Puzzgrid limitations or your mastery of them (I'm in same boat do not a criticism of you) make this a lot harder than it should be!

Not that hard to solve with a bit of guessing. Good idea but doesn't quite fit with the format. Some people will not forgive you! Keep trying out your ideas because you'll soon hit on something no one has thought of and we'll all be delighted.

I agree entirely with Esq- I can see that the non uniqueness was deliberate rather than a mistake and attempt to do something new and quirky- keep this spirit because some of my favourite grids have been in the weird and wonderful vein- truecockney and dan c, amongst others. Best of luck :)

I also liked it.
The four stranges did make it easier.