very good

Excellent, lots of crossovers

You know those fail videos where there's someone in a boat going down a river and he's a fisherman and suddenly a huge fish leaps out of the water and smacks him full in the face and he's amazed but also gutted at the same time? That's how I felt about some of these fat red herrings. Top puzz.

got these pretty quickly, typed religious festivals for one and it was 'incorrect' other than that top marks

Enjoyable, especially the islands' clue.