This is the first Gemelo “special” that calls upon the solver to manipulate the solutions in some unconventional fashion. The puzzle opens with these instructions:
Half & Half – In Seattle last year, I accidentally drank tea with “half & half” in it. It inspired this puzzle, in which half of the across answers are too long for their entries and continue in a down entry. The across clues for these provide definition and wordplay for their entries; the related down clues provide wordplay for their entries. Enumerations relate to the entry space.