Words: 62 (17×12)
Average Length: 5.56
The two seeds for this puzzle, 26A and 5D, originally were intended to seed a themed puzzle, but I couldn’t come up with two other good theme answers and a revealer. Instead, they anchor this themeless, which I think should play on the challenging side.
If you’re interested, here’s a link to the Wikipedia page for 47A. She was a distinguished mathematician/astronomer/philosopher and counselor to the political leadership of 4th century Alexandria, who met a violent end at the hands of a Christian mob.
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