I could just let my avatar do the commenting for me, I suppose.
I have an inkling of a thematic idea that would be justified by the puzzle's title and the need for selective exclusions, but it came only from the solving of what may (or may not) be a significant clue. I've been trying to find a way into the grid-staring from that point but without success. Can't even do what it suggests should be done to the gibberish.
And another thing ... I don't even agree with those who liked the clues, many of which struck me as uninspired/uninspiring, e.g. 2, 6, 17, 36. All in all, the worst kind of GWIT, with not just the usual one impenetrable barricade to surmount, but two.
Yet the solution has been found by some who've posted here! Well, many years ago there was a Listener that attracted only eight correct entries, so nothing's impossible if you try, etc, but it's too much for me. I prefer to be Ugly.