Phrases where both parts of the phrase can follow HOME: HOME BODY / HOME GUARD, HOME GAME / HOME BOY, etc. This theme type tends to feature so-so entries because it's hard to find strong phrases that follow this principle — COMPUTER PORT isn't super snazzy, for example. But some good finds, BODYGUARD and FRONT PAGE particularly nice.

Working with six theme answers is not for the faint of heart. This typically results in 1.) an excess of crossword glue and/or 2.) a dearth of long bonus fill. Gary does quite well on the second point, featuring CHIMERAS, KEEP AT IT, ITS ON ME (I don't mind short word dupes like IT), TRUISMS, and even NUZZLES. These quality bonuses elevated my solve.
The first point, though … Gary does well to "stack" BODYGUARD just one row above GAMEBOY, sort of treating them like a single, long themer. This helps create good spacing between themers.
But there are so many prices to pay, all over the grid. The opening corner alone: MENT, EGESTS, QTY, URI crossing ANDIE. Inelegant. You might think that adding a black square, perhaps at the S of EGESTS would have helped smooth everything out. You'd be right, but Gary is already at the max word limit of 78, so that's not possible — so many themers means that Gary already had to spend his black squares elsewhere.
It's admirable to try to distinguish this theme by going to high density, but I'd have preferred a smoother puzzle at the price of not as many themers. Given that GAMEBOY and ICELAND feel unlike the others (being single-word entries that don't totally work with the theme revealer), the puzzle might have been stronger without them.
Very glad to get so many great pieces of bonus fill — the CHIMERAS type entries did help hold my attention.
A couple of years ago, Will said he was phasing out "word that can follow the ends of …" puzzles, as they had run their course. Given how long it's been since we've seen a "both words can follow ...", I wonder if this theme type has also reached the end of its lifespan.