diff --git a/class/init.php b/class/init.php
index 86eca9e..cba5582 100644
--- a/class/init.php
+++ b/class/init.php
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@
 /**
  * Includes the main Class of the Plugin.
  * 
- * IMPORTANT: In registerPublic(), keep plugin version # up to date for cache busting.
+ * ***********************************************************************************************
+ * IMPORTANT: In registerPublic() line 134: keep plugin version # up to date for cache busting.  *
+ * ***********************************************************************************************
  *
  * @filesource
  * @author Stefan Herndler
  * @since 1.5.0 12.09.14 10:56
  * 
+ * Edited for v1.6.5: Replaced deprecated function create_function()
  * Edited for v2.0.0: Added jQueryUI from CDN   2020-10-26T1907+0100
  * Edited for v2.0.3: Added style sheet versioning   2020-10-29T1413+0100
  * Edited for v2.0.4: Added jQuery UI from WordPress   2020-11-01T1902+0100
  * 
- * Last modified:   2020-11-06T1511+0100
+ * Continual update of version number.
  */
 
 
@@ -130,7 +133,7 @@ class MCI_Footnotes {
             'mci-footnotes-css-public',
             plugins_url('../css/public.css', __FILE__),
             '',
-            '2.0.8'
+            '2.0.9d0'
         );
     }
     
diff --git a/css/public.css b/css/public.css
index cebe253..eb4b36c 100755
--- a/css/public.css
+++ b/css/public.css
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
  * Created-Date: 15.05.14
  * Created-Time: 16:21
  * Since: 1.0
- * Version: 2.0.8
+ * Version: 2.0.9d0
  *
- * Last modified: 2020-11-06T1511+0100
+ * Last modified: 2020-11-07T1424+0100
  */
  
  
@@ -34,19 +34,21 @@
 /* Inline footnote referrers
  * aka superscript footnote anchors
  *
- * Class footnote_plugin_tooltip_text is the referrer and surroundings
+ * referrer and surroundings:
+ * .footnote_referrer            = enclosing <a>
+ * .footnote_plugin_tooltip_text = inner <sup>
  */
 
+.footnote_referrer,
 .footnote_plugin_tooltip_text {
+    text-decoration: none !important;
     cursor: pointer;
     z-index: 1;
 }
-.footnote_plugin_tooltip_text {
-    display: inline-block;
-    text-decoration: none;
-}
+.footnote_referrer:hover,
 .footnote_plugin_tooltip_text:hover {
     text-decoration: underline;
+    font-weight: inherit;
 }
 
 /* tooltip infobox */
@@ -102,12 +104,14 @@ span.footnote_tooltip {
 /* fully clickable, not sign only */
 .footnote_reference_container_collapse_button {
     cursor: pointer;
+    font-size: 1.2em !important;
+    padding-left: .5em;
 }
 .footnote_container_prepare > p > span:last-child a {
     text-decoration: none !important;
 }
 .footnote_container_prepare > p > span:last-child a:hover {
-    text-decoration: underline;
+    text-decoration: underline !important;
     color: #008800;
 }
 
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ span.footnote_tooltip {
     text-decoration: underline !important;
 }
 .footnote_plugin_index {
-	cursor: pointer;
+    cursor: pointer;
     overflow-wrap: unset;
     word-wrap: unset;
     word-wrap: normal !important;
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ span.footnote_tooltip {
     overflow: hidden;
 }
 .footnote_index_item {
-	white-space: nowrap;
+    white-space: nowrap;
 }
 .footnote_plugin_text {
     width: unset;        /*unset width of text column to fix site issues*/
@@ -167,10 +171,11 @@ span.footnote_tooltip {
  * Printing a table, browsers tend to avoid page breaks,
  * but it takes a wrapper to avoid a page break before the table.
  *
- * UI elements (button, arrows) and link styling are removed.
+ * UI elements - expand button, arrows - are hidden in print;
+ * link styling is reverted so as to not gray out referrers/numbers.
  */
 
-.footnote_container_overall_wrapper {
+.footnote_container_wrapper {
     page-break-inside: avoid;
 }
 
diff --git a/css/settings.css b/css/settings.css
index 7d86001..05f1e32 100755
--- a/css/settings.css
+++ b/css/settings.css
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  * Created-Date: 15.05.14
  * Created-Time: 16:21
  * Since: 1.0
- * Version: 2.0.4
- * Last modified: 2020-11-01T0415+0100
+ * Version: 2.0.9
+ * Last modified: 2020-11-06T2321+0100
  */
 
 
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 input[type=text], input[type=password], textarea, select {
     padding-left: 8px !important;
     padding-right: 8px !important;
-    width: 80% !important;
 }
 
 textarea {
diff --git a/footnotes.php b/footnotes.php
index eed9552..6e42b1b 100755
--- a/footnotes.php
+++ b/footnotes.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/
     Description: time to bring footnotes to your website! footnotes are known from offline publishing and everybody takes them for granted when reading a magazine.
     Author: Mark Cheret
-    Version: 2.0.8
+    Version: 2.0.9d0
     Author URI: http://cheret.de/plugins/footnotes-2/
     Text Domain: footnotes
     Domain Path: /languages
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index b3f97b9..3167166 100755
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Tags: footnote, footnotes, bibliography, formatting, notes, Post, posts, referen
 Requires at least: 3.9
 Tested up to: 5.5
 Requires PHP: 5.6
-Stable Tag: 2.0.8
+Stable Tag: 2.0.9d0
 License: GPLv3 or later
 License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 
@@ -80,11 +80,14 @@ Visit this swift write-up from a **footnotes** user by the name of **Southwest**
 
 == Changelog ==
 
+= 2.0.9d0 =
+- Bugfix: Layout: Footnote referrers: more efficiently disable underline unless hovered
+
 = 2.0.8 =
 - BUGFIX: Priority level back to PHP_INT_MAX (need to get in touch with other plugins)
 
 = 2.0.7 =
-- BUGFIX: Disabled hook "the_post" **Any related code in the plugin shall disappear next**
+- BUGFIX: Disabled hook "the_post" **Any related code in the plugin shall disappear**
 - Update: Set priority level back to 10 assuming it is unproblematic
 - Update: Added backwards compatible support for legacy arrow and index placeholders in template
 - Update: Settings defaults adjusted for better and more up-to-date tooltip layout
diff --git a/templates/NOTE-FOR-WEBMASTERS.txt b/templates/NOTE-FOR-WEBMASTERS.txt
index ca224da..67ba988 100644
--- a/templates/NOTE-FOR-WEBMASTERS.txt
+++ b/templates/NOTE-FOR-WEBMASTERS.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 MCI Footnotes WordPress plugin
 
 NOTE FOR WEBMASTERS
+‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
 
 Added: 2020-11-06T0424+0100
 Last modified: 2020-11-06T0431+0100
@@ -8,12 +9,17 @@ Last modified: 2020-11-06T0431+0100
 About the public templates
 
 
-Template "reference-container-body.html"
+## Template "reference-container-body.html"
+   ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
+  > class/task.php(481)
+  > css/public.css
 
-class/task.php(481)
-css/public.css
+* Elements:
 
-Supported placeholders:
+<a>    Present for styling. 
+
+
+* Supported placeholders:
 
 [[post_id]]     makes the footnote ID unique for infinite scroll
 [[id]]          footnote number (1-based integer)
diff --git a/templates/public/footnote.html b/templates/public/footnote.html
index 6b55a17..421a5df 100755
--- a/templates/public/footnote.html
+++ b/templates/public/footnote.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <a
+	class="footnote_referrer"
     ><sup
         id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_[[post_id]]_[[id]]"
         class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text"
diff --git a/templates/public/reference-container.html b/templates/public/reference-container.html
index e2f6f3a..75f2017 100644
--- a/templates/public/reference-container.html
+++ b/templates/public/reference-container.html
@@ -1,21 +1,30 @@
-<div class="footnote_container_overall_wrapper">
-    <div class="footnote_container_prepare">
-        <p><span 
+<div 
+    class="footnote_container_wrapper"
+    >
+    <div 
+        class="footnote_container_prepare"
+        ><p
+			><span 
                 onclick="footnote_expand_reference_container_[[post_id]]();"
             >[[label]]</span
             ><span 
                 class="footnote_reference_container_collapse_button"
                 style="[[button-style]]"
                 onclick="footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_[[post_id]]();"
-            >&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[<a 
+            >[<a 
                 id="footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_[[post_id]]" 
             > + </a
             >]</span
             ></p
+		></div
+	>
+    <div 
+        id="footnote_references_container_[[post_id]]" 
+        style="[[style]]"
+    >
+        <table 
+            class="footnote-reference-container"
         >
-    </div>
-    <div id="footnote_references_container_[[post_id]]" style="[[style]]">
-        <table class="footnote-reference-container">
             <tbody>
                 [[content]]
             </tbody>