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◆ · By Arty · Published 2024-05-07T01:52:06.680Z

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A puzzle from 2013. Funny words in here and some funny folk and some perhaps subtle references (for spice, though not needed for solving). I was surprised at the breadth of the sources. See my blog for links (maybe some don't work anymore) to get more background and info, including on what Uncle Willie's list is.
Funny Words: Wikipedia's funny words provided a great jumping off point, collecting the source (Uncle Willie!) I already knew, and more. [this might have been corrected since I last looked: Footnote 1 points to the wrong place, and the bibliography does, too (Podunk, Sept. 25, 1948). The right Mencken article is Oct. 1, 1949 (OK)!]
Here're some more thoughts on the subject, and I almost got some of these new ideas in the puzzle (well, I got one in, but I didn't find a link to Billy Crystal's albeit obscure use of it -- nakeds).
Script for the Comic, though you might not find the answer there. Suggesting this reviewer is right. See the episode here.
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    Hint to have arranged pack of snack from Uncle Willie’s list. (7)
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    1. 1A
      Hint to have arranged pack of snack from Uncle Willie’s list. (7)
    2. 5A
      Belittling poor effort to make smooching unfunny. (7)
    3. 9A
      Learned leaderless repeat. (7)
    4. 10A
      First name in violin virtuosity reversed positive polarity of tiny flute. (7)
    5. 11A
      Shake ok ukulele, revealing location on Krusty’s list. (6)
    6. 12A
      Without doubt, tonal quality of Britain also sounds far away. (8)
    7. 14A
      Born from endless hunger. (3)
    8. 15A
      Hold in pawn essential chalice in return for rubber disk. (6,4)
    9. 18A
      Complain about 7s, small tart fruits. (4,6)
    10. 19A
      Rap superlative about bank. (3)
    11. 22A
      Snake destiny snared the most innocent. (8)
    12. 24A
      Zadora has scrambled eggs; will they play here? (6)
    13. 26A
      Example of natives’ one criticism: Idaho lacking papers. (7)
    14. 27A
      Keen cat upset New Jersey town where 13’s comic brought the house down. (7)
    15. 28A
      Maintain revised kit cost. (5,2)
    16. 29A
      He listed Hohokus’s workers holding broken neck. (7)
    Down
    1. 1D
      Uncle Willie’s list’s coward’s stylish knowledge. (7)
    2. 2D
      Disjointed henna poem’s remarkable occurrences. (9)
    3. 3D
      Fix a scuba calculator. (6)
    4. 4D
      Economically made last feint upward. (4)
    5. 5D
      Insulting comedian patently liked scorn. (3,7)
    6. 6D
      Simon’s follower commandeered disgusting, second-rate infirmary at sea. (8)
    7. 7D
      A reserve laptop. (5)
    8. 8D
      Mollusk is slimy-sounding animal on the list. (7)
    9. 13D
      I pop jocose, deranged comedian. (3,7)
    10. 16D
      Cede drunk unstable position below. (9)
    11. 17D
      Burrowing animal’s difficult height for a boat to hold five. (8)
    12. 18D
      Survey said, … “Cover with duck.” (7)
    13. 20D
      Monster, missing mug, who listed 15 (as employed by 5). (7)
    14. 21D
      Recover in precipitate, for example. (6)
    15. 23D
      One following radio report of French index’s material. (5)
    16. 25D
      Tiny building block doubled border of Atlantic kingdom. (4)
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