Divorces a horse with thickly interspersed hair colors who was named after actress Dern
20A
The matriarch from Schitt's Creek is a lit. prof.
21A
Makes weep, as lesser gamefolk
22A
Person who converts grain into whiskey, to Bostonians
23A
Edgy snake's catchphrase
24A
It's even cooler than the ninth cooler
25A
"This conversation has come to a screeching halt, hasn't it... you been watching any good shows recently?"
29A
Portmanteau for Bruce's character progression throughout Jaws
30A
The things that make technology entrepreneur Steve sad, in slang
34A
What happens to the part of flour that's removed in the process of baking white bread after it's removed from the flour in the process of baking white bread, in the biography of the part of flour that's removed in the process of baking white bread
37A
Summary of me saying "Please let me steer this speedboat!"
38A
"Mr. Miyagi's actor quite possibly could be interested in all people regardless of whether they're male or female," but I misspelled it
39A
Poet Edgar Allan, MD, who's really into the anime Bleach
40A
One slain by King Arthur for their religious beliefs
41A
Exaggerated plea to someone who's still up at 2 AM
Verticales
1D
A peanut, in some crunchy peanut butter
2D
Like some winter precipitation
3D
Advantageous outcome for a team made up of boys and girls
4D
Mario and Luigi, for example, in a certain video game series
5D
The best prosecutor
6D
One protecting the net for Santa
7D
"Stop bothering the minister of religion's son!"
8D
Reaction to something that's giving sacrificial platform
9D
Creation of Mr. Ed or Otis from Barnyard
10D
"Now I'm gonna make this piano sound so much better"
11D
"Dude, it's not as expensive right now!"
12D
Portmanteau for a cilium under which you peer snoopily
13D
180-degree turn in a battery-electric Nissan
14D
Crematoriums' equivalents of Russian nesting dolls
15D
Pesters someone to do their running bit
25D
Where to hang your bathing suit
26D
Kitchen utensil brand headquartered in what is seen as the funniest state to 7th graders
27D
Purchasing her flakes or giving her the funds to go to colleg, for two
28D
Nickname for musician Yankovic, if his parodies were all super dull
30D
Guy whose wife died, spelled fancily
31D
Head of France, once?
32D
"Arr, you're that actress Saldana!"
33D
For example: acting out the creation of Eve
35D
Summary of a French article?
36D
Banana split, to someone who loves making banana split jokes