Joe's crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Christopher Walken needed more of this
  2. 6. A garnish (!)
  3. 11. A hot day
  4. 12. The clues with (!) might be found here
  5. 14. Controversial "The Simpsons" Character
  6. 15. Commonly-eaten fish
  7. 16. Descend from a mountain
  8. 19. Impromptu, as a photo
  9. 20. Rhymes with rhyme (!)
  10. 22. Stops a ship
  11. 23. Namesake of a comet
  12. 25. What the herald angels sing
  13. 26. Vietnamese noodle dish
  14. 27. The shadow of the valley of ___
  15. 28. President Pierce, or a founding father
  16. 29. Underling
  17. 30. Fist-fighter
  18. 35. "I ate too much"
  19. 36. Rival of Mississippi State (*)
  20. 38. North Texas airport
  21. 39. Present on bread, maybe (!)
  22. 40. "Lend me your ___"
  23. 43. "Not a crook" (*)
Down
  1. 1. The starred clues are present in this
  2. 2. Member of a flamboyance
  3. 4. Pitiable sort
  4. 5. Flowery necklace
  5. 7. Mauna ___
  6. 8. Guide an animal
  7. 9. Wise man (!)
  8. 10. Cocoon
  9. 11. "Jaws" fish
  10. 12. Called a hoagie in some places
  11. 13. Can go in a salad
  12. 17. Of the opera
  13. 18. Rodgers and Hammerstein musical (*)
  14. 19. Unrefined
  15. 21. Desperately want
  16. 24. Toothy fish
  17. 26. Arcade game ghost colored like 2-Down
  18. 31. Comedian Jerry
  19. 32. Unplayed round
  20. 33. Delicately-prepared fish
  21. 34. What might happen during a hurricane
  22. 37. Guitarist Knopfler
  23. 41. Ill-gotten gains, maybe
  24. 42. Found in a garden
  25. 44. Census option perhaps filled in by 14-Across