A V. Thomas Pynchon Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. The "Pirate" of Special Operations Executive
  2. 6. Number of cameos on "The Simpsons"
  3. 8. Vibe born Beef
  4. 9. The O in Doc's MICRO
  5. 10. Nickname of Doc's LAPD nemesis
  6. 11. Peter Pinguid Society proselytizer
  7. 12. Evil Duke of Squamuglia
  8. 13. Institute that translates to mean "golden fang" in Greek
  9. 17. Man's best friend and a Chum of Chance
  10. 20. Writer with whom Pynchon shared the 1974 National Book Award
  11. 22. State where Pynchon's first published short story is set
  12. 23. Occupation of Mason & Dixon narrator
  13. 25. Agency for which Brock Vond works
  14. 26. The most balletically named character of Gravity's Rainbow
  15. 27. Job title of Pynchon's NBA acceptance stand-in
Down
  1. 1. Prize for which Gravity's Rainbow selection was rejected by jury
  2. 2. Phoenix's last name in Pynchon film adaptation
  3. 3. 2003 Radiohead song inspired by a passage from V.
  4. 5. Part 3 of Against the Day
  5. 7. Band of Hope's surf rocker husband
  6. 14. A coolly run computer security firm
  7. 15. A backwards curse; the employer of Mucho Maas
  8. 16. Title of Slow Learner story first published in the Kenyon Review
  9. 18. Utterance of frustration and Bigfoot's favorite section
  10. 19. Acronym for association through which Maxine meets Reg
  11. 21. Pynchon's fourth novel
  12. 23. Pynchon's alma mater
  13. 24. Location of Profane's subterranean alligator hunting