PUZZLE #228: Puzzle in the Round 2

PUZZLE #228

PUZZLE IN THE ROUND 2

To solve this tough puzzle, fill in as many of the 5-letter answers next to their clues as you can. Next, look for shared letters, and then enter each letter into its correct place in the diagram (though you'll most likely need to scramble the order of the letters to make them fit). The letter in the grid's center will be shared by all of the answer words. As a little hint, look for unshared letters to help you determine the letters that will go in the outer ring to form the FINAL ANSWER, reading from 1 to 24.

The FINAL ANSWER is the name of a currently-airing anime series

1) Vampire-slaying spike
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2) "We R Who We R" singer
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3) Flip-chart stand
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4) Light-emitting part of a bar code reader
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5) .jpeg or .png file
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6) Magazine that ends each issue with "The World's Most Ornery Crossword"
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7) _____ Callender's (frozen food brand)
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8) Cheap noodles often eaten by college students
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9) Vitaly from Madagascar 3, for one (okay, he's a striped orange cat)
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10) Cheri who impersonated Judge Judy on Saturday Night Live
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11) Short, like a legal paper?
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12) A _____ Called Quest (hip-hop group)
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13) Limerick feature
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14) Twilight and Eclipse author Stephenie
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15) Code with dits and dahs
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16) The Simpsons character who popularized the exclamation "D'oh!"
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17) Million Dollar Password host Philbin
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18) Bob who led the Silver Bullet Band
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19) Part of XXL
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20) A+ or B-
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21) Door pivot
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22) One of the wish-granting title characters from Shimmer and Shine, e.g.
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23) She's possessed by a demon named Pazuzu in The Exorcist
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24) Kind of salami named for an Italian city
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Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured it out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for two versions you can print out: a .PNG and a link to a .PDF!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/104DpOU_HAjl41XuMC_dRkAmEfg90Bj5g/view?usp=sharing