GeekDad Puzzle of the Week: The Artists Formerly Known as Dweeb

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Here was the plan: I had a puzzle in mind since early in the week, it seemed easy, and so I thought great — wake up early on Monday and slap it together for a clean, clockwork post. Only, it didn’t work that way. I’ve been beating my head against this seemingly-simple puzzle for the last two hours.

Will you, dear reader, have better luck?

Here ’tis:

Arrange the following 16 letters in a 4×4, crossword-like grid so that all verticals and horizontals form words (you know, read left-to-right and top-to-bottom):

AABCDEHKLNOOORRZ

Hint: some but certainly not all of these words are things we’ve been called.

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