Puzzle Notes

Hi friends: 

Byron Walden brings us "Triple Play" this week, at 4/5 difficulty.

This puzzle has a light meta: Give one of the nontheme answers the thematic treatment to find the way a prissy pirate might call someone a butthead. Send your response to triple@avxwords.com by the end of Sunday, May 22 for a chance to win a three-month subscription extension.

Francis Heaney and Kameron Austin Collins in the pipeline!

Yours,

Ben and the AVCX crew [avxwords.com, @AVCXWord]