Good job, I like the Mario red herring.

For the word connections, you should make sure the missing word is on the same side for all four clues. So in this grid, the Duke comes before three of the clues but after one of them. Also, Hazzard in Dukes of Hazzard has two Zs

@starmandx Hey thanks for the feedback, glad you appreciated the Mario part. Thank you for the spelling correction too.

Lastly, I was trying to fit Daisy in to continue the Mario theme, but I'll tweak it to make the Duke(s) all uniform!