Detector of absurdity, in slang Crossword Clue

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ABSURDITY (noun)
1. a message whose content is at variance with reason
2. a ludicrous folly
DETECTOR (noun)
1. rectifier that extracts modulation from a radio carrier wave
2. any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

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Across

1. Courtroom entry

5. Broke bread

8. See 11-Down

14. Lead-in to an implied "go there" or "think about it"

16. Rouse (oneself)

17. Sub category

18. Grave

19. Investment firm T. __ Price

20. "That's keen!"

21. "Something bothering you?"

26. One translation of "aloha"

27. Calm

28. Like Detroit vis-à-vis 29-Across

29. Home of the Wolverines in college sports

33. Actress Longoria

34. Cat breed with a distinct rear

37. Reddit Q&A

38. Festival with jousts, informally

40. Caramel-topped dessert

41. Do-nothings

43. Quaint contradiction

44. 2003 period film starring Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe

48. Snake eyes and boxcars, e.g.

49. Rapper Lil Uzi __

50. Div. for the Astros and Angels

52. Worker's timeout in Westminster … or something tucked between this puzzle's shaded squares?

56. Tectonic drifters

57. Camper's recreation

58. Insists

59. Denver setting: Abbr.

60. Tips

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Down

1. Many an email attachment

2. W.C.

3. Brian who composed four pioneering albums of ambient music

4. Draw

5. Boldly attests

6. Core principles

7. Part of E.S.L.: Abbr.

8. Delivery docs

9. Just after birth

11. Chance to get 8-Across

12. Cuatro + tres

13. 404 Not Found, e.g.

15. Chargrilled corn-on-the-cob dish in Mexico

21. Thread pattern

22. Comedian Minhaj

23. They radiate warmth

24. "The Simpsons" teacher Krabappel

25. Spa treatment, for short

26. Colleague

30. Wood for a kite

31. Native of Muscat

32. Many a one-star Yelp review

34. People you do not want to mess with

35. Olive and palm products

36. ___ Easton Ellis, author of "American Psycho"

39. Cuts of fish

40. It might get decorated at Christmas

42. File menu option

43. Extra-powerful, as an engine

44. Drives into a corner

45. Shout, colloquially

46. Broncos QB who won back-to-back Super Bowls

47. Intended

51. General on a menu

52. Channel showing vintage films

53. German article

54. By ___ by

55. Metric wts.

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