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By Dan Katz
Answer: PRETEEN

Each of the given letter strings can be separated into two separate clues (the clues are interwoven, but the letters within each clue are given in the correct order). Each clue has an answer which is also the name of a weapon. The two answers for each string can be filled into one of the pairs of crossing sets of squares; the position of the corresponding grid is given below for each clue pair.

INTERSTATE NINETY LOCALLY = PIKE
ANARCHY DEODORANT BRAND = AXE [3rd]

COMMAND DETONATED LANDMINE = CLAYMORE
SYMBOL ALSO CALLED AN OBELISK = DAGGER [6th]

COLLECTION OF EMPLOYEES = STAFF
VOLCANO IN NEW BRITAIN = BOLA [1st]

HIGH TAPERING SHOE HEEL = STILETTO
NIGHT SPOT FOR DANCING = CLUB [7th]

MOVE QUICKLY AND SUDDENLY = DART
DOPING CYCLIST ARMSTRONG = LANCE [2nd]

PIECE OF ASPARAGUS = SPEAR
TWENTY ONE IN A CASINO = BLACKJACK [5th]

SPRAY USED FOR DEFENSE = MACE
SUGAR FREE CHEWING GUM = TRIDENT [4th]

THIN ALUMINUM WRAPPING = FOIL
EITHER VENUS OR LUCIFER = MORNING STAR [10th]

JAMES TAWNEY FOR EXAMPLE = WHIP
TOO LEGIT TO QUIT ARTIST = HAMMER [8th]

THRASH ABOUT WILDLY = FLAIL
STRAP FOR A BROKEN ARM = SLING [9th]

Once the grids are completed, the blue letters spell STIMPY’S PAL, and the yellow letters spell BEATLE BEST. The answers to these clues are REN and PETE respectively, and interweaving these answers as shown by the seven colored squares gives the puzzle's answer, PRETEEN.