A-Z: words ending in Z

Can you guess these words from the clues? This is the last in the series; there aren't true words for all 26 with Z, but I decided to stretch the rules a little for this one, so we could have a full slate of fun for the final instalment.
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Word ending in Z
A
Full of chatter and excitement
Abuzz
B
All-out pass rush in American football
Blitz
C
Indian textile featuring various designs on it
Chintz
D
Scatterbrained person
Ditz
E
Made in imitation, of inferior quality; not genuine
Ersatz
F
Static, distortion
Fuzz
G
Measure of frequency equal to a billion cycles per second
Gigahertz
H
One cycle per second
Hertz
I
A line indicating a constant frequency of hail storms
Isochalaz
J
Freeform musical style with unusual chords
Jazz
K
Israeli camp
Kibbutz
L
Word now banned in Scrabble, short for a homosexual woman
Lez
M
A million cycles per second
Megahertz
N
A card game (a proper noun)
Nertz
O
What town criers used to shout
Oyez
P
A stupid or worthless person
Putz
Q
This
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R
Glamour and dazzle
Ritz
S
Chicken or goose fat; now used to mean excessive sentimentality, especially in music or films
Schmaltz
T
A semi-precious gemstone
Topaz
U
To strip the excess chatter or hype from a brand or its event
Unbuzz
V
That is to say (from the Latin "videre licet")
Viz
W
A dance in three time
Waltz
X
Term meaning “and so on and so forth”
XYZ
Y
Contemptible or socially inept person, from Yiddish
Yutz
Z
"Word" seen in sleeping characters' speech bubbles
Zzz
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