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On a day of independence, beat crosswords into crosploughshares

This crossword features quite a few initialisms and shortcuts. Click and type in each box to input a letter, but, as always, don't click enter.

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1   (initialism) Top-right Main Page feature   ITN 
3   (initialism) Country code for tiny island, or technology that rots the brain  TV 
5   RFA closer; or an elected ruler minus the δῆμος; or a noble ruler minus the ἄρῐστος  CRAT 
7   For aoomers, a letter whose emoji version being put into words makes them funny; for zoomers, the most active 4ch board back in the day; for moomers the funniest (and most low-effort) thing StrawberryClock ever dared post to the Newgrounds portal; for boomers, the type of movie where Dracula fought juvenile delinquents from outer space   B 
8   (initialism) Some pronounce it "Annie"; some pronounce it "hell"   ANI 
9   (initialism) Wikipediocracy forefathers, or T.O.'s position for 49ers   WR 
11  (initialism) Sanders' position for Lions, or button to make edits go away   RB 
13  (initialism) Policy on article names, or swirly character in email addresses  AT 
15  (initialism) Bottom-right Main Page feature   OTD 
17  Doctor of quantum consciousness crystal therapy; or noise made by sockpuppets   QUACK 
20  Guidance for new editors eager to write a page   YFA 
21  "These clues are all for twenty-somethings!" Okay, fine — the text editor that kibo and rms swore against  VI 
22  (initialism) Thing that Michael Jackson wanted to know if 5-across was   OK 
23  (initialism) With respect to racial groups, an ArbCom-sanctioned topic since '11  IQ 

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2   (initialism) Top-left Main Page feature   TFA 
3   (initialism) Where you go to request a move from PMs if software obstructs   TR 
4   (initialism) Country code for tiny theocracy; series of lists of most-important articles   VA 
5   (initialism) Essay cited when, say, blocking an editor who cannot competently explain their edits. Also sometimes used in heated editor conduct discussions   CIR 
6   (initialism) Gamified introduction to Wikipedia for newbies   TWA 
10  (initialism) Russian source deprecated for its tendency to publish inane crap; former(?) name of button on Twitter for when you saw inane crap and wanted your followers to as well  RT 
12  (initialism) Mormon university, and locus of recent wikidrama   BYU 
14  An extremely efficient recent-changes patroller who is occasionally accused of election interference   BOT 
16  (initialism) Bottom-left Main Page feature   DYK 
17  WikiProject founded in 2012 interested in maintaining and improving GAs and FAs   QAI 
18  (initialism) Either a document listing your publications, or Wiki lingo for when you claim credit for somebody else's  CV 
19  Once-popular messaging app, or a QWERTY "lol" with a left-leaning bias (of 1)   KIK 
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Yeah, they get posted later. jp×g🗯️ 14:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ahh, ok. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talkcontribs) 14:06, 4 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@JPxG: When do they get posted? It has been 11 days! QuicoleJR (talk) 17:58, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@QuicoleJR: All right, rack 'em -- they're up. jp×g🗯️ 18:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

















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