Crossword
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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