Accidental typography

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Accidental typography

The backwards 'E' was unintentional. So was the 'H'. And the rotated 'T'. (—author)

1 .	.	2 .	.	3 .	.	.	4 .	.	5
.	..	.	..	.	..	..	.	..
6 .	.	.	.	.	.	..	7 .	.
.	..	.	..	.	..	..	.	..
.	..	..	..	8 .	.	..	9 .	.
.	..	10 .	..	.	..	..	.	..
11 .	.	.	.	..	12 .	.	.	..	.
.	..	..	..	..	.	..	13 .	14 .	.
15 .	.	.	.	..	.	..	..	16 .


Across
1	Huggle-like tool that runs in your browser	ANTIVANDAL
6	Article inaccessible for readers without the search bar	ORPHAN
7	___ index article	SET
8	(initialism) Hot drinks and guidance for newbies are available here	TH
9	Shortcut to a page to complain about, for example, a factual error in "on this day"	MPE
11	VRT former name	OTRS
12	Project to clean up after copyright violators' messes	CCI
13	What do Gallbladder, Garamond, and Gardner Lake have in common?	GA
15	Undisclosed alternate account used disruptively	SOCK
16	(shortcut): Glistening anti-vandal script?	TW

Down
1	Program that pairs experienced Wikipedians with new users	ADOPTIONS
2	Too many policies and guidelines constitute red ____	TAPE
3	What do Oedipus Rex, Disco, the Cinema of France, and Donald Duck have in common?	VAARTS
4	Shortened form: not articles per se, but still discussed at AfD	DISAMBIG
5	Wikilawyers might follow the ______ of a policy or guideline	LETTER
10	(shortcut): System to offer feedback on articles outside of a formal GA or FA review	PR
12	Organized feline?	CAT
14	Policy on that big text above the lead	AT

By the way, no, I don't know why the boxes look all crapways either. Nothing in the templates or the CSS changed. I tried to fix it for a while today but I couldn't figure it out — if you want to poke around and try your hand, pop on over to the Newsroom and we can have a go at it (—ed.)

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Done. "Down-3" is a definite the hardest and most challenging clue in the puzzle. Cassiopeia talk 03:48, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I wish I hadn't looked at the spoiler for that one. The idea is brilliant. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:45, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's a funny story for this crossword (I was the editor). It got lost for a few months and when I found it, the constructor, Cremastra, told me I honestly can't remember ever making that one, and don't have the answers written down anywhere. So I got to truly solve it myself. And I agree, 3D was a tough one to figure out. ☆ Bri (talk) 16:05, 9 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bri Thank you for setting up the crossword puzzle. I truly enjoyed it and hope to see more like it in future editions of Signpost. Cassiopeia talk 04:57, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

That one was actually quite easy for me. For me, the hardest one, as someone who had never heard of the phrase originally, was down-2. I had to look at the spoiler to get it. I even tried "cheating" by doing a regex title search in projectspace using the known letters but to no avail. OutsideNormality (talk) 00:32, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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