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Crossword

Vaguely bird-shaped crossword

By Ca

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1 .	.	.	.	..	..	2 .	.	.	3 .	..	..	4 .	.
..	..	..	..	5 .	.	.	..	..	6 .	7 .	8 .	.
..	9 .	10 .	.	.	..	..	11 .	12 .	.	.	.	.	.
13 .	.	.	..	.	..	..	14 .	.	..	15 .	.	..	.
..	16 .	.	.	.	..	17 .	.	.	..	.	..	..	.
..	..	..	..	.	..	.	..	..	..	..	..	..	18
..	..	..	19 .	.	.	.	..	..	..	20 .	.	.


Across
1	The Signpost, in the same style as 9 across	---
2	“the ____ encyclopedia that anyone can edit”	---
5	The programming language that Mediawiki is mostly written in	---
6	"This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Paint Drying article. This is not a _____ for general discussion of the article's subject"	---
9	(abbr.) Publication for which Across 20 is their slogan	---
11	"If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, _______ it."	---
13	(initialism) Main page section that's consistently written in present tense	---
14	A vandal's vulgar go-to word	---
15	(initialism) Userright that makes the robin fly	---
16	(abbr.) Our sister project where I found the 11 down	---
17	(abbr.) Where you can find every 1900 establishments in the United Kingdom; or: a cute creature	---
19	First name of the supposed inventor of the electric toaster	---
20	The infamous “Democracy ____ in darkness”	---

Down
2	Continuing from the last crossword, under the featured list in the main page	---
3	(initialism) A note-making template	---
4	(abbr.) A weekday, two days before fancy updates and userscript breakdowns, or: a shortcut to an wikiessay about Napoleon	---
5	(singular) The Wikipedia page that sex work, piracy, underwater diving, and the American Civil War have, but deforestation, World War I/II, and Buddhism lack.	---
7	The sound you make after deleting the main page	---
8	(initialism) What the robin is a reference to in Across 15	---
9	(initialism) "The visionary and legendary entrepreneur, John Doe, made an astonishing breakthrough recently, which some people say will revolutionize the industry. Despite this, some claim he has links to a terrorist organization, raising eyebrows."	---
10	(initialism) Overused The Signpost crossword™ clue; everyone's favorite dramaboard	---
11	(acronym) /haʊ du ju pɹəˈnaʊns ðɪs/	---
12	(initialism) “I'm sorry, as of my last knowledge update …” or: a type of LLMs	---
17	(acronym) News giant with a red logo, host of the recent US presidential debate	---
18	(initialism) Userright that has its logo as the Wikipedia globe with missing pieces.	---

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This was the crossword I've enjoyed the most up to this point. I was almost completely able to fill it in, with the Robin being basically the only thing I'm fully stuck on! Very fun :) ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 12:35, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stumped me on the same part! All the best: Rich Farmbrough 13:20, 22 July 2024 (UTC).[reply]

I fail to see how 19 Across is an abbreviation. —⁠andrybak (talk) 00:05, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake! I've fixed it. Ca ^{talk to me!} 02:37, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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