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Humour

A very new very Wiki crossword

Hello! Last month, the Signpost hosted a crossword, which can be found here. The answers to last month's crossword can be found at the following link - thank you all for playing! We have a new crossword for this month - once more, all of the answers have something to do with Wikipedia, though the clues may seem unrelated.

You can play the crossword online at this link (recommended) or manually by printing out the image and clues below. Enjoy! Hints may be given in the comments, so scroll cautiously.

Across

4. [Insert numeral here]

7. One who has the power to turn back to what was before

10. Graffiti, with less artistic merit

13. In fashion, traditionally paired with an eye

14. Paired with a knife

16. Impossible! Perhaps these are incomplete

18. The conclusion is obvious

19. Message on a fez

20. Seeking support elsewhere

Down

1. Imitation is the sincerest form of internet flattery

2. Philosophy of retention

3. Sysadmin

5. Pb

6. The highest honor an article can receive

8. Numismatic forum

9. A blog of change

11. An insignificant change

12. The holy grail of argument

15. Whitespace creation

17. Only here for one reason

21. American Football Conference

Note: the next crossword appeared in the 28 December 2021 issue, in its own dedicated column.

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Most of these seemed much easier than last month, but I'm very much at a loss for 16. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 03:40, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb: Obi-Wan Kenobi may be able to help you. – Rhain ☔ 04:39, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My guess would be "IAmTheSenate", but take that with a grain of salt. Panini!^🥪 20:24, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I said Kenobi, not Palpatine.

– Rhain ☔ 22:19, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Will the answers be posted next month? The ones I didn't get are driving me nuts lol. INDT (talk) 09:16, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, the answers will be posted next month - I'm also happy to give you alternate clues / hints for the ones you didn't get. Ganesha811 (talk) 12:15, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  I managed to get a few more, but 1, 4, and 19 still escape me, and alternate clues would be greatly appreciated! INDT (talk) 15:46, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - Some alternate clues (highlight to read): 1-Down "Reflection device" / 4-Across "Wikipedia is a ______ work" / 19-Across "Fedora memorandum" Ganesha811 (talk) 16:41, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, still took me a while, but the feeling once I got that last word in was amazing. Great work! INDT (talk) 17:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    - You might want to get your periodic table out for 5 down. REDMAN 2019 (talk) 13:03, 3 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for creating this. Had a lot of fun, but still haven't cracked number 13 across. I guess because I don't follow any kind of fashion trends. —⁠andrybak (talk) 15:04, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It has a Wikipedia article, according to which it has been around since the 14th century. ☆ Bri (talk) 17:01, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Finally got round to having a proper attempt at this, finding it just as tricky as last month, unlike Sdkb. I think 3 down could have been better, as it just contains the answer within the letters of the clue: I would have gone with "janitor", "mop holder" or "sysop". I enjoyed a lot of these, particularly 8 down, 9 down, 14 across and 19 across. For 1 down my first instinct was "joejob", but I got there in the end. — Bilorv (talk) 18:11, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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