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Mini 84 - Wikipedia Edition

· By Sendhil Revuluri · Published 2024-06-15T12:11:06.635Z

Constructor's Note
Almost all of the clues were lightly edited from Wikipedia; please forgive their verbosity. Feedback appreciated. Thanks for solving!
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  • AuLeaf 7:29 · 2024-06-15T12:21:22.996Z
    In 4D, I think "married to 4D" should be "married to 14A". Nice puzzle!
    • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-15T15:59:32.596Z
      Thanks for catching that — fixed!
    • Erk 11:30 · 2024-06-15T13:40:13.907Z
      Thanks! I always learn things with your puzzles
      • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-15T15:59:44.597Z
        Thank you! I definitely learned things making this one!
        • Erk 11:30 · 2024-06-15T17:26:26.326Z
          Ha! I know the feeling
      • kurtalert 🤓3:11 · 2024-06-15T15:58:58.169Z
        This was a really hard mini! Thank you!
        • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-15T19:22:50.748Z
          I’m going to take that as a compliment from you!
        • Steve Johnson 🤓3:46 · 2024-06-15T17:06:33.636Z
          Nice idea, enjoyed it!
        • Larry Edelstein 🤓1:47 · 2024-06-15T17:42:30.169Z
          I like that set of words
          • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-15T19:23:07.503Z
            Thank you! Speedy solve!
          • DollarB44 🤓4:46 · 2024-06-15T23:38:07.796Z
            That was fun! Felt kind of like a speed round of Jeopardy!
            • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-16T02:55:17.002Z
              That's nice to hear! Thanks for solving.
            • Mama 🤓6:01 · 2024-06-17T03:33:16.579Z
              Not sure about 10A - Course 16 is usually called AeroAstro.
              • Sendhil Revuluri constructor · 2024-06-17T10:20:37.860Z
                Yup, that’s what I remembered as well (especially from this classic SI story about D3 football), but it seems like at some point the course (if not the broader department) got renamed. Thanks for solving!
              1A
              Lie or falsehood, in hip-hop or Gen Alpha slang
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              1. 1A
                Lie or falsehood, in hip-hop or Gen Alpha slang
              2. 4A
                Extinct flightless bird endemic to New Zealand
              3. 7A
                Baby buggy pushed by a yummy mummy
              4. 9A
                2016 animated film featuring an optimistic koala
              5. 10A
                MIT engineering course including Flight Vehicle Development
              6. 12A
                Founded in 1610, it's the oldest state capital in the USA
              7. 13A
                More or less, somewhat, not exactly, you might say
              8. 14A
                Frank born in Hoboken, but associated with Las Vegas
              9. 16A
                Only female Billboard Spotlight Awardee who voiced the only female Smurf
              10. 18A
                In the Wizarding World, an omen of death in the form of a black dog
              11. 19A
                Set of connected behaviors, rights, obligations, and beliefs, socially
              12. 20A
                French manufacturer of billions of disposable pens, lighters, and razors
              13. 21A
                Currency unit printed at KOMSCO and comprised of 100 jeon
              Down
              1. 1D
                Professional qualified to keep the books clean, two entries at a time
              2. 2D
                God of war and violence who can be a foil to his sister Athena
              3. 3D
                Like an organism that lives on or inside another, causing it some harm
              4. 4D
                Actress in Rosemary's Baby & Alice (who was briefly married to 14A)
              5. 5D
                2007 Irish romantic musical drama film featuring "Falling Slowly"
              6. 6D
                Number of laps one has taken around the sun, so to speak
              7. 8D
                Christo, Socrates, Kajol, Madonna, Plato, Prabhas, or Adele
              8. 9D
                Small, unwanted droplets of molten metal emitted during welding
              9. 11D
                Aerial apparatus for feats of strength & flexibility (like two ribbons)
              10. 14D
                Unstitched women's garment that can be worn in over 80 ways
              11. 15D
                Social justice and protest folk singer-songwriter Guthrie
              12. 16D
                The Committee for State Security, from 1954 until 1991
              13. 17D
                Currency unit divided decimally into 100 sen or 1,000 rin
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