This isn't the first time I've made a crossword with a similar theme and with this exact shape, and it might not be the last. The meta answer is the name of a song.
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Explanation: Only seven letters in the grid are from the range A-G - those letters are placed in order as per on a musical staff. Reading (or singing) left to right, the tune is either 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' or the 'Alphabet song', your choice.
For the aforementioned previous crossword, see here.
"On ___ Majesty's Secret Service" (but only if the film were made today)
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Across
1A
"On ___ Majesty's Secret Service" (but only if the film were made today)
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Virtual human with a green diamond floating above their head [it's called a Plumbob, TIL]
7A
The number of dalmatians, written as if you couldn't use the number keys on the keyboard
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Sources of remote power?
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Dragging
11A
100% less than 7A7AThe number of dalmatians, written as if you couldn't use the number keys on the keyboard[---], written as if you were using words [for once!]
12A
Nocturnal bird named for its distinctive call
16A
"Every letter in the entry for 16A16A"Every letter in the entry for 16A is either 'o' __ '_'" [I don't care about ice hockey][---] is either 'o' __ '_'" [I don't care about ice hockey]
17A
"What do you get if you cross a ewe with a ___?" "A woolly jumper!"
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100 more than 7A7AThe number of dalmatians, written as if you couldn't use the number keys on the keyboard[---], written as if you were a Roman
19A
Where to spot a star [like the one in one of the meta answers]
Down
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Song [but not like the ones represented by the cells contributing to the meta answers]
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Debtor's letters (abbr.) [but only a tiny subset the letters spelled out in one of the meta answers]
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Title for Italian gentlemen
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Seafarers
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McKellen or Holm, in 'Lord of the Rings'
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Magic umami powder that resulted in "Chinese restaurant syndrome" (abbr.)
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Free and open source version control software, whose source code refers to itself as "the information manager from hell"
12D
What might come after an ad?
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Gothmog or Uglúk, in 'Lord of the Rings'
14D
Convex cooking vessel
15D
Myrna ___, American actress in "The Thin Man" and "Cheaper by the Dozen"