Is this crossword about us?

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Across
  1. 1. Colonized in a nicer way (2019)
  2. 6. 2020 hit song by a duo of large and noble origins (2014)
  3. 9. _____ after me (2018)
  4. 11. Our newest entry into the 30s (1995)
  5. 12. How you may describe your thinking capabilities after a few IPAs? (2014)
  6. 15. An attribute you can change when editing a picture (2015)
  7. 17. Smelly aura (2014)
  8. 18. Body of water that divides continents (2015)
  9. 19. 2012 hit song Graham Bell would like (2017)
Down
  1. 2. An ornithologist's measurement (2017)
  2. 3. Workers on water (2018)
  3. 4. A soup flavored with a root vegetable but not in a cracked bowl? (2024)
  4. 5. A relatively positive magic 8 ball response (2022)
  5. 7. This House may need life alert (2015)
  6. 8. Current broadway show, barely (2015)
  7. 10. Next door neighbors, maybe (2018)
  8. 13. Location of some contraband (2022)
  9. 14. stock pot, informally (2022)
  10. 16. Data structure that contains multiple elements (2015)