Probably more coherent than last time

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Across
  1. 2. Vehicle operator, or, per Microsoft, a software component that lets the operating system and a device communicate
  2. 3. # of the Final Fantasy game set in Spira
  3. 4. Channel 15 back in the day, everywhere
  4. 9. Colours of the two lights in a classic children's game also featured in Squid Game (two words)
  5. 10. Kirk or Picard
  6. 17. 1994 SNES platformer with two sequels, neither of which star the title character (three words)
  7. 20. Channel for Teletoon back in the day, or the year Louis Saint Laurent became PM, or the number of US states in 1912 (two words)
  8. 22. Keys or Park
  9. 24. Restart a machine, or an updated version of an old TV show
Down
  1. 1. Government-funded culture, or what every clue in this crossword could be considered (two words)
  2. 3. Locomotive
  3. 5. Blockbuster or Rogers
  4. 6. Diary format favoured by 10-Across
  5. 7. Code_______, or what you throw to sever a circuit
  6. 8. An enormous fit of irritation (two words)
  7. 11. Where you'd find Virtual On or Street Fighter Alpha 3 at the Coliseum
  8. 12. Facial expression associated with joke-making, or the name of the Japanese game show host on The Simpsons
  9. 13. ___ diligence, or ____ date for an assignment
  10. 14. Marvel comics vigilante aka Frank Castle
  11. 15. Dance type that pleases girls, completely
  12. 16. Time____, or in the ____
  13. 18. Rarely-used search engine, or a rude, obnoxious person
  14. 19. A dreidel, or what you see at the end of Inception
  15. 21. State of mind after indulging in jazz cabbage or hippie lettuce
  16. 23. 1 of 120 in Peach's Castle