Y2K Crossword Challenge
Across
- 5. Nintendo console famous for motion controls (3)
- 8. Mystery TV series set on a strange island (4)
- 9. Hit TV singing competition (8,4)
- 11. Superhero with major 2000s film success (9)
- 14. Boy wizard of the 2000s film franchise (5,6)
- 16. Video-sharing site launched in 2005 (7)
- 17. Pop singer behind “I Kissed a Girl” (4,5)
- 18. Green ogre from a hit animated series (5)
- 22. Popular dual-screen handheld console (7,2)
- 23. Apple’s iconic portable music player (4)
- 26. Dystopian book series released at the end of the decade (6,5)
- 27. Rhythm game where players use plastic guitars (6,4)
- 28. Early social media site popular before Facebook (7)
- 29. Early smartphone brand used for emails (10)
Down
- 1. Swashbuckling Disney film series (7,2,3,9)
- 2. Rock band behind “In the End” (6,4)
- 3. 2009 sci-fi epic by James Cameron (6)
- 4. Vampire romance saga (8)
- 6. Early file-sharing music service (7)
- 7. Rapper known for “Lose Yourself” (6)
- 10. Social network launched in 2004 (8)
- 12. Sony gaming console popular in the decade (10)
- 13. Disney Channel phenomenon (4,6,6)
- 15. Mockumentary sitcom set in a paper company (3,6)
- 19. Robots in disguise hit 2000s cinema (12)
- 20. Eccentric pop star who rose to fame in 2008 (4,4)
- 21. Pop superstar who went solo in the 2000s (7)
- 24. Sacha Baron Cohen’s outrageous 2006 comedy character (5)
- 25. 2008 Batman blockbuster (3,4,6)