A puzzle within a puzzle (that only I know the solution to) Good Luck, you'll need it

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Across
  1. 2. One of the desserts from Christmas 2022
  2. 4. final level in Super Mario 3D World that I'm STILL stuck on!
  3. 7. What you are restricted from using in this puzzle
  4. 8. Character that has a quote on the front of my photo book
  5. 12. answer messed up making last time I gave you a crossword puzzle
  6. 15. What this puzzle is
  7. 18. The hero of time
  8. 20. The year Robby went to XC State
  9. 23. Name of a book Robby got from the library in March
  10. 24. Running joke that my friends and I made that I adopted as a username
  11. 25. in forms of 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 20
  12. 26. My favorite track in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
  13. 29. My IM 110 game name
  14. 30. Stated "Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" in Shawshank
  15. 31. FIRST Roblox account's name (I have like 5 and I forgot the password to most of those.)
Down
  1. 1. What I refuse to tell you
  2. 3. When this puzzle was made
  3. 5. Month Robby’s book came out
  4. 6. My Fall 2024 Bradley game jam submission name
  5. 9. Bird Phoenix Wright cross-examines in court
  6. 10. Previous name to the shared Spotify playlist I made
  7. 11. Game banned from the house, BUT I made friends in high school playing through it on campus via gaming club *Abbreviation
  8. 13. M-rated game I got for my birthday
  9. 14. A game I own on Switch (Physical)
  10. 16. Main character in "Meta Runner"
  11. 17. FUSE project Robby worked on
  12. 19. School Peoria trip Robby went on twice
  13. 21. Platinum trophy name for Lego Dimensions
  14. 22. Mattel card game
  15. 27. My Speedrun.com username
  16. 28. Final option on the Smash Ultimate character select screen