#16: Work Hard or Die Trying, Girl (Themeless #6)

 

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difficulty: "hard as balls" (Saturday+)

This puzzle broke a couple test solvers' brains, I won't lie. But it's solvable even if you don't know the long proper names. (And if you don't know the long proper names, then after solving the puzzle, educate yourself!) Thank you to Jeremy, Norah, and Richard for not killing me.

Well, enjoy, insofar as that word is applicable to a puzzle of this difficulty. Applet under the cut.

EDIT (2/26): I slightly changed up some of the clues on the PUZ and the applet; the puzzle is still totally doable either way, and you won't be missing anything with the old PDF I'm not bothering to change, but if you're a PDF solver and you want the updated experience just cross out 28-Across and write "Gold source" in its stead.