PUZZLE #17: Super Sixes

PUZZLE #17
SUPER SIXES

I was planning for this to be number sixteen, but then I came up with the idea for next month having a theme, and I didn't want people solving my previous puzzle when the answer is revealed after only a single week. Speaking of which, to kick off my first theme month, next week's puzzle will have a contest attached to it, so stay tuned for that! That said, let's get to the directions!

Enter the answers to the Across clues in the appropriate rows reading from left to right. The answer to each Sixes clue starts in the numbered square and goes either clockwise or counterclockwise around its 3x2 rectangle (the direction is left for you to determine by using the Across answers).

Once you've completely filled in the grid, the letters in the grey squares will spell out the FINAL ANSWER: the name of a TV show that debuted in 1996!

ACROSS

i) Anheuser-_____ InBev

ii) Landmark anime featuring Kaneda and Tetsuo

iii) Indian professor/narrator of NBC's Heroes

iv) Mario Kart 64, for one

v) Actor Christopher who debuted in Gray Lady Down, nine months before Superman / 90s R&B group 702 was named after one

vi) One of Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. Brawl / The God of War, according to Sony

vii) Musical TV family name with a mom played by Shirley Jones / _____ in Light (Talking Heads album)

viii) Like a faun's hooves / Christmas tree baubles

ix) For free / Disclosure song featuring Sam Smith

x) Fan-led "Operation" that successfully got Xenoblade Chronicles into the US / Singer Lewis who was "Bleeding Love"

xi) Mathematician Benoît who coined the term "fractal" and who has a "set" named after him / Actor Cage, informally

xii) Eradicating

xiii) Don't commit on an issue

xiv) Game engine used in many Lucasarts adventure games

xv) "That squeaking is money to my ears!... _____ music." -Mr. Krabs

SIXES

1) Any one of the Three Graces from Greek mythology

2) Seto Kaiba's younger brother from Yu-Gi-Oh!

3) Filmed another version of, like [Clue #10]'s movie in 2010

4) Reach a destination

5) Birthplace (and deathplace) of Marco Polo

6) Type of "Bull" played by Robert DeNiro

7) Gadget with a viewfinder that Danganronpa 2's Mahiru has

8) Defunct Chrystler car division named after a Spanish explorer

9) One of the goddess of love's loves

10) Nightmarish Freddy who loves his Power Glove

11) "Magical" star of a ridiculously catchy song and Flash cartoon

12) Kitty who likes to snuggle

13) Director of Eat Drink Man Woman

14) _____ Floss (publisher of books filled with Matt Gaffney's meta-crosswords)

15) Golden Quidditch ball that pretty much guarantees a victory

16) Fashion designer Giorgio

17) The Demon Prince-turned-Overlord from Disgaea

18) Alert system that shares its name with a mid-2000s real-time strategy game

19) Type of wedding registry

20) Michael Fay was (in)famously sentenced to this by Singapore in 1994

21) Nixes a NASA mission

22) Japan's largest religion

23) Giraffe from Madagascar

24) Slip-up

Once you think you know what the FINAL ANSWER is, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com before April 12th and I'll put your name on a list of solvers once the answers are posted. You can also use those e-mail addresses to give me feedback and comments on my puzzle or send me the FINAL ANSWER to last week's meta-crossword (which you can solve here, with a hint located here). If you want a version of this puzzle you can print out, head below the break for just that!