PUZZLE #66: Super Sixes 2

PUZZLE #66

SUPER SIXES 2

Well today's my 66th puzzle, so that means one of two things: yet another "Section 6" puzzle, or a different puzzle type involving the number 6 that I haven't done in a while. Since my last "Section 6" puzzle proved to be pretty difficult, I decided to go for the second option, as you can see below.

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, read from top to bottom, will spell out this week's FINAL ANSWER: the name of a fictional character that debuted in 1996!

ACROSS
i) Bring forth (Hidden in UNREDUCED)
ii) Unedited text that could be "rough"
iii) Police drummer Stewart who did the music for Spyro the Dragon
iv) Like a monkey's tail
v) Horton _____ Who! (2 wds.) / Starfish that lives in Bikini Bottom
vi) Spicy cuisine that Popeyes offers / Rodgers and Hammerstein's second musical
vii) Game show originally hosted by Art Fleming / Arcade machine with flippers (My mom actually owns one called Black Knight!)
viii) Blue video game character who turns 25 this year / Robert Rodriguez film that cost only $7,000 (2 wds.)
ix) Annoying little insects / Seattle Sounders, for one (2 wds.)
x) Maine's capital / Foul-mouthed chef Gordon
xi) Wide-eyed, innocent soul / Lightning-quick pitches
xii) Director of Monsters, Inc. and Inside Out (2 wds.)
xiii) Username of Egoraptor's wife (don't forget to replace the "3" with an "E"!) (EXTRA HINT: It's one letter away from Mickey Mouse's original name)
xiv) Green Kim Possible villainess
xv) "_____ My Sunshine" (Len's only hit song)

SIXES
1) Sink spigot
2) Like some phones that are not cellular
3) Working title for the 2015 failure Accidental Love (MUCH EASIER CLUE: Used a hammer)
4) Sermonize
5) Coffin-carrying car
6) Groups in game shows like I've Got a Secret and Figure It Out
7) Small scythe
8) Community actor Ken and others
9) He won an Oscar playing Lt. Col. Frank Slade
10) Ladder's rung
11) Nautical or digital crime
12) Big Eyes director Tim
13) Actor Mark who voiced The Joker
14) Jam-packs
15) Someone who shares top billing (Hyph.)
16) Pre-installed 3DS app that lets you take 3D pictures
17) Valkyrie Profile developer (Hyph.)
18) Quincy from Foxtrot, for one
19) _____-l'œil (optical illusion)
20) Utterly abhor
21) Shade of blue named after a metal
22) Baton-passing races
23) A ream has 500 of them
24) Last name of Goldfinger's Bond girl

Once you believe you've figured out the FINAL ANSWER, send it to either redhead64@chartermi.net or itsredhead64@gmail.com (though I'm more likely to check the second one) and I'll put your name on a solvers list once I post the answers in about two weeks. You can also use those email addresses to give me some comments and feedback (or get a hint from me in exchange for a "hint star", more details for that are on the sidebar to the right) or send me the answer to last week's puzzle, if you haven't already figured that one out. If you have a printer and want to solve this puzzle on paper, just head below the break for a version you can print out!