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rows, across, start

The Rows clues solve like regular crossword clues. Each subclue should be filled into a horizontally adjacent series of squares, with one or more black squares separating them.
columns, down, start

The Columns clues all solve to a particular kind of answer that indicates a different way of filling them into the columns of the grid.
check, fill

When filled out, the grid will have entries that make sense reading both across and down, as in a regular crossword. (Unlike a regular crossword, the grid is not symmetric and has entries of length 1.) The across entries in the grid are the answers to the Rows clues; the down entries in the grid are not clued in the puzzle.
check, fill

The answers to the three "This puzzle" clues are NO/NO/GRAM, indicating that the down answers should be interpreted as the lengths of consecutive runs of black squares in each column. Using this information will help you place across answers and fill in the grid.
picture, extract

When the grid is filled, the black squares give a picture and an enumeration. Use these to call in the answer.
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Rows

  1. 1. Prioritize, in an ER · FedEx competitor · Pa’s wife
  2. 2. “___ Misbehavin’” · Region below the Sahara · Morning
  3. 3. This puzzle (pt. 1) · ___ be it · Profess · This puzzle (pt. 2)
  4. 4. Hand tool or horror movie · Twinkle · Second element
  5. 5. Word after bible or corn · It’s divided into eras · Prefix for late
  6. 6. Timid · Common ice cream flavor
  7. 7. Alternative to... · ...an analog stick · The ___ is cast
  8. 8. Prestigious sci-fi award
  9. 9. Consumed
  10. 10. Main character in Death Note
  11. 11. Tied, perhaps
  12. 12. Regretted · “___ are Number One”
  13. 13. Perturb or provoke · This puzzle (pt. 3)
  14. 14. FDA, FCC, or FAA, for instance · Camels’ watering hole
  15. 15. Three-part Buddhist scripture · Third dimension

Columns

  1. 1. Nazgûl, for instance
  2. 2. Occupants of 13-Down
  3. 3. Sutherland series
  4. 4. Nelson, in sports
  5. 5. Who to call in an emergency, in much of the world
  6. 6. Erstwhile Lotus software
  7. 7. Erstwhile Nintendo hardware
  8. 8. ←
  9. 9. ___ up
  10. 10. Theme of an early meta in Mystery Hunt 2015
  11. 11. This Saturday
  12. 12. 2009 stimulus act, officially
  13. 13. Longtime tallest building in Cambridge
  14. 14. ___ square
  15. 15. Fincher film