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Title
Escape Route
Setter
The Tall'n
Series
Magpie
Number
Issue 10, 5
Date
Aug 2003
Mistake Apology Given Priority In Editorial
Difficulty
B
Grid
13×13 barred grid with 180° symmetry.
Preamble
Being lost in a maze of words, the solver must establish where the escape route begins, take directions from the Guide's answers, which are given in order, and highlight the escape route, ignoring any bars.
All clues are normal, but fourteen of the Across clues contain an extra word. These are the definitions of the fourteen unclued entries in their normal order.
Solution Notes
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The "Escape Route" is provided by answers to the Guide's clues which each contain an element of direction (not entered) to indicate the continuation of the route. These answers are: U
north
odox, pop-l
across
e, ab
se
nts, lan
down
er,
d
roplet,
backward
ness, i
n
wind,
back
-lots, surp
rising
, t
ax
disc (a-cross),
East
ern,
South
Sea, can
descent
, s
w
aying, ra
west
,
climbing
-iron,
forward
ed, ac
ne
, Way
ne
, out
right
. The route begins where START HERE is written (backwards) across the grid, and finishes with WAY OUT.
Keywords
element of direction START HERE WAY OUT maze difficulty-B grade-B
Acknowledgements
Preamble and Solution Notes reproduced with permission. ©
The Magpie
2024.
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