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BEHIND follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. B: row 4, column 1
  2. E: row 3, column 1
  3. H: row 3, column 2
  4. I: row 2, column 2
  5. N: row 2, column 3
  6. D: row 3, column 3

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

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FIELD follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. F: row 1, column 1
  2. I: row 2, column 2
  3. E: row 3, column 1
  4. L: row 4, column 2
  5. D: row 3, column 3

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

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HOOK follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. H: row 3, column 2
  2. O: row 4, column 3
  3. O: row 4, column 4
  4. K: row 3, column 4

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

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TURN follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. T: row 1, column 2
  2. U: row 1, column 3
  3. R: row 1, column 4
  4. N: row 2, column 3

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

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WING follows the cells below. Every consecutive cell touches the next, including diagonally, and no cell is used twice within this word.

  1. W: row 2, column 1
  2. I: row 2, column 2
  3. N: row 2, column 3
  4. G: row 2, column 4

This is one validated path on the original recorded grid. Different answers may share cells; a board with vanished letters should be entered in the solver as it now appears.

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Also on August 13, 2024

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Recorded from the existing verified source adapter. Source retrieved .

Selected from the publisher's dated schedule as observed at retrieval. The verified first row is 1 March 2024; publication is at 06:00 UTC.

Letter clues and worked solving examples are deterministic calculations. Record revision: cc3d83902314.

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