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CROSSWORD SETTER: Jeremy Newton & Tony Orbach
THEME: You’ll Get Through This … the instructions for the puzzle read:
The grid represents a maze. Enter the room at the upper left and exit at the lower right, following a path that will become apparent as you solve the crossword. When the puzzle is done, read the circled letters in the order in which the rooms are visited to spell a quote by 153-Across.
The doors are indicated by answers next to each other in the grid, between which the word “DOOR” naturally fits. Here are the “doors” in the order they appear as you go through the maze, along with the letter circled in each section of the maze:
E - 25A. Done for, finito, kaput : DEAD AS A (DOOR)NAIL
V - 8A. Go canvassing, say : RING (DOOR)BELLS
E - 27A. Auto security feature : POWER (DOOR)LOCK
R - 18D. UPS drop-off site, often : FRONT (DOOR)STEP
Y - 53D. Seinfeld vis-à-vis Kramer : NEXT (DOOR) NEIGHBOR
W - 86A. Show a bit of courtesy (for) : HOLD THE (DOOR) OPEN
A - 39D. Hush-hush powwow : CLOSED-(DOOR) MEETING
L - 57A. Some fun in the sun : OUT(DOOR) GAMES
L - 75A. Teaser on party fliers : WIN A (DOOR) PRIZE
I - 34D. All-weather resort amenity : HEATED IN(DOOR) POOL
S - 89D. Involuntary extension of troop tours : BACK (DOOR) DRAFT
A - 146D. Chrysler 300, e.g. : FOUR-(DOOR) SEDAN
D - 96D. Colosseum entrance, e.g. : ARCHED (DOOR)WAY
O - 115A. Hilton or Westin welcomer : HOTEL (DOOR)MAN
O - 141A. Burrowing arthropods : TRAP(DOOR) SPIDERS
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As you can see from the letters running down the left hand side (above), the quote from Emerson is, “Every wall is a door.”
COMPLETION TIME: 48m 50s
ANSWERS I MISSED: 6 … all in the part of the maze starting with 89A: BOPS ( I am too embarrassed to disclose the rubbish answers I “forced” in!)
