First Steps

by Martin Ashwood-Smith

This "Friday-level" puzzle by a legendary and prolific constructor was released to coincide with the publication of another of his puzzles in the New York Times. 

Click here to view or download the puzzle in PDF format; here to download it as a puz file; here to download it as an ipuz file [requires the free Puzzazz app to solve]; here to solve the puzzle interactively (thanks to Jim Horne); here for the solution. MAS thanks Martin Herbach and yours truly for beta testing the puzzle, and suggestions on some of the clues.

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More puzzles here (all).

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