The Washington Post, December 9th, 1998
Techniques for solving word mazes are a combination of those needed to solve ordinary mazes and those used in crossword puzzles. The most important are these: (a) Every letter must be reachable, so a route that traps you in a corner is incorrect. (b) Consonants need vowels, and vice versa. (c) The message must make sense, but you can add punctuation to help make it meaningful. (d) Using rhymes and meanings and requiring that the vocabulary in the message be consistent helps in choosing between alternatives. Solution 1. The message in the first maze is the first line of The Raven by Edgar Allen...
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