Sorry, Cockie, I misread your post. Of course a finishes in 1. It passes through 4, and ag finishes and ah starts there. Buddy is right that positioning ai helps
Exactly. Think of the answers as forming a continuous line, where the last letter of one doubles as the first of the next. That continuous line only passes through each cell twice at most
drxx, if my trip was indicative it would have been a pretty costly cab journey! This was an amazing offering, and reinforces the view of the cognoscenti that The Listener is no longer the pinnacle of puzzles.
bobbycollins - according to the list, nothing moves anyway (just how I like it}.
I can't say I share your enthusiasm for these 'entry' puzzles - all entry and very little substance (once you've forced your way in there).
I rather enjoyed that. The clueing was 👍and I got enough letters in one set of coloured squares (NE set) to get the gist of the theme which helped. 2 or 3 clues didn't yield until the grid was mainly in place and I got into a bit of a one-way system with roadworks and a diversion or two in the SE corner but persistence paid off.
I agree with granama1, a good, different and difficult challenge this week.
It reminded me of the 'Square Routes' Times puzzles except there were no words supplied, no reversing allowed and a one-way system in many places!
Just embarking on the trip. For clarification, does the statement. In the preamble that some squares may be visited twice mean that some cells in the completed grid will contain two letters?