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Note: This is the final installment of The Puzzler. For the last 12 years, Henry Rathvon and Emily Cox have produced this engaging feature, first for the magazine and, more recently, for TheAtlantic.com. We thank Henry and Emily for their passion, creativity, and ingenious wit, and encourage readers to purchase their Puzzler collection, Atlantic Cryptic Crosswords.

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This puzzle has four distinct sections, linked only by two unclued two-word phrases occupying the shaded squares. Each of the phrases starts in Section 1 and goes clockwise through all four sections. The 16-letter outer phrase identifies the sections as a whole and the 12-letter inner phrase shows what holds them together. Each section contains one unclued representative sample; other entries are clued out of order. Fifteen answers are capitalized.

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