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Answers to Across clues run in order back and forth through the grid continuously from the top left square to the bottom left square, changing direction with each new row. Scattered along the way are twelve obstacles, in the form of letters from twelve Down entries that don't mesh with twelve of the Acrosses. These hurdles must be jumped (i.e., skipped); taken in the order in which they're encountered, they form a self-identifying phrase. The unclued shaded entry running down the middle of the grid, far from presenting obstacles, should be helpful in overcoming them. Seven clue answers are capitalized.

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