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you're very welcome!

it was the key to the southeast of the starting point.  my problem was that i was sure i'd already carefully checked every possibility; i'd written the area off as a dead end.

so i was truly....stumped.  terrible pun intended.  it was only thanks to extreme stubbornness that i finally found what i'd overlooked.

take care, and thank you for the the reply. :)