Never knowingly undersolved
A pleasant Everyman, not too difficult; sound so far as I can see, except for one minor thing that’s mentioned in the blog. There are the usual Everyman trademarks: the first letters &lit, the rhyming pair, the self-referential clue. Maybe some others but I can’t see them.
Definitions in crimson, underlined. Indicators (homophone, hidden, containment, anagram, juxtaposition, etc) in italics. Anagrams indicated *(like this) or (like this)*. Link-words in green.
The instructions seemed reasonably straightforward:
A turtle starts on a perimeter cell and moves forward cell by cell. If it lands on an L, it turns 90 degrees anticlockwise; if an R, 90 degrees clockwise; otherwise it continues in the same direction.
One word in each clue must be removed before solving; in clue order, these words’ first letters provide an extra instruction.
When the turtle exits the grid after making at least one turn, its path has traced what letter?
Why a turtle, specially? It refers to a technique in computing called turtle graphics.
I didn’t have too much trouble solving the clues, or in finding the superfluous words, whose initial letters spell out TO BEGIN WITH THE TURTLE FACES NORTH. This means that we only have to look at the bottom row for the turtle’s starting point, and after a little experimentation it emerged that the letter traced out is an upper-case E. (Since it has to be made only from horizontal and vertical lines, the choice of letter is rather limited.)
Thanks to Qaos for an enjoyable, not-too-challenging puzzle.
The superfluous words in the clues are shown in bold italics below.
Gemelo educates and entertains.