Palimpsest solution

Sunday 27 September 2026

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The line

She went on whispering to herself: And yet he was looking at me!

Conrad, Lord Jim

The answer

Jewel's whole grievance, shrunk to the plain fact of a gaze.

he is in her eyes

Bonus round

Theme: Seeing and being seen

Wildcard

No word of a wildcard answer hides inside a single word of the line, and no clue is given.

sort of any thing

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