Palimpsest solution

Friday 16 October 2026

This page gives the day away: the sentence, the answer, the bonus round and the wildcard. It is a record of a finished puzzle, not a place to play one. Today’s puzzle is here.

The line

I sprang to my feet and leaped, stamping the coracle under water.

Stevenson, Treasure Island

The answer

Stevenson lets the boy do the math no swimmer argues with.

i am a dead man

Bonus round

Theme: Negative feelings

Wildcard

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

roman empire

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