This is part 53 of the puzzle series Around the World in Many Days. Each part is solvable on its own.
Dear Puzzling,
The black and white circles in this grid form a Masyu puzzle. Draw one continues loop that visits every circle. When passing through a white circle, the loop must go straight through the circle, and then immediately make a turn in the next cell on at least one side. When passing through a black circle, the loop must make turn in the circled cell and continue straight on both sides.
The background grid (including blue/white given letters) is a word chain. Answers are written anticlockwise in the given order, starting from the bottom-left corner. Each answer shares one letter with the preceding one. Answer lengths have been omitted, but I can tell you that every answer is between 5 and 10 letters long.
Today I have explored the incredibly diverse nature of a remote tropical archipelago. Can you guess where I am?
Love, Gladys.
Masyu on Penpa+
Word chain on Penpa+
Cryptic clues
1. Running, jumping, etc., disturbed Al? The jerks!
2. 50 struck by violent criminal – mothers warn their children about him
3. "People maybe resorting to piracy for stronger AI" –Der Spiegel piece
4. Emirate's ruler given a real jackalope's head
5. Reach for TV broadcast showing amphibious vehicle
6. Rock group interrupts Tool playing musical effect
7. As an example, Bach's tongue perhaps is for the Germans
8. Levelheaded emperor giving away gold in British art gallery
9. Key listening device listened to men's magazine
10. Not prepared for a sort of extreme, drinking water in Turin
11. Going over section of gasoline pipeline – that'll give you an adrenaline rush
12. Reorganisation of index dismissed
Gladys will return in Anyone Seen My Snorkel?
