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The Clue
Northbound, on most maps (6 letter answer)
The Answer
UPWARD
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Notes
The answer UPWARD is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2400 puzzles.
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Definition
UPWARD as an adjective:
1. directed up; "the cards were face upward"; "an upward stroke of the pen"
2. (up, upward) = extending or moving toward a higher place; "the up staircase"; "a general upward movement of fish"
UPWARD as an adverb:
1. (up, upwards, upward, upwardly) = spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; "look up!"; "the music surged up"; "the fragments flew upwards"; "prices soared upwards"; "upwardly mobile"
2. (up, upwards, upward) = to a later time; "they moved the meeting date up"; "from childhood upward"