Similar problem here. I can destroy the gel only in this direction:
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×SE->center->NW (partially)->NE->NW (the remaining part)
But then I can't get to the gel babies that are in the southern part. So I guess that I should
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×start clearing the gel from the top and move to bottom instead of bottom to top.
No success here, either; I can only destroy the two northern blobs, and after that I can't get to the central one, not even mentioning the SE one.
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×My DROD progress:
Official holds:
King Dugan’s Dungeon 2.0: Postmastered!
Journey to Rooted Hold: Postmastered!
The City Beneath: Mastered, 1 room left in postmastery area
Gunthro and the Epic Blunder: Mastered, 2 rooms left in postmastery area
The Second Sky: Completed (bad ending), 26% secrets; now playing:
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×Constructs Warehouse 3/More Fluff/Mother of all Roaches; saved Akandia (Empty Space), Tueno (Englos Defense), and Clarbag (Save Our Surfacers!)
Smitemaster’s Selections related to the main plot:
Devilishly Dangerous Dungeons of Doom: Completed, 16% secrets
Suit Pursuit: Mastered
Finding the First Truth: Completed, 18% secrets
Smitemater’s Selections unrelated to the main plot:
Complex Complex: The Complex
Flood Warning: Water Damage
Best quote ever (TSS ending spoiler):
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דThere will be no Turning in the throne room unless I say so!”¯