All right... I figured out how to make it to the trapdoors just south of the tar -
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×Pretty much a straight shot, keep the top row of eyes there until you get the roaches on the eastern half of the room all cleared (i.e. all you can touch initially) -
BUT once I get to the tar, I can't figure out what order to do things in. Obviously, I need to go into the tar/top area once and out of it once, but even going to the far SE corner doesn't seem to get the queens out into the area where I can kill them!
Further hints requested. I'm not ready to give up on this one YET.
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The secret to using a sword is that you hit people with the sharp end and then they die.