The five groups of clues is each missing a word in their titles. Adding the missing words gives the slightly more helpful titles:
With this extra information and some help from the requirements of the acrostic, the clues can be solved (with alphabetized answers):
The missing words form an instruction, JUST READ EVERY FIFTH LETTER
,
which can be applied to the completed acrostic grid. Here is the
completed grid, with every fifth letter highlighted:
1
D
V
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2
O
E
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3
W
L
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4
N
B
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5
T
H
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6
O
O
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7
W
N
|
8
N
M
|
9
P
M
|
10
H
J
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11
I
U
|
12
L
O
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13
A
S
|
14
D
V
|
15
E
F
|
16
L
B
|
17
P
C
|
18
H
L
|
19
I
E
|
20
A
A
|
|
21
D
R
|
22
U
K
|
23
R
J
|
24
I
D
|
25
N
F
|
26
G
M
|
27
T
I
|
28
H
U
|
29
I
L
|
30
S
E
|
31
T
V
|
32
I
T
|
33
M
A
|
34
E
G
|
35
W
H
|
36
A
A
|
37
S
G
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38
T
Q
|
39
H
S
|
40
E
P
|
41
I
V
|
42
N
D
|
43
T
A
|
44
E
J
|
45
R
C
|
46
N
E
|
47
A
H
|
48
T
U
|
49
I
T
|
50
O
G
|
51
N
F
|
52
A
L
|
53
L
K
|
54
A
C
|
55
N
F
|
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56
D
M
|
57
M
T
|
58
O
J
|
59
D
O
|
60
E
V
|
61
R
P
|
62
N
L
|
63
H
S
|
64
O
M
|
65
M
C
|
66
E
N
|
67
F
N
|
68
O
E
|
69
R
Q
|
70
U
M
|
71
R
T
|
72
B
A
|
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73
A
Q
|
74
N
B
|
75
S
K
|
76
O
O
|
77
U
N
|
78
N
B
|
79
D
T
|
80
T
E
|
81
R
F
|
82
A
R
|
83
C
G
|
84
K
N
|
85
S
I
|
86
B
P
|
87
Y
N
|
88
T
B
|
89
O
E
|
90
U
C
|
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91
R
P
|
92
I
Q
|
93
N
O
|
94
G
L
|
95
B
I
|
96
L
E
|
97
U
F
|
98
E
B
|
99
S
N
|
100
M
P
|
101
U
E
|
102
S
C
|
103
I
F
|
104
C
J
|
105
I
V
|
106
A
K
|
107
N
L
|
108
S
S
|
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109
O
I
|
110
T
J
|
111
H
H
|
112
E
D
|
113
R
B
|
114
S
S
|
115
I
T
|
116
N
C
|
117
G
F
|
118
E
E
|
119
R
H
|
120
S
L
|
, |
121
A
B
|
122
N
J
|
123
D
R
|
124
H
S
|
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125
E
B
|
126
N
I
|
127
D
U
|
128
R
M
|
129
I
G
|
130
X
D
|
, |
131
T
K
|
132
H
R
|
133
E
M
|
134
L
J
|
135
A
N
|
136
S
R
|
137
T
L
|
138
R
E
|
139
E
P
|
140
M
G
|
141
O
L
|
|||
142
V
D
|
143
I
H
|
144
N
O
|
145
G
B
|
146
S
H
|
147
O
Q
|
148
M
P
|
149
E
P
|
150
R
Q
|
151
E
C
|
152
G
N
|
153
U
T
|
154
L
G
|
155
A
J
|
156
R
E
|
157
W
M
|
158
O
I
|
159
R
B
|
|||
160
D
F
|
161
S
J
|
162
I
S
|
163
N
A
|
164
S
G
|
165
E
B
|
166
C
E
|
167
R
U
|
168
E
R
|
169
T
Q
|
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Reading the highlighted letters yields THE ANSWER ONE MUST
SUBMIT IS EXAM GRADE
.