[Solution] Every Which Way – 23 May 2022

This word search hides forty-two words and phrases, each of which includes at least one directional word. In alphabetical order, which is also the order they are clued on the second page, they are:

  • BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
  • BOGGED DOWN
  • BREAK IT DOWN
  • CALM DOWN
  • DOWN PAYMENT
  • DOWNRIGHT MEAN
  • DOWNRIGHT NASTY
  • EIDERDOWN
  • FALL DOWN
  • FAR RIGHT
  • FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT
  • LEFT BANK
  • LEFT BEHIND
  • LEFT FIELDER
  • LEFT FOR DEAD
  • LEFT HANDED
  • LEFT OVER
  • LEFT TURN
  • LEFT VENTRICLE
  • LOOKING UP
  • MASSIVE LETDOWN
  • NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP
  • NEVER GONNA LET YOU DOWN
  • NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
  • RIGHT AS RAIN
  • RIGHT BEHIND YOU
  • RIGHT HONORABLE
  • RIGHT OF WAY
  • RIGHT WING
  • SEVEN UP
  • SITTING UP
  • TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT
  • UP TO NO GOOD
  • UPHILL BATTLE
  • UPRIGHT AND LOCKED POSITION
  • UPRIGHT BASS
  • UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE
  • UPRIGHT PIANO
  • UPSIDE DOWN
  • UPTOWN FUNK
  • UPWARD BOUND
  • WRITE IT DOWN

These words are found in the grid as follows:

The unused blanks are all either all-direction symbols or arrows. Taking the arrows from top to bottom and looking at the letters/arrows they point at gives the solution GUMMED UP.