Here are the possible solutions for it might follow those fateful three dots clue
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It might follow those fateful three dots
dag
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Former UN leader Hammarskjöld [Note: The circled letters comprise a three-word instruction that, when applied to one square in the completed grid, reveals a group who might follow a code of silence]
Definition
to remove clotted tufts of wool from a sheep
hike
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It might follow "one, two, three"
Definition
to go walking
dominos
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Pizza chain whose logo has three dots
Definition
DOMINO, a small mask
ellipsis
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Three dots
Definition
a figure of syntax by which a word or words are left out and merely implied