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The answer to this puzzle...
We find this by:
Doing so results in something that looks like this (in spoiler, below) and the final answer can be read off:
A note on my solve path:
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In a solitude of the great rectangle of pipes, plus signs, and hyphens lies a list of words.
They are aligned in a staggered manner along a vertical bar which suggests they should be
And so we try this and Now! we see a pattern!
The first word is FORESIGHT.
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Putting together the formatted letters yields
But I can't seem to find the last step(s) to get the ten-letter word required.
(Final part by @Bass, who tried to offer it in the comments, but got the righteous and exceedingly honourable response of getting the answer turned into a CW)
Combining the clues found in the answers with the ...
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Reach-me-down is a term for ready-made clothing. The word "this" stands in for the answer in the clue, so we need something that can precede "me down" to mean something that's ready-made. REACH is a word that fits that description.
(The "X getting Y" construction would more usually be "Y inside X", but some setters ...
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I think the answer is
Because, firstly,
and secondly,
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Two solutions:
And
(Verified both with online character counters)
Explanation:
And through this analysis, I can also be confident there are no other solutions.
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Potential solution:
Path:
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Epilogue:
Outstanding solution by @Amoz
Here is the image that inspired this puzzle:
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