Sergeant Sequence entered the Chief Investigator’s workplace to search out his boss in some agitation.

“Patrick Terne is on the transfer once more, Sequence,” sighed the Chief, “and as soon as extra I discover myself utterly clueless as to the place he is perhaps heading subsequent. Well, ‘clueless’ won’t be the precise phrase. One of the officers acquired maintain of this…”

So saying, the Chief handed Sequence what regarded like some sort of rudimentary crossword puzzle, which appeared to have been minimize out of a newspaper:

A deep state of extended lack of consciousness (4)
Organ that pumps blood round a physique by way of a sequence of contractions (5)
Mexican state, residence to the town of San Martín Texmelucan de Labastida (6)
Argentine ‘scrambled eggs’ colonel, aide-de-camp to President Roca through the ‘desert conquest’ (7)
Cartilaginous bronchi-larynx connector (7)
Part of the face pierced in 2015 by Shia LaBoeuf (7)
Roman god – Salacia’s consort (7)
US metropolis, residence to the Sub Pop report label (7)
Bird of the Sitta genus, typically present in forests of conifers (8)
Ruined Roman baths; artworks discovered right here embrace the ‘Farnese Hercules’ (he of the famed ‘Twelve Labours’) (9)

“It’s a prop, naturally – all tradecraft; not from an actual paper. We discovered this on certainly one of Terne’s identified associates, and consider its ten clues to be concealing coded directions indicating ten international locations he shall be travelling to, and in what order. Since Terne final escaped our clutches we have discovered traces of his dealings in 9 totally different nations all over the world, so if we’re proper Terne’s solely acquired one left to go to earlier than he completes no matter he is presently working in direction of…”

The Chief gestured in direction of a map on the wall of his workplace, with sure international locations shaded in crimson:

“We consider that Terne began his tour in Egypt, however after that every part’s an important, large mess, and we won’t be sure of the order by which he visited the opposite international locations. If we might work that out it’d give us some indication of the subsequent nation he plans to go to so we will lie in await him there and foil his plans, no matter they might be. Sequence, I would like you to steer the workforce and clear up this puzzle that is been perplexing everybody right here for the whole-“

“Got it,” introduced Sequence, talking for the primary time since getting into the room.

The Chief Investigator stared at him, agog. “But how? And… the place?”

“Right right here,” mentioned Sequence, pointing at a rustic on the map. “As for a way, I’ll depart you to work that one out on the best way… Let’s go, Chief.”

TASK: Use the tradecraft crossword and the map collectively to pinpoint the order of Terne’s newest country-hopping itinerary, and reveal his supposed tenth vacation spot…