diff --git a/clear-the-way/clear_the_way.py b/clear-the-way/clear_the_way.py
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+import sys
+from collections import defaultdict
+from itertools import product
+
+
+_around_stencil = [(i, j) for i, j in product([-1, 0, 1], repeat=2)
+        if (i, j) != (0, 0)]
+
+
+def empty_board(n, m):
+    board = []
+    for i in xrange(N):
+        board.append([False] * m)
+    return board
+
+
+def around(I, J):
+    def f(i, j):
+        for _i, _j in _around_stencil:
+            yield (i + _i, j + _j)
+    return f(I, J)
+
+
+N, M, K = [int(i) for i in sys.stdin.readline().split()]
+
+board = empty_board(N, M)
+bombs = []
+
+for line in range(K):
+    x, y = [int(i) for i in sys.stdin.readline().strip().split()]
+    board[x][y] = True
+    bombs.append([x, y])
+
+click = [int(i) for i in sys.stdin.readline().strip().split()]
+print click  # XXX
+
+counts = defaultdict(int)
+for bomb in bombs:
+    for ni, nj in around(*bomb):
+        if ni >= 0 and nj >= 0 and ni < N and nj < M and [ni, nj] not in bombs:
+            counts[ni, nj] += 1
+
+for line in board:
+    print line
diff --git a/clear-the-way/stdin1.txt b/clear-the-way/stdin1.txt
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+++ b/clear-the-way/stdin1.txt
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+3 3 2
+0 0
+0 1
+2 2