Further Cleaning

In removing the visible elements I didn't require (and temporarily disabling the blue base), I uncovered more which seemed to be an 'Overprint Stroke' to the smaller, more detailed objects. This is shown in the image below. Each stroke like this had to be selected individually and removed.


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The selection, in the image below, shows just how this stroke plagued even the smallest of objects.


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