A time-consuming tangent or detour, often one from which it is difficult to extricate oneself.
A bizarre world, where everyday rules do not apply.
A way into such a world.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rabbit, hole. (The entrance to) a rabbit warren or burrow.
The initial clue that leads to an alternate reality game.
A detour.
A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus.
A fairground carousel.
A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island.
To play on a roundabout (carousel)
To travel round roundabouts
To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner
Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.