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QUESTION_TEMPLATE = """Given a matrix, your job is to generate a list of elements in spiral order, starting from the top-left element.

The spiral order is clockwise, starting from the top-left corner. More precisely:
- Start from the top-left corner and move right.
- Move down towards the bottom-right corner.
- Move left towards the bottom-left corner.
- Move up towards the top-right corner.
- Start from the top-left corner and move right along the top row.
- Move down along the right column.
- Move left along the bottom row.
- Move up along the left column.
- Repeat the steps for the inner elements of the matrix until every entry is visited.

Hint: Think of peeling the matrix layer by layer from the outside inward. Each layer forms a rectangular frame, and you traverse each frame clockwise starting from its top-left corner.

Your output should be a space-separated list of integers, e.g. 1 2 3 4 5 6

For the matrix below, what is the list of elements in spiral order?
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