Further discussion in the newsgroup pointed out a case not involving
<ESC> where the "In what direction?" prompt remained displayed after it was
no longer applicable: throwing something where there's no monster target
in the line of fire. You don't get any hit or miss message in a case like
that, so the last message (the prompt) stays in view. I don't think there
are any cases where getdir()'s caller deliberately wants to leave the old
prompt up, so just clear it unconditionally as soon as the user answers.
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