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Solving Steps
1 [word after velvet or tight or jump 🪢] is replaced by 'rope'
2 [dangerous moon phase for a lycanthrope 🐺] is replaced by 'full'
3 [really full 🤰] is replaced by 'stuffed'
4 [stuffed teddy that was named for Teddy Roosevelt who apparently hated being called "Teddy"] is replaced by 'bear'
5 [you might be asked to do this and bear it 😑] is replaced by 'Grin'
6 ["How the Grinch ___ Christmas!" 🚨🎄🚨] is replaced by 'stole'
7 [the Beaufort scale measures ___ speed 💨] is replaced by 'wind'
8 ["Be ___ Rewind" (rhyming plea from a video rental store)] is replaced by 'kind'
9 [your kindred one probably also collects Transformers 🤖 🚛] is replaced by 'spirit'
10 [tonic's spiritual companion] is replaced by 'Gin'
11 [remove from your hand in Gin, Uno, or draw poker] is replaced by 'discard'
12 [discarded metal] is replaced by 'scrap'
13 [scraper in a city 🌃] is replaced by 'sky'
14 ["___ for the sky!" (order from a bandit)] is replaced by 'reach'
15 [Billy Ray's relationship to the Preacher Man in a famous song 🎶] is replaced by 'son'
16 [Simpson or Kudrow] is replaced by 'Lisa'
2 [dangerous moon phase for a lycanthrope 🐺] is replaced by 'full'
3 [really full 🤰] is replaced by 'stuffed'
4 [stuffed teddy that was named for Teddy Roosevelt who apparently hated being called "Teddy"] is replaced by 'bear'
5 [you might be asked to do this and bear it 😑] is replaced by 'Grin'
6 ["How the Grinch ___ Christmas!" 🚨🎄🚨] is replaced by 'stole'
7 [the Beaufort scale measures ___ speed 💨] is replaced by 'wind'
8 ["Be ___ Rewind" (rhyming plea from a video rental store)] is replaced by 'kind'
9 [your kindred one probably also collects Transformers 🤖 🚛] is replaced by 'spirit'
10 [tonic's spiritual companion] is replaced by 'Gin'
11 [remove from your hand in Gin, Uno, or draw poker] is replaced by 'discard'
12 [discarded metal] is replaced by 'scrap'
13 [scraper in a city 🌃] is replaced by 'sky'
14 ["___ for the sky!" (order from a bandit)] is replaced by 'reach'
15 [Billy Ray's relationship to the Preacher Man in a famous song 🎶] is replaced by 'son'
16 [Simpson or Kudrow] is replaced by 'Lisa'
The Answer
the stolen "Mona Lisa" is recovered in an Italian waiter's hotel room
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