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Solving Steps
1 [privacy ___ 👀 (oft-agreed to, seldom read)] is replaced by 'policy'
2 [the kind of policy honesty is] is replaced by 'best'
3 [🎶 "___ me with your best shot" 🎶] is replaced by 'hit'
4 ["you are getting very ___" 😵💫] is replaced by 'sleepy'
5 [something hit by the sleepy] is replaced by 'sack'
6 [derm's concern] is replaced by 'skin'
7 [quintessentially light companion of a stiff board] is replaced by 'feather'
8 [usually metaphorical feather location post-accomplishment 🪶] is replaced by 'cap'
9 [you might have a soft one for interspecies friendship videos 🐈💞🐖] is replaced by 'spot'
10 [___-over (bald spot countermeasure)] is replaced by 'comb'
11 [word after caps or combination] is replaced by 'lock'
12 [tock's companion in a loud clock 🕰️] is replaced by 'tick'
13 [🏊♂️ skinny ➡️ ___ ⬅️stick 🚘] is replaced by 'dip'
14 [appendage dipped to test the water] is replaced by 'toe'
15 [player one in tic-tac-toe] is replaced by 'x'
16 [sack, can, axe, etc.] is replaced by 'fire'
2 [the kind of policy honesty is] is replaced by 'best'
3 [🎶 "___ me with your best shot" 🎶] is replaced by 'hit'
4 ["you are getting very ___" 😵💫] is replaced by 'sleepy'
5 [something hit by the sleepy] is replaced by 'sack'
6 [derm's concern] is replaced by 'skin'
7 [quintessentially light companion of a stiff board] is replaced by 'feather'
8 [usually metaphorical feather location post-accomplishment 🪶] is replaced by 'cap'
9 [you might have a soft one for interspecies friendship videos 🐈💞🐖] is replaced by 'spot'
10 [___-over (bald spot countermeasure)] is replaced by 'comb'
11 [word after caps or combination] is replaced by 'lock'
12 [tock's companion in a loud clock 🕰️] is replaced by 'tick'
13 [🏊♂️ skinny ➡️ ___ ⬅️stick 🚘] is replaced by 'dip'
14 [appendage dipped to test the water] is replaced by 'toe'
15 [player one in tic-tac-toe] is replaced by 'x'
16 [sack, can, axe, etc.] is replaced by 'fire'
The Answer
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