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Solving Steps
1 [the place you should exit if you can't handle the heat 🔥] is replaced by 'kitchen'
2 [one of too many in some kitchens] is replaced by 'cook'
3 [prediction-bearing cookie that is a pinched toroidal shell] is replaced by 'Fortune'
4 [number after Fortune 💰 or Indianapolis 🏎️] is replaced by '500'
5 [animal whose tail hair is used in a $500,000+ mattress] is replaced by 'horse'
6 [place your horse can place for you to win if you place a show bet but not if you place a win bet or a place bet] is replaced by 'third'
7 [third place medal metal 🥉] is replaced by 'Bronze'
8 [the Gilded one and the Bronze one were separated by about 3,000 years] is replaced by 'age'
9 [bag choice] is replaced by 'plastic'
10 [something lifted by a plastic surgeon] is replaced by 'face'
11 [face count for a traitor] is replaced by 'two'
12 [surname for two presidents] is replaced by 'bush'
13 [what the evasive do around the bush] is replaced by 'Beat'
14 [age of concern for the Beatles] is replaced by '64'
15 [transparent house containing plants] is replaced by 'Green'
16 [like a Green Giant or some Ranchers] is replaced by 'jolly'
17 [Day preceded by a jolly home invasion] is replaced by 'Christmas'
18 [you might be looking for a Christmas one around now] is replaced by 'tree'
2 [one of too many in some kitchens] is replaced by 'cook'
3 [prediction-bearing cookie that is a pinched toroidal shell] is replaced by 'Fortune'
4 [number after Fortune 💰 or Indianapolis 🏎️] is replaced by '500'
5 [animal whose tail hair is used in a $500,000+ mattress] is replaced by 'horse'
6 [place your horse can place for you to win if you place a show bet but not if you place a win bet or a place bet] is replaced by 'third'
7 [third place medal metal 🥉] is replaced by 'Bronze'
8 [the Gilded one and the Bronze one were separated by about 3,000 years] is replaced by 'age'
9 [bag choice] is replaced by 'plastic'
10 [something lifted by a plastic surgeon] is replaced by 'face'
11 [face count for a traitor] is replaced by 'two'
12 [surname for two presidents] is replaced by 'bush'
13 [what the evasive do around the bush] is replaced by 'Beat'
14 [age of concern for the Beatles] is replaced by '64'
15 [transparent house containing plants] is replaced by 'Green'
16 [like a Green Giant or some Ranchers] is replaced by 'jolly'
17 [Day preceded by a jolly home invasion] is replaced by 'Christmas'
18 [you might be looking for a Christmas one around now] is replaced by 'tree'
The Answer
649-day tree-sit at Berkeley begins
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