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Solving Steps
1 [monthly expense for tenants] is replaced by 'rent'
2 [something rented or raced] is replaced by 'car'
3 [carpenter's medium] is replaced by 'wood'
4 [kiss that doesn't land 😘 or plane that hopefully does 🛬] is replaced by 'air'
5 [cash-rich fairy 💰😮] is replaced by 'tooth'
6 [one of 88 on a piano] is replaced by 'key'
7 [key ___ pie] is replaced by 'lime'
8 [haiku 🇯🇵 or limerick 🇮🇪, e.g.] is replaced by 'poem'
9 [word that starts many races] is replaced by 'Go'
10 [item of interest to Gollum and Sauron 💍] is replaced by 'Ring'
11 [African country that sounds like Ringwald or Shannon 🇲🇱] is replaced by 'mali'
12 [minimalists say it's more] is replaced by 'Less'
13 [Frost poem actually called "The ___ Not Taken" (not "The ___ Less Traveled") 🛣️] is replaced by 'road'
14 [Broadway award rarely awarded on Broadway itself] is replaced by 'Tony'
15 [animal after Saber-toothed 🦷 or Tony the 🥣] is replaced by 'Tiger'
16 [sport with woods played by a Tiger] is replaced by 'golf'
2 [something rented or raced] is replaced by 'car'
3 [carpenter's medium] is replaced by 'wood'
4 [kiss that doesn't land 😘 or plane that hopefully does 🛬] is replaced by 'air'
5 [cash-rich fairy 💰😮] is replaced by 'tooth'
6 [one of 88 on a piano] is replaced by 'key'
7 [key ___ pie] is replaced by 'lime'
8 [haiku 🇯🇵 or limerick 🇮🇪, e.g.] is replaced by 'poem'
9 [word that starts many races] is replaced by 'Go'
10 [item of interest to Gollum and Sauron 💍] is replaced by 'Ring'
11 [African country that sounds like Ringwald or Shannon 🇲🇱] is replaced by 'mali'
12 [minimalists say it's more] is replaced by 'Less'
13 [Frost poem actually called "The ___ Not Taken" (not "The ___ Less Traveled") 🛣️] is replaced by 'road'
14 [Broadway award rarely awarded on Broadway itself] is replaced by 'Tony'
15 [animal after Saber-toothed 🦷 or Tony the 🥣] is replaced by 'Tiger'
16 [sport with woods played by a Tiger] is replaced by 'golf'
The Answer
Alan Shepard golfs on the moon
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