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Solving Steps
1 [unit of fire] is replaced by 'flame'
2 [former flame] is replaced by 'ex'
3 [explicit, as a sex scene 🙈] is replaced by 'graphic'
4 [demographic info of interest to a bartender] is replaced by 'age'
5 [Captain named for his unusual appendage] is replaced by 'hook'
6 [prey's pursuer] is replaced by 'predator'
7 [list of "contents"] is replaced by 'table'
8 [predator of the pool table (but hopefully not the pool!)] is replaced by 'Shark'
9 [proposal on Shark Tank] is replaced by 'pitch'
10 [certain baseball pitch 🚰] is replaced by 'sinker'
11 ["hook, ___ and sinker"] is replaced by 'line'
12 [line through text, with "through"] is replaced by 'strike'
2 [former flame] is replaced by 'ex'
3 [explicit, as a sex scene 🙈] is replaced by 'graphic'
4 [demographic info of interest to a bartender] is replaced by 'age'
5 [Captain named for his unusual appendage] is replaced by 'hook'
6 [prey's pursuer] is replaced by 'predator'
7 [list of "contents"] is replaced by 'table'
8 [predator of the pool table (but hopefully not the pool!)] is replaced by 'Shark'
9 [proposal on Shark Tank] is replaced by 'pitch'
10 [certain baseball pitch 🚰] is replaced by 'sinker'
11 ["hook, ___ and sinker"] is replaced by 'line'
12 [line through text, with "through"] is replaced by 'strike'
The Answer
newsboys go on strike in New York City
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