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Solving Steps
1 [awake ⬆️] is replaced by 'up'
2 ["___s up!" (cheers!)] is replaced by 'bottom'
3 [irritating stuff to have in your bikini bottom] is replaced by 'sand'
4 [like some Danes] is replaced by 'Great'
5 [Erie's a Great one] is replaced by 'Lake'
6 [🧛 Bella ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Lake 🩰] is replaced by 'swan'
7 [what most swans do for life] is replaced by 'mate'
8 [mate assigned to most college freshmen 👬] is replaced by 'room'
9 [re: yesterday's puzzle, a ___-off cap doesn't require a bottle opener OR your teeth] is replaced by 'Twist'
10 [what Oliver Twist wants vis-à-vis gruel] is replaced by 'more'
11 [room subsequently requested by many college sophomores 🧍♂️] is replaced by 'single'
12 [towel that's single-use] is replaced by 'paper'
2 ["___s up!" (cheers!)] is replaced by 'bottom'
3 [irritating stuff to have in your bikini bottom] is replaced by 'sand'
4 [like some Danes] is replaced by 'Great'
5 [Erie's a Great one] is replaced by 'Lake'
6 [🧛 Bella ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Lake 🩰] is replaced by 'swan'
7 [what most swans do for life] is replaced by 'mate'
8 [mate assigned to most college freshmen 👬] is replaced by 'room'
9 [re: yesterday's puzzle, a ___-off cap doesn't require a bottle opener OR your teeth] is replaced by 'Twist'
10 [what Oliver Twist wants vis-à-vis gruel] is replaced by 'more'
11 [room subsequently requested by many college sophomores 🧍♂️] is replaced by 'single'
12 [towel that's single-use] is replaced by 'paper'
The Answer
Isaac Fischer Jr. patents sandpaper
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