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Solving Steps
1 [quickly pull out your gun in the Old West ✍️] is replaced by 'draw'
2 [courage-seeking creature in Oz] is replaced by 'lion'
3 [what a lion might lie in 🦁] is replaced by 'wait'
4 [New Yorkers wait ON one, most others IN one] is replaced by 'line'
5 ["___, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere": G. K. Chesterton] is replaced by 'art'
6 [not quite a quartet] is replaced by 'Trio'
7 [📚 narrative ➡️ ___ ⬅️ de Triomphe 🇫🇷] is replaced by 'arc'
8 [parcel] is replaced by 'mete'
9 [yellow brick route for Dorothy et al.] is replaced by 'road'
10 [where it meets the road is the true test] is replaced by 'rubber'
11 ["I'm rubber, you're ___" (classroom riposte)] is replaced by 'glue'
12 [a glue one can help with your arts and crafts project while reducing mess] is replaced by 'stick'
13 [word after make or stick 🚘] is replaced by 'SHIFT'
14 [% _ @ (SHIFT KEY STILL STUCK)] is replaced by 'three'
15 [three letters ending many official corporate names] is replaced by 'inc'
16 [Bar Mitzvah or quinceañera, e.g.] is replaced by 'rite'
2 [courage-seeking creature in Oz] is replaced by 'lion'
3 [what a lion might lie in 🦁] is replaced by 'wait'
4 [New Yorkers wait ON one, most others IN one] is replaced by 'line'
5 ["___, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere": G. K. Chesterton] is replaced by 'art'
6 [not quite a quartet] is replaced by 'Trio'
7 [📚 narrative ➡️ ___ ⬅️ de Triomphe 🇫🇷] is replaced by 'arc'
8 [parcel] is replaced by 'mete'
9 [yellow brick route for Dorothy et al.] is replaced by 'road'
10 [where it meets the road is the true test] is replaced by 'rubber'
11 ["I'm rubber, you're ___" (classroom riposte)] is replaced by 'glue'
12 [a glue one can help with your arts and crafts project while reducing mess] is replaced by 'stick'
13 [word after make or stick 🚘] is replaced by 'SHIFT'
14 [% _ @ (SHIFT KEY STILL STUCK)] is replaced by 'three'
15 [three letters ending many official corporate names] is replaced by 'inc'
16 [Bar Mitzvah or quinceañera, e.g.] is replaced by 'rite'
The Answer
Ann Hodges is hit by a meteorite
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