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Solving Steps
1 [sleepover structure made of pillows] is replaced by 'fort'
2 [half a fortnight] is replaced by 'week'
3 [Saturday and Sunday, vis-à-vis the week] is replaced by 'end'
4 [use carelessly, as time or food 🗑️] is replaced by 'waste'
5 ["waste not, ___ not"] is replaced by 'want'
6 [end of the stick you don't want 🩳] is replaced by 'Short'
7 [Sheen or Short] is replaced by 'Martin'
8 [chess piece that turns Martin Luther from a monk into a reverend] is replaced by 'King'
9 [skip ahead in line] is replaced by 'cut'
10 [a cut above (the shoulders)] is replaced by 'Bob'
11 ["___ over there!" you say, as you abscond with yet another Bob Costas standee 👀] is replaced by 'look'
12 [country whose language looks like nail lacquer 💅] is replaced by 'Poland'
2 [half a fortnight] is replaced by 'week'
3 [Saturday and Sunday, vis-à-vis the week] is replaced by 'end'
4 [use carelessly, as time or food 🗑️] is replaced by 'waste'
5 ["waste not, ___ not"] is replaced by 'want'
6 [end of the stick you don't want 🩳] is replaced by 'Short'
7 [Sheen or Short] is replaced by 'Martin'
8 [chess piece that turns Martin Luther from a monk into a reverend] is replaced by 'King'
9 [skip ahead in line] is replaced by 'cut'
10 [a cut above (the shoulders)] is replaced by 'Bob'
11 ["___ over there!" you say, as you abscond with yet another Bob Costas standee 👀] is replaced by 'look'
12 [country whose language looks like nail lacquer 💅] is replaced by 'Poland'
The Answer
Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland
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