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Solving Steps
1 [🇬🇧 = football pitch, 🇺🇸 = soccer ___] is replaced by 'Field'
2 [letter before C. Fields or E. B. Du Bois] is replaced by 'W'
3 [kind of warfare associated with WWI] is replaced by 'trench'
4 [word after lab or trench or pea] is replaced by 'coat'
5 [kind of coat that might make you a red paint target] is replaced by 'fur'
6 [it might be furrowed 🤔] is replaced by 'brow'
7 [browse, as the internet or TV channels 🤙] is replaced by 'Surf'
8 [mail sent to a heartthrob, maybe] is replaced by 'fan'
9 [a fanny one is both stylish and practical] is replaced by 'pack'
10 [follow, as a package 📦 or a fugitive 🏃♂️] is replaced by 'track'
11 [track that confers an advantage] is replaced by 'inside'
12 [more than a million Earths could fit inside it] is replaced by 'sun'
13 [cool word for sunglasses] is replaced by 'Shades'
14 [Shades of Grey count] is replaced by '50'
15 [hand-to-hand distance, with "wing" 🪽] is replaced by 'Span'
16 [one of 50 the Banner is currently Spangled with] is replaced by 'Star'
2 [letter before C. Fields or E. B. Du Bois] is replaced by 'W'
3 [kind of warfare associated with WWI] is replaced by 'trench'
4 [word after lab or trench or pea] is replaced by 'coat'
5 [kind of coat that might make you a red paint target] is replaced by 'fur'
6 [it might be furrowed 🤔] is replaced by 'brow'
7 [browse, as the internet or TV channels 🤙] is replaced by 'Surf'
8 [mail sent to a heartthrob, maybe] is replaced by 'fan'
9 [a fanny one is both stylish and practical] is replaced by 'pack'
10 [follow, as a package 📦 or a fugitive 🏃♂️] is replaced by 'track'
11 [track that confers an advantage] is replaced by 'inside'
12 [more than a million Earths could fit inside it] is replaced by 'sun'
13 [cool word for sunglasses] is replaced by 'Shades'
14 [Shades of Grey count] is replaced by '50'
15 [hand-to-hand distance, with "wing" 🪽] is replaced by 'Span'
16 [one of 50 the Banner is currently Spangled with] is replaced by 'Star'
The Answer
"Murph the Surf" steals the Star of India
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