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Solving Steps
1 [by way of] is replaced by 'via'
2 [boat's trail] is replaced by 'wake'
3 [like a sudden, disagreeable awakening] is replaced by 'rude'
4 [avian nickname for the rudest finger] is replaced by 'bird'
5 [one in need is one indeed] is replaced by 'friend'
6 [prefix with -con or -boyfriend] is replaced by 'ex'
7 [metal deformation due to impact] is replaced by 'dent'
8 [kind of exam administered by a professor or a dentist] is replaced by 'oral'
9 [cry, poetically] is replaced by 'weep'
10 ["___ 'em and weep"] is replaced by 'read'
11 [spread made with fruit] is replaced by 'jam'
12 [bald bird "of bad moral character" according to Benjamin Franklin] is replaced by 'Eagle'
2 [boat's trail] is replaced by 'wake'
3 [like a sudden, disagreeable awakening] is replaced by 'rude'
4 [avian nickname for the rudest finger] is replaced by 'bird'
5 [one in need is one indeed] is replaced by 'friend'
6 [prefix with -con or -boyfriend] is replaced by 'ex'
7 [metal deformation due to impact] is replaced by 'dent'
8 [kind of exam administered by a professor or a dentist] is replaced by 'oral'
9 [cry, poetically] is replaced by 'weep'
10 ["___ 'em and weep"] is replaced by 'read'
11 [spread made with fruit] is replaced by 'jam'
12 [bald bird "of bad moral character" according to Benjamin Franklin] is replaced by 'Eagle'
The Answer
the first Eagle Scout is named
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