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Solving Steps
1 [probably best to install the diving board over the deep one] is replaced by 'end'
2 [letters at the end of a letter] is replaced by 'PS'
3 [the S in PSA] is replaced by 'Service'
4 [Service agent running next to a limousine] is replaced by 'secret'
5 [kind of secret everyone knows] is replaced by 'open'
6 [🎸📖💃😜 open ➡️ ___ ⬅️ drop 💥] is replaced by 'mic'
7 [element lacking in the anemic 🏌️♀️] is replaced by 'Iron'
8 ["one, two, three, four, I declare a thumb ___" 👍⚔️👍] is replaced by 'war'
9 [obscuring phenomenon associated with war] is replaced by 'fog'
10 [not quite fog] is replaced by 'Mist'
11 [Mister in Munich] is replaced by 'herr'
12 [color before Bull or herring] is replaced by 'red'
2 [letters at the end of a letter] is replaced by 'PS'
3 [the S in PSA] is replaced by 'Service'
4 [Service agent running next to a limousine] is replaced by 'secret'
5 [kind of secret everyone knows] is replaced by 'open'
6 [🎸📖💃😜 open ➡️ ___ ⬅️ drop 💥] is replaced by 'mic'
7 [element lacking in the anemic 🏌️♀️] is replaced by 'Iron'
8 ["one, two, three, four, I declare a thumb ___" 👍⚔️👍] is replaced by 'war'
9 [obscuring phenomenon associated with war] is replaced by 'fog'
10 [not quite fog] is replaced by 'Mist'
11 [Mister in Munich] is replaced by 'herr'
12 [color before Bull or herring] is replaced by 'red'
The Answer
Edmund Ironside succeeds Æthelred the Unready
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