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Solving Steps
1 [close one eye but not the other] is replaced by 'Wink'
2 ["let 'er" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Van Winkle] is replaced by 'Rip'
3 [alternative to believing it for Ripley] is replaced by 'not'
4 [not not for] is replaced by 'Pro'
5 [pants associated with relaxing] is replaced by 'sweat'
6 [sweaty wave 🌞] is replaced by 'heat'
7 [word after fitted or cheat] is replaced by 'sheet'
8 [column's companion in a spreadsheet] is replaced by 'row'
9 [unibrowed friend of Ernie] is replaced by 'bert'
10 [Robert __ Niro] is replaced by 'DE'
11 [🚨 DEF➡️ ___ ⬅️ artist 🤥] is replaced by 'con'
12 [numerical homophone for consumption] is replaced by 'eight'
13 [number of left feet for a poor dancer 🕺] is replaced by 'two'
14 [eye count in an insult to a bespectacled nerd 🤓] is replaced by 'four'
15 [two __ four 🪵] is replaced by 'by'
16 [one of eight in a byte] is replaced by 'bit'
2 ["let 'er" ➡️ ___ ⬅️ Van Winkle] is replaced by 'Rip'
3 [alternative to believing it for Ripley] is replaced by 'not'
4 [not not for] is replaced by 'Pro'
5 [pants associated with relaxing] is replaced by 'sweat'
6 [sweaty wave 🌞] is replaced by 'heat'
7 [word after fitted or cheat] is replaced by 'sheet'
8 [column's companion in a spreadsheet] is replaced by 'row'
9 [unibrowed friend of Ernie] is replaced by 'bert'
10 [Robert __ Niro] is replaced by 'DE'
11 [🚨 DEF➡️ ___ ⬅️ artist 🤥] is replaced by 'con'
12 [numerical homophone for consumption] is replaced by 'eight'
13 [number of left feet for a poor dancer 🕺] is replaced by 'two'
14 [eye count in an insult to a bespectacled nerd 🤓] is replaced by 'four'
15 [two __ four 🪵] is replaced by 'by'
16 [one of eight in a byte] is replaced by 'bit'
The Answer
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