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Solving Steps
1 [shelf where the good booze is stored] is replaced by 'top'
2 ["let's ___ it" (mercifully stop pursuing a subject)] is replaced by 'drop'
3 [something dropped by a clout-chaser] is replaced by 'name'
4 [quoth the dentist: "___ wide"] is replaced by 'open'
5 [what the open-minded will try once] is replaced by 'anything'
6 [name you don't know if you don't know anything] is replaced by 'jack'
7 [word after jack or sledge] is replaced by 'hammer'
8 [pull back the hammer of a gun] is replaced by 'cock'
9 [baby bear] is replaced by 'Cub'
10 [Cuban in Dallas] is replaced by 'mark'
11 [animal associated with the market going up 📈] is replaced by 'bull'
12 [word after cock but before bull] is replaced by 'pit'
2 ["let's ___ it" (mercifully stop pursuing a subject)] is replaced by 'drop'
3 [something dropped by a clout-chaser] is replaced by 'name'
4 [quoth the dentist: "___ wide"] is replaced by 'open'
5 [what the open-minded will try once] is replaced by 'anything'
6 [name you don't know if you don't know anything] is replaced by 'jack'
7 [word after jack or sledge] is replaced by 'hammer'
8 [pull back the hammer of a gun] is replaced by 'cock'
9 [baby bear] is replaced by 'Cub'
10 [Cuban in Dallas] is replaced by 'mark'
11 [animal associated with the market going up 📈] is replaced by 'bull'
12 [word after cock but before bull] is replaced by 'pit'
The Answer
spitting is banned in New York City
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