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Solving Steps
1 [it's guzzled by a large vehicle] is replaced by 'gas'
2 [break ___ (pass gas) 💨] is replaced by 'wind'
3 [flim-___ man (swindler)] is replaced by 'flam'
4 [flammable dryer byproduct] is replaced by 'lint'
5 [genre for George Clinton or a strong smell] is replaced by 'funk'
6 [word before Deco or Garfunkel] is replaced by 'art'
7 [half a year (in weeks)] is replaced by '26'
8 [song you'd think would have 26 words (but often it's 27)] is replaced by 'alphabet'
9 [oft-referenced line in business 🍑] is replaced by 'bottom'
10 [something to do with your bottom dollar] is replaced by 'bet'
11 [first trick for Fido, maybe] is replaced by 'sit'
12 [intrusively inquire about a sensitive subject] is replaced by 'Pry'
13 [negatively affect for life 🦁] is replaced by 'Scar'
14 [Hester Prynne wore a Scarlet one] is replaced by 'letter'
15 [if you alphabetize the letters in "alphabetize" this letter comes first (alphabetically)] is replaced by 'a'
16 [not just a] is replaced by 'the'
2 [break ___ (pass gas) 💨] is replaced by 'wind'
3 [flim-___ man (swindler)] is replaced by 'flam'
4 [flammable dryer byproduct] is replaced by 'lint'
5 [genre for George Clinton or a strong smell] is replaced by 'funk'
6 [word before Deco or Garfunkel] is replaced by 'art'
7 [half a year (in weeks)] is replaced by '26'
8 [song you'd think would have 26 words (but often it's 27)] is replaced by 'alphabet'
9 [oft-referenced line in business 🍑] is replaced by 'bottom'
10 [something to do with your bottom dollar] is replaced by 'bet'
11 [first trick for Fido, maybe] is replaced by 'sit'
12 [intrusively inquire about a sensitive subject] is replaced by 'Pry'
13 [negatively affect for life 🦁] is replaced by 'Scar'
14 [Hester Prynne wore a Scarlet one] is replaced by 'letter'
15 [if you alphabetize the letters in "alphabetize" this letter comes first (alphabetically)] is replaced by 'a'
16 [not just a] is replaced by 'the'
The Answer
Martin Luther nails 95 Theses to a church door in Wittenburg
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