1. a six deck shoe (second word)
2. here's to you, Mrs R (2nd word)
3. David is left in a remote forest meadow (2nd word)
4. Jack and Maggie are abducted (2nd or 3rd letter)
5. Big Boy is the leading crime boss (3rd letter, -1)
6. Emiliano is reluctant to take off his shoe (2nd word)
7. an imprisoned forger and embezzler (4th letter)
8. Southwest General (2nd or 3rd letter)
9. a door kept unlocked with tape (2nd word, 2nd letter)
10. Motaba causes a deadly fever
11. I think I just met your kid (-3)
12. he and his sister survive a massacre (2nd word, -2)
13. goin' to Florida for the better weather (the time of day)
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