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CUPHOOKSomething screwy responsible for a domestic hangup DJSNAKELil Jon's collaborator on "Turn Down for What" ... or a hint to the animal made by connecting the circled letters in this puzzle? NIGHTLYEvery evening STRANGETo choke, losing heart in Wimbledon, is hard to explain POLITICIt's wise to take office for licit activity DRESSERSideboard CLIENTSExtremely cool remix of Strokes' Last Nite for those that pay CYPRESSConservative leader of yesteryear to hug tree (7) OPPOSESRepublicans originally redacted models' faces CRIMSONRed hue SENATORTreason upsets him AUBERGETraditional French inn (7) MENACEDThreatened BONDAGEWho's licensed to kill twisted, barely legal kink?