Puzzle 10

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ClueSolution
"ER" actress MauraTIERNEY
TIERNEY
ice, in slangROCKS
ROCKS
more pleasantNICER
NICER
presenting as a presentGIFTING
GIFTING
color-changing creaturesCHAMELEONS
CHAMELEONS
being at warBATTLING
BATTLING
more interminableLENGTHIER
LENGTHIER