Puzzle 9

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ClueSolution
the press is the fourthESTATE
ESTATE
Heckle's cartoon buddyJECKLE
JECKLE
more scaryHAIRIER
HAIRIER
New Orleans NBA playerPELICAN
PELICAN
absences of emotionAPATHIES
APATHIES
congregate in multitudesSWARM
SWARM
Hungarian spa townHEVIZ
HEVIZ