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By Roger Barkan
Answer: OBSESS

These are TAYLOR Swifties, not Tom Swifties. The answer to each is the name of a Taylor Swift single (like “Mean,” “Fearless,” “Red,” or “White Horse” in the flavortext.)

  • (MA) TIM MCGRAW [like a man of faith]
  • (KE) BLANK SPACE [vacuously]
  • (US) OURS [unselfishly]
  • (AV) WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER [irreconcilably]
  • (ID) WILDEST DREAMS [most fantastically]
  • (EO) LOVE STORY [romantically]
  • (OF) TODAY WAS A FAIRYTALE [once upon a time]
  • (YO) YOU BELONG WITH ME [correspondingly]
  • (UR) I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE [forebodingly]
  • (TE) BACK TO DECEMBER [on New Year's Eve]
  • (AM) TEARDROPS ON MY GUITAR [bluesily]
  • (SW) SWEETER THAN FICTION [scrumdiddlyumptiously]
  • (IF) SHAKE IT OFF [taillessly]
  • (TL) STYLE [fashionably]
  • (YS) EYES OPEN [alertly]
  • (IN) MINE [selfishly]
  • (GI) BEGIN AGAIN [from the top]
  • (NG) CHANGE [inconsistently]

The indicated bigrams spell MAKE US A VIDEO OF YOUR TEAM SWIFTLY SINGING. When teams do, they get the answer, OBSESS.