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Solution to Synonym Toast

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Answer: HIER, HOMERUN, MONT, NILE, REST, RETITLE
by Foggy Brume

Each of the first three clues are a synonym and some other type of wordplay for toast.

🍞Ghost breadA synonym and rhyme for TOAST.
🥂Congratulate TasteeA synonym and consonantcy for TOAST.
☀️Brown stoatA synonym and anagram for TOAST.

Each of the other clues are a synonym and one of these 3 types of wordplay, and can thus be associated with one of the three emoji.

Bakes reserves (5)🥂BOOKS
Broadcast master (6)☀️STREAM
Downhill Nepali (6)☀️ALPINE
Either respirator (8)🍞BREATHER
Extensive lineage (4)🥂LONG
Faces headquarters (5)🍞BASES
Greek crest (4)🍞PEAK
Haiti success (3)🥂HIT
Mean reputation (4)☀️NAME
Pre-med hierarchy (7)🥂PYRAMID
Scaler nets (6)☀️CLEARS
Score miscue (5)🥂MUSIC
Spice kind (4)🍞NICE
Still license (7)☀️SILENCE
Strange coins (6)🍞CHANGE
Strayed past (9)🥂YESTERDAY
White conch (5)🍞BLANC

Clue answers can be matched up by emoji to complete six crossword-style clues whose answers are below.

🥂 in 🍞YESTERDAYNICEHIER
🥂 that ☀️ the 🍞 (2 wds)HITCLEARSBASESHOMERUN
____ 🍞 (☀️ 🍞)BLANCALPINEPEAKMONT
🥂 ☀️ near a 🥂LONGSTREAMPYRAMIDNILE
A 🍞 or ☀️ in 🥂BREATHERSILENCEMUSICREST
🍞 the ☀️ of 🥂, maybeCHANGENAMEBOOKSRETITLE