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CLUE
A BITTER MEMBER OF THE BARBADOS FAMILY
A GREEN HUED WOOD
AN IMPORTANT GRAIN
ANCIENT TO EARLY CIVILIZATION
CREATING A ROCK
EVERYTHING BASED
FLAVORED LIKE WHEAT
FROM CITRUS ORIGINALLY
FROM LIQUID OF WORM
INSPIRED BY A MASK
OF VARIOUS HOMES
OFT TIPPED AT HEADWEAR
SHAPE OF A MALLARD
STACKED MARKER
STYLISH LADIES
THE USUAL OR PREFERRED ANIMALS

As hinted by the "hit a few switches", each of these phrases can be paired with another where two of the words can be swapped to make it a valid crossword clue that can be answered. ex. A GREEN HUED WOOD and FROM LIQUID OF WORM can be paired and swap LIQUID and WOOD to make a proper crossword clue of A GREEN HUED LIQUED FROM WOOD OF WORM The correct pairings and their swapped words have been documented below:

Left Half	Right Half
A GREEN HUED LIQUID	FROM WOOD OF WORM
WHEAT BASED	FLAVORED LIKE EVERYTHING
STACKED ROCK	CREATING A MARKER
SHAPE OF A MASK	INSPIRED BY A MALLARD
AN ANCIENT GRAIN	IMPORTANT TO EARLY CIVILIZATION
STYLISH HEADWEAR	OFT TIPPED AT LADIES
A BITTER MEMBER OF THE CITRUS FAMILY	FROM BARBADOS ORIGINALLY
THE USUAL OR PREFERRED HOMES	OF VARIOUS ANIMALS

Each of these corrected clue phrases can be answered by a single word where the length of the word matches the number of words in the clue. ex. STACKED ROCK CREATING A MARKER is five words, so the final answer is 5 letters.

Clue	Answer
A GREEN HUED LIQUID FROM WOOD OF WORM	ABSINTHE
WHEAT BASED FLAVORED LIKE EVERYTHING	BAGEL
STACKED ROCK CREATING A MARKER	CAIRN
SHAPE OF A MASK INSPIRED BY A MALLARD	DUCKBILL
AN ANCIENT GRAIN IMPORTANT TO EARLY CIVILIZATION	EINKORN
STYLISH HEADWEAR OFT TIPPED AT LADIES	FEDORA
A BITTER MEMBER OF THE CITRUS FAMILY FROM BARBADOS ORIGINALLY	GRAPEFRUIT
THE USUAL OR PREFERRED HOMES OF VARIOUS ANIMALS	HABITATS

With each of the answers beginning with a letter from A-H, ordering can be determined by an alphabetical list. To extract the final clue, the letters the line up with the words that changed in the original clue must be extracted, since the length of the clue matches the answer length. ex. WHEAT BASED FLAVORED LIKE EVERYTHING swapped the first and last words, thus indicating to extract the same letters from the answer of BAGEL, or BL.

Clue	Answer
A GREEN HUED LIQUID FROM WOOD OF WORM	ABSINTHE
WHEAT BASED FLAVORED LIKE EVERYTHING	BAGEL
STACKED ROCK CREATING A MARKER	CAIRN
SHAPE OF A MASK INSPIRED BY A MALLARD	DUCKBILL
AN ANCIENT GRAIN IMPORTANT TO EARLY CIVILIZATION	EINKORN
STYLISH HEADWEAR OFT TIPPED AT LADIES	FEDORA
A BITTER MEMBER OF THE CITRUS FAMILY FROM BARBADOS ORIGINALLY	GRAPEFRUIT
THE USUAL OR PREFERRED HOMES OF VARIOUS ANIMALS	HABITATS

Extracting all the letters gives the phrase IT BLANK LIKE A FITS. Completing one last switch on this clue like before gives the final clue of IT FITS LIKE A BLANK, or a GLOVE to complete the clue.