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Word Ladder

Each of these five-letter words differs from the previous answer by only one letter. Can you safely descend the ladder and get all of the words along the way?
Every answer is five letters long. Each differs from the previous immediate answer by only one letter, with the rest staying in the same order.
For example: MINOR > MINER > LINER > LIVER
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Definition/description
Answer
Timepiece
CLOCK
Obstruct
BLOCK
_____ Hawk Down, 2001 war movie
BLACK
Criticism, negative comments
FLACK
Extract natural gas using high-pressure water and sand
FRACK
Monitor, hunt
TRACK
Follow back to source
TRACE
Passage or brief piece of writing
TRACT
Tendency or genetic trend
TRAIT
Pathway, route
TRAIL
Slowly and methodically search (e.g. for fish)
TRAWL
Fight involving numerous people
BRAWL
Muscle, brute strength
BRAWN
Organ affected by encephalitis
BRAIN
Locomotive
TRAIN
Crop or small particle
GRAIN
Crotch
GROIN
Exasperated or pained outcry
GROAN
Medieval English coin
GROAT
Brag, taunt
GLOAT
To be buoyant
FLOAT
Violate or ignore rules
FLOUT
Influence (colloquially)
CLOUT
(E.g.) cumulus, stratus, cumulonimbus
CLOUD
Vocally, audibly
ALOUD
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