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Queen Machina, my Majesty, Time for a Hearty Supper!

This puzzle is part of the "Piece de Resistance" series. Go back to Part 1 (Ace) for the story.
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$\mathfrak{\text{- rosin control}}$
$\mathfrak{\text{- escape talk}}$
$\mathfrak{\text{- current bond}}$
$\mathfrak{\text{- smallest direction}}$
$\mathfrak{\text{- unpleasant garbage}}$

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1) No obscure words

2) No P.SE usernames involved

3) The answer is a word. The title will make some sense when the answer is found.

Hints

Level 1

"Unpleasant garbage" can be replaced by "unpleasant mess".

Level 2

As some of you have suspected in the comments, this puzzle has nothing to do with .

Level 3:

@PiIsNot3 has already correctly identified the logic. 2 more to go!

Level 4:

"Unpleasant garbage" can be replaced by "strict code".

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Partial

I believe the phrases clue

pairs of words that differ by one letter, with the second word having one fewer letter than the first.

$ \mathfrak{\text{rosin control}} $

RESIN REIN (?)

$ \mathfrak{\text{escape talk}} $

CHEAT CHAT

$ \mathfrak{\text{spray heart}} $

??? ???

$ \mathfrak{\text{smallest direction}} $

WEEST WEST

$ \mathfrak{\text{unpleasant garbage}} $

??? ???

Then, perhaps we

take the letter that is subtracted in each phrase to get our final answer, which currently gives us SE?E?

HTM
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    I suggest rot13((Y)RNFG) rather than rot13(J(R)RFG). – Gareth McCaughan Sep 25 '19 at 20:25
  • Though it's amusing that both seem somewhat credible. – Gareth McCaughan Sep 25 '19 at 20:26
  • @GarethMcCaughan Hmm, definitely sounds plausible too - I'll take a second look at it and see what I find – HTM Sep 25 '19 at 20:29
  • Hmm, if we use rot13(FCEVGM/FCVEVG) for #3, where rot13(obgu pna ybfr n yrggre) then maybe yours is better than mine because it might lead to something like rot13(FRVMRF) though I don't see either #5 or a title link yet. – Gareth McCaughan Sep 25 '19 at 20:30
  • Feels like maybe too many degrees of freedom, though. – Gareth McCaughan Sep 25 '19 at 20:31
  • @GarethMcCaughan I did some thesaurus digging and couldn't find anything substantial to support the opposite direction, although I did come up with rot13(PENC FPENC (cneqba zl ynathntr)) for #5. And I do agree that that's probably too many for #3, but I couldn't find anything better either. Maybe the OP's memory will be jogged by this and can provide a hint? – HTM Sep 25 '19 at 20:40
  • @GarethMcCaughan If we take Gareth's rot13(FCEVGM/FCVEVG tvivat M naq V) and PilsNot3's rot13(FPENC/PENC tvivat F) leading to Gareth's guess of (FRVMRF), I would like to point out that rot13(Va Serapu, "frvmr" zrnaf "fvkgrra", fb znlor fhccre vf ng 16:00?). It still doesn't explain why the Queen is named "Machina" though. – JS1 Sep 25 '19 at 23:09
  • I guess rot13(DHRRA, ZNPUVAR naq FVKGRRA nyy eulzr jvgu bar nabgure)... – Gareth McCaughan Sep 26 '19 at 03:08
  • For 5, how about something like rot13(SVYGU(L) SVYGU)? Though can't quite spot a valid linkword with that letter in there... – Stiv Sep 27 '19 at 13:14
  • unpleasant garbage could be rot13(purnc urnc) – Chris Cudmore Oct 03 '19 at 16:12
  • @ChrisCudmore I think the removed letter is supposed to be the middle one (the "heart", as in the title). – Jafe Oct 04 '19 at 14:42
  • With the new hint I think 5 could be rot13(unefu unfu). The second word also means "mess". – Jens Oct 04 '19 at 17:41
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Here's an attempt to tie this up... As already established, the clues here refer to:

Pairs of words whose spellings differ by the removal of a letter.

rosin control

RE[S]IN - REIN

escape talk

CH[E]AT - CHAT

current bond (formerly 'spray heart')

TI[D]E - TIE

smallest direction

WE[E]ST - WEST (found by @PilsNot3 - the two of us both discovered the same solutions to the first two clues independently but I had favoured [L]EAST - EAST here until attempting to spell the linking word out...)

unpleasant garbage (or 'strict code' in hints)

HA[R]SH - HASH

Taking the 'unshared' letters from each pair suggests a solution of:

SEDER - a Jewish ritual service and ceremonial dinner, which would link with 'supper' in the title. Not sure on the 'Queen Machina' reference - isn't she a Power Rangers baddie?!

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Partial Answer:
- unpleasant garbage

messy mess

Final Word:

Should it be SE?EY?

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