-STR- Vocabulary Words

The 3-letter sequence -str- appears somewhere within these words (either at their start, end, or middle). From the clues, can you name them?
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word
what they're contains
apostrophe
non-literal painting style
abstract
European-style café
bistro
swimming style
breaststroke
terrible disaster
catastrophe
tighten with encircling pressure
constrict
to wreck; totally ruin
destroy
upset, anxiety, sorrow
distress
region; defined area
district
what a music-maker plays
instrument
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word
small falcon
kestrel
orchestral leader
maestro
medieval singer
minstrel
non-spousal lover
mistress
to block; get in the way of
obstruct
collection of music-makers
orchestra
thin-sliced smoked beef
pastrami
red fruit
strawberry
urban roadway
street
to lengthen by pulling
stretch
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Level 90
Oct 16, 2015
Backstroke works too. Not quite alphabetically though.
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Level 75
Oct 16, 2015
I didn't even notice they were in alphabetical order. I might have done better had I realized that. For thin-sliced smoked beef I kept trying to figure out where to put the "str" in jerky.
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Level 76
Oct 16, 2015
Backstroke works as well now, thanks.