I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with 'pet'

So, I've picked a volume of the New Shorter Oxford dictionary, opened it at random, and chosen a word that, to the best of my knowledge, has not been a Crambo word, nor suggested as a clue. It rhymes with 'pet' but surprisingly isn't obscure.

Allow me in insert this message and say "Hello."

Bills bills bills! I need to win the lottery to get away from all this!

I'm putting it all on red.

#2 Let me say g'day in return.
#3 Yep, I hate debt too.
#4 I'd bet on the house!

Not: Let, debt, bet
Alpha not: bet, debt, let

I worry so about losing those little wood strips in my guitar.

Note (no guess): I'd like extra credit for working in two meanings for the same word in one sensible sentence.

#6 I won't string you along - it's not fret!

Not: Let, debt, bet, fret
Alpha not: bet, debt, fret, let

Going to the vet

Looking for a pet

Not: Let, debt, bet, fret, vet, pet
Alpha not: bet, debt, fret, let, pet, vet

I've got a gun and a shovel and I doubt you'll be missed much. grrr!

Threats, threats, Mr Horowitz - have you got any idea how many anonymous henchmen I've killed over the years? I mean, look at you. You don't even have a name tag. You don't stand a chance. Why don't you just fall down?

Not: Let, debt, bet, fret, vet, pet, threat
Alpha not: bet, debt, fret, let, pet, threat, vet

I'm dropping out until I've had my breakfast of eggs with cheese and miscellaneous ingredients yet to be determined.

I can highly recommend bacon, spring onion, parsley and truffle oil in your omelet.

Not: Let, debt, bet, fret, vet, pet, threat, omelet
Alpha not: bet, debt, fret, let, omelet, pet, threat, vet

ichor or some such other spiritual liquor

My new pendant will protect me from harm.

#14 You are St Peter, and I claim my keys! Not sweat!
#15 I'm afraid that your new amulet hasn't given you luck with Crambo yet!

Not: Let, debt, bet, fret, vet, pet, threat, omelet, sweat, amulet
Alpha not: amulet, bet, debt, fret, let, omelet, pet, sweat, threat, vet

Crambo's word has a heterograph in the same volume of the Shorter Oxford.

I cut my finger
while sharpening my knife. Alas,
I am drenched with tears.

#17 My deepest sympathy - Crambo requires sharp wits, but not sharp knives! It was the other volume, btw.

Not: Let, debt, bet, fret, vet, pet, threat, omelet, sweat, amulet, whet, wet
Alpha not: amulet, bet, debt, fret, let, omelet, pet, sweat, threat, vet, whet, wet

I'm truly sorry that I can't remember whether I've made this guess before (two words).

#19 I regret that I forget whether you did too!

Not: Let, debt, bet, fret, vet, pet, threat, omelet, sweat, amulet, whet, wet, regret, forget
Alpha not: amulet, bet, debt, forget, fret, let, omelet, pet, regret, sweat, threat, vet, whet, wet

I’m going to sail around those small islands once I get these new laces threaded through the teeny-tiny holes on my topsiders.

edited -- just because :-)

#21 I'd delayed responding to the previous incarnation of #21 because I was stumped - market? Just as well you changed it as you saved me some thinking time, and also because you are correct - Crambo's word is islet/eyelet. Well done. Over to you.

#22 Mea culpa !!! *hangs head in shame & begs thy forgiveness :(

I should not have done that but I re-read your last clue about the word being in the other volume and the penny dropped. My previous incarnation was for prophet/profit which would have been in the same volume as wet/whet.

New game here