Can simulacrum be dispelled?

One of the biggest weaknesses of a Simulacrum is its susceptibility to Dispel Magic (as the duration says "until dispelled"). So, dispelling a Simulacrum "kills" it in some way. The Death Ward spell protects against the first effect that would kill the target.
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Can Dispel magic destroy a simulacrum?

Yes, Dispel Magic works on the simulacrum.
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Can you melt simulacrum?

The simulacrum lasts until it drops to 0 Hit Points, at which point it reverts to snow and melts instantly.
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Does Antimagic field dispel simulacrum?

The simulacrum would wink out while suppressed

Per the effect description for Antimagic Field: A creature or object summoned or created by magic temporarily winks out of existence in the sphere. Such a creature instantly reappears once the space the creature occupied is no longer within the sphere.
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How do you counter simulacrum?

If the simulacrum is damaged, you can repair it in an alchemical laboratory, using rare herbs and minerals worth 100 gp per hit point it regains. The simulacrum lasts until it drops to 0 hit points, at which point it reverts to snow and melts instantly.
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Can you clone a simulacrum?

Yes, because the simulacrum is a creature. The points you present are plausible reasons for why a DM might disallow cloning a simulacrum in their own campaign setting, but a strict reading of the rules shows that you can clone a simulacrum.
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Can you twin simulacrum?

Yes, Simulacrum can be twinned

Just to take the first line of the Simulacrum spell: You shape an illusory duplicate of one beast or humanoid that is within range for the entire casting time of the spell.
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Can you dispel simulacrum 5e?

One of the biggest weaknesses of a Simulacrum is its susceptibility to Dispel Magic (as the duration says "until dispelled"). So, dispelling a Simulacrum "kills" it in some way. The Death Ward spell protects against the first effect that would kill the target.
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Are Simulacrums constructs?

The 2018 PHB errata has specified that the simulacrum is now considered to be a construct. As such, many healing spells will not even work on it explicitly. However, this does not change any of the logic above saying that simulacrum cannot be healed by means other than the one offered in the spell.
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Who can cast Dispel magic?

Dispel Magic is a darling of arcane magic in D&D, present on almost every spellcasters' spell lists. Bards, Clerics, Druids, Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Wizards will be able to cast Dispel Magic starting at the 5th level when they get their first 3rd level spell slots.
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Can a simulacrum be true Polymorphed?

RAW: Yes, the Archmage can regain spell slots.

The simulacrum's statistics are replaced by those of the Archmage it is true polymorphed into.
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Is simulacrum broken?

If the simulacrum is damaged, you can repair it in an alchemical laboratory, using rare herbs and minerals worth 100 gp per hit point it regains. The simulacrum lasts until it drops to 0 hit points, at which point it reverts to snow and melts instantly.
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Can simulacrum use hit dice?

Yes, the simulacrum can regain hit points using hit dice. The simulacrum spell description says, in part: [...] The duplicate is a creature, partially real and formed from ice or snow, and it can take actions and otherwise be affected as a normal creature.
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Does a simulacrum need rest?

There is no reason a simulacrum cannot sleep or take a long rest. The spell description for simulacrum states: the illusion uses all the statistics of the creature it duplicates, except that it is a construct. So mechanically, the simulacrum is identical to the original, except its creature type is "construct".
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Can conjured animals be dispelled?

Magic removal like dispel magic is actually ineffective against conjured creatures.
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Can a simulacrum act independently?

It's not actually the creature you duplicated, though. So if the creature you copied was fiercely independent and highly intelligent, the simulacrum would be fiercely independent, highly intelligent, but also always friendly to you and following your orders to the best of its abilities.
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Can a simulacrum cast magic jar?

RAW, nothing prevents a simulacrum from casting magic jar.
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Can simulacrum cast Cantrips?

The simulacrum lacks the ability to learn or become more powerful, so it never increases its level or other abilities, nor can it regain expended spell slots. It is a duplicate, so yes it can cast (ritual) spells.
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Can you dispel magic polymorph?

Spells like Dispel Magic would not affect a permanent True Polymorph.
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Do simulacrum have souls?

As for "soul" there is nothing to say the Simulacrum lacks a soul and it does say it a duplicate of the original creature and basically the same except for the specifically mentioned differences. So, RAW the Simulacrum casts the spells.
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Can Firebolt be twinned?

She may only twin the spell if she elects to target a creature (and the spell is unable to target more than that one creature). In your particular case, Firebolt is only ever a single bolt (unlike, say, Eldritch Blast). So it is eligible to be twinned provided you are using it to target a creature.
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Can you Twinn spell haste?

Haste lets you make attack rolls that can affect more than one creature before the spell expires. So haste is not a valid spell for twinning.
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Can a dragon cast simulacrum?

She would like to cast Simulacrum. Monster Manual Page 86 / Variant: VARIANT: DRAGONS AS INNATE SPELLCASTERS: Dragons are innately magical creatures that can master a few spells as they age, using this variant. A young or older dragon can innately cast a number of spells equal to its Charisma modifier.
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