Cryptic Buffet
This month's offering is a feast of sorts. Heavy bars and answer lengths are withheld, but if bars were shown they would appear the same with the grid turned 180 degrees. Once all clue answers have been entered, a number of empty squares will remain; these should be circled. Each empty square's missing letter is supplied by an unclued buffet item running through it diagonally (up, down, left, or right); these foods have something in common. By reading the circled portions from left to right, solvers will be able to identify the meal. Eleven clue answers are capitalized; the answers to 35 Across and 16 Down are uncommon. Click here for last month's Puzzler solution. ACROSS 1. Something chewy and cold found in 5. Roughly push around irrational 9. Domestic quality about uncle and 10. Running after Number Twelve 11. Diplomacy took a new direction 12. Fresh additive for tea 14. Pass over captain of a curling team 15. Hermit keeping guard for a greater 17. Assist in amusement with last of 18. Close northern canal site 20. Excited head of state had a puff 22. People accustomed to snow in June 24. Iron out film genre 28. Signed new Nike deal at the outset 29. Bulldogs and boxer in agreement 30. I am a mosque's leader! 32. Brood left in bazaar 33. Hog eating final bit of gift pack 34. Contemptible foundation 35. Turning lid, see large beer mug 36. Evenly distributed name for either 37. Picking up check, a Communist DOWN 1. Coaches treating talk-show host 2. Vandal with $1000 is handsome guy 3. Stay in a tent with a Rhode Island 4. Oaf going around Italy departed 5. Open can plus plastic 6. American author's kitty fine 7. Jones who made designs in one pass 8. Racer walked behind Vietnam War 13. Nymph that is back in the clutches 16. Network running across rare 19. Damp items on crackers 21. Love nuts in rice; it's like a dream 22. After cathedral town, tour French 23. Run through end of link in 25. Regarding medium aged fashion 26. Goodness of a store's second row 27. Out of order, like private dining? 31. A word of wonder for a 1958 Note: The instructions above are for this month's puzzle only. It is assumed that you know how to decipher clues. For a complete introduction to clue-solving, click here.
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