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Trash Collection

By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon

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Each of 12 Across answers discards one letter before entry in the grid; these pieces of trash are tossed (i.e. anagrammed) into an appropriate container at 20 Across. One entry in each column drops a letter straight down into the shaded "dump" at the bottom of the grid; these 12 letters form a self-descriptive phrase. Six clue answers are capitalized.

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