Getting Stuffed
by Kegler

19 Across explains what many are doing come Thanksgiving; eight answers become new words accordingly before entry.

Across 1 Buffalo herds agitated game 9 Song about entrance to Tahitian central courts 11 Avoids guards; go back with rulers 12 Golf club quietly left out, say 14 New votes for cooking equipment 16 Reportedly is entitled to vases 17 Glen gets shot to play in water 19 See instructions 21 Lament coat catching bit of lint 22 “Taps” in commercials featuring returning soldier 27 Connect to metal-plated center of pier (2 wds) 28 Wait ultimately short for bathroom fixture 30 Fish from the Orient, sleek for the most part 31 Bizarre sticky substance found around New Zealand 32 Supporting, say, one destined

Down 1 Around ramshackle home, eat an evening meal in silence (2 wds) 2 Dotty has two...and your point is? (2 wds) 3 Annoy guitar band? 4 Crossing off Irma’s company 5 Noted Italian family held in highest esteem 6 Couples from university crashing parties 7 I love nut crackers curved in a spiral 8 One very dry river in France 10 While large, insect is leaning 13 Country not rejected by Georgia 15 Less serious cook has taken ill 17 Repudiating sign I’d won shiftily 18 Expressed disapproval of oranges found in garden plot 20 Fly plane, eventually, following varied tests 21 It might make you sick, playing phone tag 23 Money for pitcher, a mischievous one 24 I’m back with true soybean paste 25 Orchestra member will have to pay boyfriend, we hear 26 Providing meals and/or big bananas 29 Laborer catches one green bird

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