| Nonchallenging task | 19 |
| Person looking for a hookup, perhaps | 36 |
| Problem-free existence | 22 |
| Radio music choice | 18 |
| Music genre heard in elevators | 30 |
| Life of Riley component | 23 |
| Hustler's reward | 20 |
| Compliant Chagall? | 18 |
| Simple-to-follow philosopher? | 29 |
| Federal Reserve plan involving low interest rates | 49 |
| "Let's just calm down" | 36 |
| "Just simmer down" | 28 |
| Popular oven cleaner | 20 |
| Simple to apply, in adspeak | 27 |
| Lenient with | 12 |
| Start of a billboard catchphrase meaning "close to the highway" | 73 |
| Hardly strict with | 18 |
| Go ___ (be clement) | 19 |
| Highway billboard words | 23 |
| Unthreatening batter | 20 |
| Routine grounder, say | 21 |
| Cream puff in the batter's box | 34 |
| So simple | 9 |
| Anti-spill, say | 15 |
| This crossword, literally for some, phonetically for all | 56 |
| Indian yogurt/cucumber dish that even a child could make? | 57 |
| Ergonomic book-holder brand | 27 |
| Chair and Street | 16 |
| A roll of 4 and 6, in craps | 27 |
| Problem-free effort | 19 |
| Porter's "___ Love" | 33 |
| "It's so ___ fall in love" | 40 |
| Song from "Born to Dance" | 35 |
| "Born to Dance" tune | 30 |
| Readily understood | 18 |
| Take the ___ out | 16 |
| Top vs. bottom-seed shutouts, for instance | 42 |
| A simple job | 12 |
| Suitable for use as food | 24 |
| Item of food | 12 |
| Like foodstuffs | 15 |
| Fit to be consumed | 18 |
| Fit for putting away | 20 |
| Fit for human consumption | 25 |
| Adjective for a morel | 21 |
| What the backer of a failing business may do? | 45 |
| Absorb the entire tab? | 22 |
| What you might do if you get stood up | 37 |
| What to "never" do, according to the title of a 2005 best seller | 74 |
| What the successful never do, per a 2005 best-seller | 52 |
| What bachelors often do at mealtime | 35 |
| Use just one setting? | 21 |
| Skip a dinner date | 18 |
| Have no dinner companions | 25 |
| Eschew dining partners | 22 |
| Get some sustenance | 19 |
| "__ apple every day . . ." | 36 |
| ''He was a bold man that first ___ oyster'' (Swift) | 67 |
| " . . . ___ drink as friends": Shak. | 46 |
| Rude thing to do | 16 |
| Depart right after a meal | 25 |
| Allman Brothers Band album | 26 |
| Stereotypical diner sign | 24 |
| Neon sign seen in Looney Tunes | 30 |
| Gilbert book rewritten by donkeys? | 34 |
| Food package date, informally | 29 |
| Date on some food packaging | 27 |
| "Let them ___" | 24 |
| Part 2 of a frisky quip | 23 |
| Mimic Miss Muffet | 17 |
| Impersonate Miss Muffet | 23 |
| Emulate L.M.M. | 14 |
| Take second helpings | 20 |
| "___ and be merry" | 28 |
| "___ merry": Luke 12:19 | 33 |
| Party! | 6 |
| Ang Lee film, 1994 Best Foreign Film nominee | 44 |
| David Lee Roth "___ and Smile" | 40 |
| David Lee Roth: "___ and Smile" | 41 |
| David Lee Roth full-length debut | 32 |
| Badly eroded | 12 |
| Like sushi fish, typically | 26 |
| Greasy spoons | 13 |
| Some are full of beans | 22 |
| Lunchrooms | 10 |
| Lunch joints | 12 |
| Diners and such | 15 |
| Bite sites | 10 |
| Bistros and the like | 20 |
| Emulate Sprat's wife | 24 |
| Dine like Jack Sprat's wife | 31 |
| Subway slogan | 13 |
| Subway line | 11 |
| Live well | 9 |
| Dine well | 9 |
| Dine in | 7 |
| Apologize with shame on Thanksgiving? | 37 |
| Admit one's mistake | 23 |
| ___ hurry (grab a bite) | 23 |
| What Jack Sprat was bad at | 26 |