| Taking back one's words in humiliation | 42 |
| Suffering humiliating defeat | 28 |
| On an enforced diet of sorts | 28 |
| Having to admit error | 21 |
| Nathan's annual hot-dog contest, e.g.? | 42 |
| Apologetic under duress | 23 |
| Ordering delivery for dinner | 28 |
| Dining at home | 14 |
| Admitting error, in a way | 25 |
| Alternative to a home meal | 26 |
| Season's __ (Yuletide fare) | 31 |
| Consuming totally | 17 |
| Bite site? | 10 |
| Some kitchens | 13 |
| Protests in a campus dining hall, perhaps | 41 |
| Competitions for Takeru Kobayashi? | 34 |
| Swallow something hook, line, and sinker | 40 |
| Swallow something hook, line and sinker | 39 |
| Swallow hook, line, and sinker | 30 |
| Savor the flattery | 18 |
| Fall for something hook, line and sinker | 40 |
| Be crazy about something | 24 |
| Typical line from a gangster movie bad guy | 42 |
| Dine a la koala? | 16 |
| Follow a dietitian's advice | 31 |
| Drop a course? | 14 |
| Diet, usually | 13 |
| Cut the cake, e.g.? | 19 |
| "Sigh much, drink little, ___" | 40 |
| Eschew table manners | 20 |
| Throw food down one's gullet | 32 |
| Dive into a box, maybe | 22 |
| Grab a sandwich, perhaps | 24 |
| 2007 Marilyn Manson album | 25 |
| "___, weigh less" (diet claim) | 40 |
| End of a challenge | 18 |
| Sprat's regimen | 19 |
| Emulate Jack Sprat | 18 |
| "Jack Sprat could ..." | 32 |
| "Jack Sprat could _____" | 34 |
| Emulate Jack Sprat's wife | 29 |
| ''Ye shall not ___ every tree . . .'' (Genesis) | 63 |
| Consume, Bible-style | 20 |
| " . . . thou shalt not ___ it": Gen. 2:17 | 51 |
| What Hannibal Lecter might do to those who bother him? | 54 |
| " . . . thou shalt not ___": Gen. 2:17 | 48 |
| ___ words (retract) | 19 |
| ___ heart out (envy) | 20 |
| Grieve bitterly | 15 |
| Yearn longingly | 15 |
| Brood terribly | 14 |
| Be consumed with envy | 21 |
| "Upstairs, Downstairs" setting | 40 |
| Production from a major stationer's plant? | 46 |
| Cyrus's clan | 16 |
| ___ Corrasable Bond (old typing paper) | 38 |
| Law of the jungle for an antelope? | 34 |
| Dine at a friend's house | 28 |
| Dine next door, say | 19 |
| Stay for dinner, say | 20 |
| Stay for dinner | 15 |
| Dine at another's house | 27 |
| Julia Roberts film | 18 |
| 2006 Elizabeth Gilbert memoir | 29 |
| Cash-strapped college student's survival ploy #1 | 52 |
| ___ hole in (corrodes) | 22 |
| ___ hole into (corrodes) | 24 |
| Occupies a table for one | 24 |
| Avoids talking with one's mouth full, perhaps | 49 |
| Pigs out | 8 |
| Has some French toast? | 22 |
| Provides the body with proper nourishment | 41 |
| Decides not to microwave | 24 |
| What a pregnant woman does foodwise | 35 |
| Does like a pregnant woman, meal-wise | 37 |
| Croak after consuming a whole lot of acid? | 42 |
| Takes away from | 15 |
| Destroys by erosion | 19 |
| Absorbs the loss | 16 |
| Suffers humiliation, slangily | 29 |
| Suffers a bad defeat, in slang | 30 |
| Goes for in a big way | 21 |
| Has a midday meal | 17 |
| Roadside come-on sign | 21 |
| ____ fat: emulates Sprat | 24 |
| Sustenance for Adam and Eve? | 28 |
| Paradise chow? | 14 |
| Forbidden fruit? | 16 |
| Adam's apples? | 18 |
| Uses, as plates | 15 |
| Partake of hospitality | 22 |
| Uses as a dining table | 22 |
| Takes back something said | 25 |
| Has crow for a meal? | 20 |
| Accepts an invitation, perhaps | 30 |
| Has a healthy diet | 18 |
| Follows a healthy diet | 22 |
| WHAT A -ANDA DOES IN -EIS-RELY FA-HION | 38 |
| Obviously enjoys a meal | 23 |
| ... to the earthworms | 21 |