| Puck's worker | 17 |
| Person who reports to a captain | 31 |
| Person who may drop down a menu | 31 |
| Order handler | 13 |
| One with a heavy course load | 28 |
| One who's used to taking orders | 35 |
| One in a queue | 14 |
| Many an actor's second job | 30 |
| Maître d's subordinate | 29 |
| He takes orders | 15 |
| Dumb or head | 12 |
| Dumb follower | 13 |
| Aspiring actor, often | 21 |
| Mammal that takes orders? | 25 |
| Serving profession? | 19 |
| People who bring you this puzzle's theme entries | 52 |
| They're good at taking orders | 33 |
| On-deck men | 11 |
| Camerieri | 9 |
| Bottles of Evian declared on a bistro worker's return? | 58 |
| Written exemption from taking orders? | 37 |
| It may be charged by airport shuttle services if you're late from a flight | 78 |
| Have in prospect | 16 |
| Anticipate the arrival of | 25 |
| "Please ___ the beep" | 31 |
| 'Be patient' | 20 |
| Slowpoke's shout | 20 |
| Advice on a fitness instructor's answering machine message? | 63 |
| "___ and we'll all . . . " | 40 |
| Stare at a burning candle with anticipation? | 44 |
| "Don't move until I get back" | 43 |
| "Sit tight while I get help" | 38 |
| "Don't move — I'll go for help" | 53 |
| "Don't go anywhere, I'll be back" | 51 |
| "Don't go anywhere ... I'll be back" | 54 |
| "Don't follow me" | 31 |
| Springsteen "___ on a Sunny Day" | 42 |
| On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code | 97 |
| Lady-in- ___ | 12 |
| Patient Samuel Beckett play of 1953 | 35 |
| Beckett classic | 15 |
| What Estragon was doing | 23 |
| Tragicomic play of 1952 | 23 |
| Samuel Beckett play with an unseen character | 44 |
| Samuel Beckett classic | 22 |
| Play subtitled ''A Tragicomedy in Two Acts'' | 60 |
| Paris premiere of 1953 | 22 |
| Beckett's stage classic | 27 |
| Beckett tragicomedy | 19 |
| Beckett title | 13 |
| Beckett play: 1952 | 18 |
| 20th-century play | 17 |
| Odets's 1935 stage hit | 26 |
| Odets, this was your sting! | 27 |
| Odets title | 11 |
| Odets play: 1935 | 16 |
| Delaying strategy | 17 |
| Vultures circling, e.g. | 23 |
| Strategy of delay | 17 |
| Patient strategy | 16 |
| Patient person's tactic | 27 |
| Standby slate | 13 |
| You may be on it for quite a time | 33 |
| Play about a diner patron whose food never arrives? | 51 |
| 1995 chick flick starring Whitney Houston | 41 |
| 1992 chick-lit best seller set in Phoenix | 41 |
| Be in line for an hour, say | 27 |
| Take orders from | 16 |
| Take food orders from | 21 |
| Serve, as at a restaurant | 25 |
| Serve attentively | 17 |
| Be a servant to | 15 |
| Be patient in line | 18 |
| Serve very well | 15 |
| Take orders | 11 |
| Restaurant order-taker | 22 |
| Modern restaurant staff | 23 |
| Tipper's beneficiary | 24 |
| Special announcer | 17 |
| She takes orders | 16 |
| Popular summer job | 18 |
| Occupation for Alice | 20 |
| Mildred Pierce's job | 24 |
| Many a server, in the old days | 30 |
| Carte carrier | 13 |
| "Of Human Bondage" role | 33 |
| Took orders, in a way | 21 |
| Tray carriers | 13 |
| Diner staff | 11 |
| Stands in line | 14 |
| Stands by | 9 |
| Shows patience | 14 |
| Cools one's heels | 21 |
| Times on lines | 14 |
| Takes orders, say | 17 |
| Stands in line, say | 19 |
| Serves, with "on" | 27 |
| Restaurant annoyances | 21 |
| Practices patience | 18 |
| Is on hold, say | 15 |