| Waiting for a phone agent | 25 |
| Listening to Muzak, say | 23 |
| Listening to Muzak, perhaps | 27 |
| Listening to Muzak, maybe? | 26 |
| Like many a phone caller | 24 |
| Clandestine maritime org. | 25 |
| Hush-hush maritime org. | 23 |
| U.S. maritime spy agcy. | 23 |
| Secretive maritime org. | 23 |
| Navy's CIA equivalent | 25 |
| Clandestine nautical gp. | 24 |
| 2 _____ (double- teamed) | 24 |
| 1-_____ (way to guard) | 22 |
| In a state of abeyance | 22 |
| Getting chilled, as wine | 24 |
| Chilling, as Champagne | 22 |
| Where a 1980 miracle happened | 29 |
| Put ___ (set aside for later) | 29 |
| Like some cold beverages | 24 |
| How cold drinks are kept | 24 |
| How champagne may arrive | 24 |
| With a win virtually assured | 28 |
| With a good chance of success | 29 |
| Where one may find Hurricanes | 29 |
| Where figure-skaters practice | 29 |
| Ready to serve, as champagne | 28 |
| Out of the public spotlight | 27 |
| Like some Disney musicals | 25 |
| Like some beer at a party | 25 |
| Like drinks in a cooler | 23 |
| Keeping cool, in a way | 22 |
| Keeping cool, as Cabernet | 25 |
| In the bag, as a victory | 24 |
| In reserve, or cinched | 22 |
| How some drinks are served | 26 |
| Getting chilled, as champagne | 29 |
| Cold and waiting to get drunk | 29 |
| Getting ___ years (aging) | 25 |
| Words after "come" | 28 |
| Getting-years connector | 23 |
| From here __ (henceforth) | 25 |
| "Go right ___" | 24 |
| "From here ___..." | 28 |
| "Come right ___!" | 27 |
| "Come _____!" | 23 |
| ''Come __!'' | 28 |
| Cat-___-tails (kind of whip) | 28 |
| Pungent burger topping | 22 |
| Cause of kitchen tears | 22 |
| Soup du jour, perhaps | 22 |
| Sometimes-caramelized item | 26 |
| Part of "the works" | 29 |
| Vegetable to cry over? | 22 |
| Tear-jerker in the kitchen | 26 |
| St. Basil's dome shape | 26 |
| Often sautéed veggie | 23 |
| It may be served in rings | 25 |
| Burger topper, perhaps | 22 |
| Beatles "Glass ___" | 29 |
| ___ rings (fried side) | 22 |
| You might cry when you cut it | 29 |
| Whopper topper, perhaps | 23 |
| Veggie slice on a burger | 24 |
| Tear-jerker, of a sort | 22 |
| Spanish or Bermuda, e.g. | 24 |
| Source of some kitchen tears | 28 |
| Soup du jour, sometimes | 23 |
| Something to cry over? | 22 |
| Shish kebab ingredient | 22 |
| Sharp-tasting vegetable | 23 |
| Satiric weekly newspaper | 24 |
| Quarter Pounder topper | 22 |
| Pearl ___ (Gibson garnish) | 26 |
| Multilayered tearjerker | 23 |
| Lyonnaise sauce ingredient | 26 |
| Lyonnaise potatoes essential | 28 |
| It'll make you cry | 22 |
| It makes friers into criers | 27 |
| Hot dog or hamburger topping | 28 |
| Frequent marinara ingredient | 28 |
| Flavorful, pungent bulb | 23 |
| Cocktail-dip ingredient | 23 |
| Chef's tear-jerker | 22 |
| Burger topping, perhaps | 23 |
| Bermuda or Vidalia, e.g. | 24 |
| Basic soup stock ingredient | 27 |
| Bad breath cause, maybe | 23 |
| "Vidalia" veggie | 26 |
| Party bowlful, perhaps | 22 |
| Potato chip enhancement | 23 |
| Potato chip accompanier | 23 |
| Offering with potato chips | 26 |
| Easy-to-make party staple | 25 |
| Bowl next to the chips | 22 |
| Saint Basil's feature | 25 |
| Russian church feature | 22 |
| Feature of the Taj Mahal | 24 |
| Alternative to a steak fry | 26 |
| One in a deep-fried side | 24 |
| Donut-shaped burger topper | 26 |