| Go for first | 12 |
| Choose above others | 19 |
| A better choice | 15 |
| Favors | 6 |
| Likes better | 12 |
| Would rather | 12 |
| Shape in advance | 16 |
| Determine in advance | 20 |
| Meaningful silence | 18 |
| Significant hesitation | 22 |
| Ragu rival | 10 |
| Barilla rival | 13 |
| Spaghetti sauce brand | 21 |
| Pasta sauce brand | 17 |
| Ragu competitor | 15 |
| Polite Italian word | 19 |
| Newman's Own rival | 22 |
| Response to "grazie" | 30 |
| Marinara sauce brand | 20 |
| "Grazie" response | 27 |
| You're welcome, in Pisa | 27 |
| Tuscan "You're welcome" | 37 |
| Topping whose name means "please" | 43 |
| Response to "Grazie!" | 31 |
| Ragú alternative | 19 |
| Polite word in Palermo | 22 |
| Please, in Padua | 16 |
| Pisan "You're welcome" | 36 |
| Pasta-sauce brand | 17 |
| Newman's Own alternative | 28 |
| Naples "You're welcome" | 37 |
| Maker of Chunky Garden sauces | 29 |
| Italian's please | 20 |
| Italian "you're welcome" | 38 |
| Italian "please" | 26 |
| Italian 'You're welcome' | 36 |
| Hearty Meat Sauce maker | 23 |
| Competitor of Ragú | 21 |
| Chunky Garden pasta sauce brand | 31 |
| Campbell's pasta sauce brand | 32 |
| Campbell spaghetti sauce brand | 30 |
| Campbell Soup sauce | 19 |
| Campbell Soup Co. brand | 23 |
| Barilla competitor | 18 |
| Answer to 'grazie' | 26 |
| "Choose taste" sauce brand | 36 |
| ''You're welcome,'' in Milano | 49 |
| ''Grazie!'' response | 36 |
| Warm up before cooking | 22 |
| Prepare the oven | 16 |
| First word in many recipes | 26 |
| Word on many cake mix boxes | 27 |
| Warm up, as an oven | 19 |
| Warm up an oven | 15 |
| Ready, as a range | 17 |
| Prepare, as an oven for baking | 30 |
| Prepare, as an oven | 19 |
| Get the oven ready | 18 |
| Adapted for grasping | 20 |
| Like some tails | 15 |
| Like an opossum's tail | 26 |
| Like a monkey's tail | 24 |
| (adj.) before the "chicken or egg" concept originated | 63 |
| Caveman's summons? | 22 |
| See, perhaps | 12 |
| Service leader | 14 |
| Archbishop, e.g. | 16 |
| Ecclesiastic | 12 |
| Bishop, for one | 15 |
| Sacred head | 11 |
| Holy dignitary | 14 |
| High-ranking ecclesiastic | 25 |
| High-ranking clergyman | 22 |
| High ecclesiastic | 17 |
| Ecclesiastical luminary | 23 |
| Clergyperson, or place in Saskatchewan | 39 |
| ______, Saskatchewan | 20 |
| Church dignitaries | 18 |
| Bishops, e.g. | 13 |
| Holy higher-ups | 15 |
| High-ranking holy men | 21 |
| Hierarchs | 9 |
| Clerical officials | 18 |
| Bishop's colleagues | 23 |
| Future litigator's study | 28 |
| Future attorney's study | 27 |
| Like some undergrad studies | 27 |
| College course | 14 |
| Would-be lawyer's major | 27 |
| Planning on becoming an attorney | 32 |
| Major of many a poli sci student | 32 |
| Future attorney's program | 29 |
| Future attorney's major | 27 |
| Type of student Bailey was | 26 |
| Track for many criminal-justice majors | 38 |
| Poli sci student's major, maybe | 35 |
| Like some undergraduate studies | 31 |
| Like some Harvard students | 26 |
| Like some college studies | 25 |
| Like a poli sci major, maybe | 28 |