| Gist |
| Crux |
| Food |
| Beef |
| Pith |
| Loaf |
| Heart |
| Flesh |
| Kernel |
| Viande |
| Steaks |
| Essence |
| Nut part |
| Ham, e.g. |
| Foodstuff |
| Substance |
| Menu item |
| Pork, say |
| Stew need |
| Some cuts |
| Essentials |
| Headcheese |
| Spam, e.g. |
| Deli array |
| Chuck, say |
| Pecan pith |
| Pork, e.g. |
| Veal, e.g. |
| Nut center |
| Lamb, e.g. |
| Beef, e.g. |
| Main thrust |
| Deli staple |
| Chuck, e.g. |
| Steak, e.g. |
| Meal course |
| Beef or ham |
| Chops, e.g. |
| H.C.L. item |
| Ham or veal |
| Jerky, e.g. |
| Solid food. |
| Lamb or ham |
| Lion's diet |
| Food group? |
| Singer Loaf |
| Vegan no-no |
| Entree item |
| Ham or lamb |
| Nitty-gritty |
| Quintessence |
| Kind of ball |
| Vegan's bane |
| Cooked flesh |
| Protein, say |
| Beef or lamb |
| Veal or pork |
| Veal or beef |
| Lamb or pork |
| Edible flesh |
| Beef or pork |
| Mutton, e.g. |
| Pork or beef |
| Table staple |
| Edible kernel |
| Deli offering |
| Brisket, e.g. |
| Vegan's taboo |
| Vegan's no-no |
| Dinner course |
| Ball preceder |
| Beef or bacon |
| Flesh as food |
| Sausage, e.g. |
| Steak or pork |
| Turkey or ham |
| Venison, e.g. |
| Butcher's buy |
| Entree, often |
| Pork, for one |
| Steak or chop |
| Steak or veal |
| Protein source |
| Essential part |
| Heart and soul |
| Kind of course |
| ___ tenderizer |
| Bully or jerky |
| Coconut filler |
| Cuts for chops |
| Ham or chicken |
| Protein, often |
| Ravioli filler |
| What "some hae |
| Burrito filling |
| It can be cured |
| Essential point |
| Stew ingredient |
| Butchers' wares |
| Butcher's stock |
| Butcher's goods |
| Chicken or beef |
| Frequent entree |
| Nut's best part |
| Porkchops, e.g. |
| Veal or venison |
| Venison or lamb |
| Hamburger, e.g. |
| Venison or veal |
| Cold cuts, e.g. |
| Ravioli filling |
| It may be cured |
| Butcher shop buy |
| Carnivore's fare |
| ___ and potatoes |
| Chops and steaks |
| Flesh for eating |
| Ham or hamburger |
| Main dish, often |
| Protein provider |
| Potatoes go-with |
| Carnivore's need |
| Vegans eschew it |
| Charcuterie fare |
| Subway selection |
| Substantive part |
| Headcheese, e.g. |
| No-no for a vegan |
| Butcher's concern |
| Carnivore's diet. |
| Essential content |
| Head cheese, e.g. |
| Lenten pie's lack |
| Nutshell contents |
| Paleo diet staple |
| Pescatarian no-no |
| Potato complement |
| Sweet ___ (candy) |
| Turkey or chicken |
| Charcuterie wares |
| Gist or substance |
| Spam, ham or lamb |
| Tenderizer target |
| Stuff in a locker |
| Vegetarian's bane |
| What vegans avoid |
| Vegan's avoidance |
| Potatoes' partner |
| Gist of the matter |
| Butcher's offering |
| Carnivore's intake |
| Ham, lamb, or Spam |
| It's in a nutshell |
| Nonvegetarian food |
| One protein source |
| Pork or beef, e.g. |
| Steak house supply |
| The important part |
| Pastrami or salami |
| Tyrannosaur's diet |
| Carnivore's choice |
| Entree item, often |
| Vegetarian's taboo |
| Chophouse offering |
| Heart of the matter |
| -- matter of course |
| Vegetarian's no-no? |
| Substantial portion |
| An anagram for team |
| Ball or head leader |
| Gist of an argument |
| Gist, as of a story |
| Herbivores avoid it |
| It may be well done |
| One man's ___ . . . |
| What a vegan vetoes |
| Butcher's inventory |
| Couscous ingredient |
| Food for carnivores |
| Steak or veal, e.g. |
| Substantive content |
| What carnivores eat |
| Cooked animal flesh |
| Partner of potatoes |
| Carnivore's craving |
| Substantial content |
| Another man's poison |
| Butcher-shop product |
| Candidate for curing |
| Edible part of a nut |
| Fido's favorite food |
| Lamb, for many gyros |
| Light or dark edible |
| Meal for a carnivore |
| Most important part. |
| Pepperoni or sausage |
| Roasted animal flesh |
| Vegetarians avoid it |
| Charcuterie offering |
| Food for a carnivore |
| Part of many entrees |
| Much of a paleo diet |
| Companion of potatoes |
| Entree feature, often |
| Light or dark subject |
| Makeup of some loaves |
| Poultry or pork, e.g. |
| Turkey, pork, or beef |
| Vegetarian's anathema |
| Veggie platter's lack |
| Word after red or dead |
| Food avoided by vegans |
| Ham or hamburger, e.g. |
| Pork, beef, or chicken |
| Ravioli filling, often |
| Vegetarian's avoidance |
| Word with ball or hook |
| Potatoes accompaniment |
| Word with head or ball |
| Good source of protein |
| Anathema to vegetarians |
| Head cheese, ironically |
| Part of the Atkins diet |
| It's eschewed by vegans |
| It's verboten to vegans |
| SPAM, ham or lamb, e.g. |
| What vegetarians eschew |
| Contents of some lockers |
| Lamb or ham, for example |
| Possible ravioli filling |
| It's verboten to a vegan |
| Ravioli filling, perhaps |
| Bat Out of Hell" ___ Loaf |
| Baseball rookie, in slang |
| Hard rock singer ___ Loaf |
| It may be cured or smoked |
| Mr. Loaf, to his friends? |
| Pork or beef, for example |
| Pork or veal, for example |
| Ham or turkey, for example |
| Head cheese, in large part |
| It may be cured by smoking |
| Part of an omnivore's diet |
| What vegetarians don't eat |
| Ravioli filling, sometimes |
| Classic partner of potatoes |
| It goes through the grinder |
| Word with grinder or packer |
| Sinatra's "Meet ___ the Copa |
| Taboo food group for a vegan |
| Veal or venison, for example |
| No-no in a vegetarian's diet |
| The Omnivore's Dilemma" topic |
| Food eschewed by a vegetarian |
| Grocery store area with steak |
| Hamburger or ham, for example |
| It's verboten to a vegetarian |
| Word before grinder or locker |
| ___ wagon (ambulance, in slang) |
| Salami or pastrami, for example |
| It's mainly because of the _____ |
| Essence (but maybe not to a vegan) |
| Pastrami or pepperoni, for example |
| Something verboten to a vegetarian |
| ___ Loaf ("Bat out of Hell" singer) |
| Vegetarians eschew it (NOT chew it) |
| Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" ___ Loaf |
| Protein," in some restaurant options |
| One man's ___ is another man's poison |
| Paradise by the Dashboard Light" Loaf |
| Something one especially enjoys: Slang. |
| Vegetarians don't chew it, they eschew it |
| If you dont eat your ___, you cant have any pudding |
| Filler in a deli sandwich (and in the four longest Across answers) |