- MEAT
- Butcher's stock
- Headcheese, essentially
- Edible flesh
- Sum and substance
- Carnivore's need
- Goes with potatoes
- Potatoes' companion
- Filler in an arepa, bao, or club
- Food in a locker
- Substance, so to speak
- Ribs and such
- Ham or lamb
- Gist of an argument
- Burrito filling
- Subway selection
- Liver, e.g.
- 4-Down ingredient
- Gist
- Another man's poison
- Item vegans eschew
- Heart of the matter
- Vegan's no-no
- Vegan's taboo
- Pith
- Nutshell's contents
- Vegan no-no
- Edible part of a nut
- Pescatarian no-no
- Vegan's avoidance
- Gorillas don't eat it
- Flexitarian's occasional fare
- Essence
- Substantial content
- Nitty-gritty
- No-no for a 54 Across
- Crux
- What many heroes are made of
- Packing material?
- Carnivore's quest
- Partner of potatoes
- Potatoes' partner
- Charcuterie offering
- Stew ingredient
- Vegetarian's no-no
- Nut center
- Substance or gist
- Gist or substance
- Beef, e.g.
- Chops and steaks
- It's verboten to a vegetarian
- Meal for a carnivore
- Vegans eschew it
- Ham or hamburger
- One protein source
- What vegetarians eschew
- Substance that can come before the first word of 20-, 31-, 41-, and 55-Across
- Word with ball or hook
- Ham, lamb, or Spam
- Something verboten to a vegetarian
- It's eschewed by vegans
- Substance
- Carnivore's craving
- Deli array
- Lamb, ham, or Spam
- Pastrami or salami
- Baseball rookie, in slang
- Essential part
- It may be cured or smoked
- Tyrannosaur's diet
- What vegetarians avoid hidden in 17-, 25-, 38-, 46-, and 60-Across
- Smiths song "___ Is Murder"
- Vegan's bane
- You had ___ hello: "Jerry Maguire" [Anne Erdmann, vegetarian]
- Batting order word
- Protein source
- Veal, for one
- Important point
- Word with head or hooks
- Butcher's sale
- Potatoes table mate
- Rocker ___ Loaf
- Butcher's offering
- Carnivore's choice
- Steaks and chops
- Deli offering
- Cold cuts
- Barbecue fare
- 7-Down product
- Ham, e.g.
- Carnivore's diet
- Pork or beef
- Ravioli option
- Veal or venison
- Charcuterie fare
- Substantive part
- Veggie platter's lack
- Good source of protein
- Ravioli filling
- Protein provider
- Heart
- Impossible Burger's lack
- Spam or ham
- 24-Across, for one
- Pasta filling, sometimes
- Butcher's wares
- Chops, e.g.
- Entree item
- Headcheese, e.g.
- Main point
- Veal, e.g.
- Beef or pork
- Substantive content
- Butcher's inventory
- Butcher-shop buy
- __ and potatoes
- Steak or veal
- Essential point
- Kernel
- What vegans avoid
- Substantial portion
- Vegetarian's bane
- Butcher-shop product
- Candidate for curing
- Cuts for chops
- Edible kernel
- Food avoided by vegans
- Veal or beef
- Veal or pork
- Vegetarian's avoidance
- Possible ravioli filling
- See 86 Across
- Edible part of anything
- Venison or veal
- Spam, essentially
- Chops, for instance
- Fridge staple
- Tomato sauce extra
- Answer to the riddle "If a butcher is six feet tall, has a 34-inch waist, and wears size 12 shoes, what does he weigh?"
- Food for a carnivore
- Makeup of some loaves
- Lenten pie's lack
- Mr. Loaf, to his friends?
- See 1-Across
- What carnivores eat
- ___ wagon (ambulance, in slang)
- Orderly.
- One of the rationed foods.
- Scarce item of food.
- Rationed food.
- Food.
- Export of Argentina.
- Export from Argentina.
- High-priced food.
- Pièce de résistance.
- Solid food.
- Argentine export.
- Crux of the price control problem.
- Edible part of a lobster.
- Food in general.
- Major item in everyone's budget.
- Problem on agenda of 10 Down.
- Shaw didn't eat it.
- Shipment from Argentina.
- Something one especially enjoys: Slang.
- Pemmican.
- Edible part.
- Source of niacin.
- Entree.
- Main course.
- Viands.
- The entree, usually.
- Viand.
- Victuals.
- Chuck, for instance.
- The kernel.
- Sirloin.
- Chops.
- Hash ingredient.
- Solid substance.
- Venison.
- Dinner course.
- Part of 19 Across.
- Shoulder of lamb, for example.
- Part of a nut.
- Cutlets.
- Dinner dish.
- Beef
- Gist, as of a story.
- Housewife's buy.
- In-a-nutshell item.
- Mutton
- Turkey.
- See 115 Down
- Pecan pith
- Meal course
- Nut part
- H.C.L. item
- Menu item
- Lamb or ham
- Main dish, often
- Sweet ___ (candy)
- Essential content
- One man's ___ . . .
- ___ and potatoes
- Headcheese
- Vegetarian's taboo
- Word with grinder or packer
- Mutton, e.g.
- Turkey or chicken
- What "some hae"
- Kind of course
- Fido's favorite food
- Food for carnivores
- Brisket, e.g.
- Table staple
- Hamburger, e.g.
- Bully or jerky
- Frequent entree
- Anathema to vegetarians
- Essentials
- Steak or chop
- Ball or head leader
- Ball preceder
- Vegetarian's anathema
- An anagram for team
- Jerky, e.g.
- Food eschewed by a vegetarian
- Gist of the matter
- Supermarket section
- What an Impossible Burger lacks
- Couscous ingredient
- Kind of ball
- It may be cured
- Quintessence
- Sausage, e.g.
- Entree, often
- Nut's best part
- Spam, ham or lamb
- Companion of potatoes
- Heart and soul
- Lamb, e.g.
- Ravioli filler
- Vegetarians eschew it (NOT chew it)
- Cold cuts, e.g.
- Butcher's goods
- Herbivores avoid it
- With 53-Across, a cleaver
- 5-Down, e.g.
- Beef or bacon
- Carnivore's intake
- Spam, e.g.
- Chuck, say
- Stuff in a locker
- Vegetarians avoid it
- Coconut filler
- ___ and 38-Down
- Sinatra's "Meet ___ the Copa"
- What a vegan vetoes
- Carnivore's fare
- Pepperoni or sausage
- Inspection target of the 61-Across
- Main thrust
- Most important part
- Paleo diet staple
- Turf half of surf and turf
- Deli stock
- Flank or shank
- It may be well done
- Tenderizer target
- Potpie ingredient
- Spam, for one
- 105-Down, e.g.
- Charcuterie selection
- Most substantial part
- Something that may be cut and then cured
- ___ eaten without either mirth or music is ill of digestion: Sir Walter Scott
- Lamb, for one
- Part of a coconut that can be shredded
- Word after red or dead
- Beef or veal
- Seitan might substitute for it
- Flesh
- Paradise by the Dashboard Light Loaf
- Two Out of Three Ain't Bad ___ Loaf
- ___ Loaf
- Muscle
- Contents of some lockers
- Ball or head starter
- Component of some charcuterie boards
- See 11-Down
- Beef, pork, or chicken, e.g.
- What tofu might replace in a recipe
- Singer Loaf
- Potato complement
- The important part
- Word with head or hook
- Ham or hamburger, e.g.
- Part of the Atkins diet
- Ravioli filling, perhaps
- Entree item, often
- Potatoes accompaniment
- One man's ___ is another man's poison
- Steak or veal, e.g.
- Protein, say
- Butcher's buy
- Ravioli filling, often
- Ravioli filling, sometimes
- Part of many entrees
- Pork, for one
- Potatoes go-with
- Protein, often
- Entree feature, often
- Pork or beef, e.g.
- Poultry or pork, e.g.
- Steak or pork
- Head cheese, ironically
- Light or dark edible
- Lamb, for many gyros
- Turkey or ham
- Venison, e.g.
- T. rex's food
- What an Impossible Burger eschews
- What a vegetarian avoids
- Beyond ___ (plant-based protein)
- Mutton or venison
- ___ lover's pizza
- Churrascaria specialty
- Pork or ham
- White or dark food at Thanksgiving
- Butcher's concern
- Steaks
- Menu selection
- 32 Down, e.g.
- Butcher's area of expertise
- Nut's center
- Food group
- It's verboten to a vegan
- SPAM, ham or lamb, e.g.
- Word with head or ball
- Vegetarians don't chew it, they eschew it
- If you don't eat your ___, you can't have any pudding
- Head cheese, in large part
- It's verboten to vegans
- Classic partner of potatoes
- Much of a paleo diet
- Part of an omnivore's diet
- Mystery fare
- Word before grinder or locker
- Beef or chicken
- Food group sometimes avoided on Mondays
- Galbi or bulgogi, e.g.
- Pork or turkey, e.g.
- Pork, beef or lamb
- Source of protein
- What tempeh can be a substitute for
- What vegetarians avoid
- Chicken or mutton
- Protein for non-vegetarians
- What a Beyond Burger lacks
- Ground be'f is made without it
- Pastrami or corned beef
- Protein choice
- Common barbecue fare
- Food group in some high-protein diets
- Paleo diet protein
- Head start
- Barbecue offering
- Chicken or turkey, e.g.
- White or dark food
- Food avoided by Jains
- Steakhouse stock
- Hormel offering
- It's in a nutshell
- Matter of course?
- Nutshell contents
- Charcuterie wares
- 28-Down, e.g.
- No-no for a vegan
- Filler in a deli sandwich (and in the four longest Across answers)
- Chuck, e.g.
- Essence (but maybe not to a vegan)
- It can be cured
- It may be cured by smoking
- Some cuts
- Tofu replaces it in many recipes
- Shank or flank
