| QUARTERBACK | "The pizza is $9.75 ... he hands the $10 off to the boy and waits for the ___" |
| TONE | "If you want to leave a message, please wait for the __" |
| BIDES | Offers to accept the last sale, and waits for it (5) |
| STANDSBY | Looks on and waits for instructions (6,2) |
| ATTENDS | At first, looks after us and waits for us too (7) |
| BUSINESSCARD | Company comic? It is what he hands out (8,4) |
| OFFEWWORDS | He hands down short sentences (1,3,2,3,5) |
| AMAN | He hands down short sentences (1,3,2,3,5) |
| TRADIT | Committit, commendat, he hands over |
| YARDLINE | "Now he's spotted the pizza delivery boy, who's through the gate and crossing the ___!" |
| JESSICA | In 2.2, Shylock's daughter hands the "Clown" a letter to deliver to someone, whom she doesn't want her father to know about. What is his daughter's name? |
| PALM | An acai-, coconut- or date-yielding tree, named for its leaves thought to resemble hands; the thenar of one such manus; or, the section of a glove covering the aforesaid volar part (4) |
| ROBERT | Star of The Batman, adding his voice to animation The Boy And The Heron (6,9) |
| PATTINSON | Star of The Batman, adding his voice to animation The Boy And The Heron (6,9) |
| MIKE | Former NY Mets' legendary catcher Piazza who was nicknamed The Pizza Man and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016 |
| PASSES | Hands the coin to the twits (6) |
| PETERANDTHEWOLF | A piece for the boy and the animal (5,3,3,4) |
| AESOP | "The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey" fable writer |
| HERON | Oscar-winning 2023 movie "The Boy and the ___," featuring a tall bird resembling a crane |
| CUPID | First I'd drink from it, then I'd give it to the boy with the bow (5) |
