| BLACKOLIVE | Circular topping on a pizza [I didn't order this on my pizza. Let me speak to the manager!] |
| CARPENTERANT | Wood-boring insect [Ew! Talk about gross. I'd like to speak to the manager!] |
| ONION | Pungent topping on a pizza |
| PEPPERONIPIZZAS | Circles with circular toppings |
| KAREN | "I'm calling the manager!" woman, in memes |
| CURSOR | What's this on my screen, I hear one swearing (6) |
| BICYCLECLIP | I ride about during deviation wearing this on my leg (7,4) |
| OLIVE | How I love finding it in my pizza (5) |
| ZAIRE | Slice of pizza I reheated in the old country (5) |
| POTPIE | Flip over top piece of pizza-i.e., food with a crust (6) |
| BASSPROSHOPS | Retailer whose hats have become a 2020s trend [You're out of the red ones? Grrr. Can I speak to the manager?] |
| INTENSIVEKAREN | Very thorough woman who would like to speak to the manager? |
| WHINED | Demanded to speak to the manager, maybe |
| ICING | Though I sound like something super cold, I'm actually the creamy topping on a cake. What am I? |
| ANUS | Part of a cow that Nella Rose ate on a pizza as part of a Bushtucker Trial on I'm A Celeb in 2023 (4) |
| EMBOSS | Take me up to the manager to raise in relief (6) |
| ROUT | Nothing in a rut to order this order you hear! (4) |
| YOUNG | Poet who wrote collections including The White Blackbird, Speak to the Earth and The Green Man and prose-study of rare British wild flora A Prospect of Flowers (5) |
| TOPPING | Surface layer of food such as a sauce, garnish, sprinkles or any of those on a pizza; or, a dated word meaning excellent or splendid (7) |
| ASST | What a baseball coach is to the manager: Abbr. |
