| WHATAMI | Existential query, and a hint to the dish "chopped" around 16-, 20-, 38- and 54-Across |
| WHOAMI | Existential query |
| MINIBUS | Word for a light horse-drawn carriage first, now a little charabanc, jitney or motorcoach for small groups of around 16 passengers (7) |
| RDA | Around 16 mg of niacin, e.g. |
| IMPUDENT | Fresh mint chopped around sweet course, ultimately (8) |
| BAOBABS | Sob! Bamboo may be periodically chopped around trees (7) |
| MAN | It can follow the first parts of 20-, 38- and 54-Across to form names of comics heroes |
| UNDER | See 20-, 38- and 54-Across |
| PRMEN | Ad agency guys responsible for 20-, 38- and 54-Across? |
| ELIZABETHAN | Relating to period around sixteen hundred |
| WEDONTTRUSTYOU | 2024 Future hit that's the title track of the album featuring 16-, 20-, 45-, and 54- Across: 4 wds. |
| STORY | Level ... or a three-word hint to 20-, 38- and |
| QUEENSLAND | Australia's "Sunshine State" ... or where you might find the ends of 18-, 20-, 38- and 55- Across? |
| RISOTTO | Richard the First is to come back to the dish |
| OILON | Drizzle olive ___ ___ top (Add more flavour to the dish in a way) |
| GARNISHED | When I rang off, she had added the finishing touch to the dish |
| WINGS | What 20-, 38- and 58- Across have in common |
| WHERESTHEBEEF | Classic ad query, and the theme of this puzzle |
| STATISTICS | "20, 16 20, and ___" (10) |
| RECOURSE | Source of help relating to the dish |
