| SCALLOP | Mistakenly calls the operator for something to eat |
| HELLCAT | Mistakenly call the spiteful person? (7) |
| BAT | Flying animal that Calvin mistakenly calls a bug, in a Calvin and Hobbes strip |
| POCKETDIAL | Mistakenly call on Spooner's receipt stash (6,4) |
| LATHE | What the operator uses to make the material go round (5) |
| SURGEON | Boy about to press for the operator (7) |
| DUETTIST | Key operator, for example, who has to share a bench |
| DIABOLO | Game boy detailed to enter how we used to reach the operator (7) |
| SWITCHBOARDS | The operator used them to rotate stage (12) |
| DIALO | One way to get the operator |
| SURGE | Rushing movement ___ the operator needs to get on! (5) |
| USER | We return to the operator |
| ONHOLD | Waiting for the operator |
| ARB | Wall Street operator, for short |
| USN | Annapolis academy operator, for short |
| ESCALLOP | In Arles, call operator for shellfish (8) |
| DOWNLOADER | Forklift operator for pillow factory? |
| MTA | Subway operator, for short |
| NEGATIVE | Operator, for example, in local, ordered gins - w 5dn (8,4) |
| SIGN | Operator, for example, in local, ordered gins - w 24ac (8,4) |
