| MEATLOAF | Oatmeal serving the function of a main course (4,4) |
| BOWLFULS | Oatmeal servings |
| SCROLL | The function of a mouse on the desktop is to reveal gun engraving (6) |
| CHEESE | With 58-Across, savory base for a canapi ... and the function of a black square in four puzzle rows? |
| DIALYSES | What, in the functions of defective kidneys, are the removal of waste products from the blood (8) |
| SIDEDISH | It goes with a main course (4,4) |
| BRANCHES | Divisions of a main stem (8) |
| AERATION | Function of a faucet insert |
| TRANSPUTER | (Computing) Chip capable of all the functions of a microprocessor (10) |
| OPERATOR | One who controls the function of (8) |
| ORDAINED | Invested with the functions of, as a priest |
| DENTALIS | A plexus of nerves serving the teeth (8) |
| MICROPROCESSOR | Miniature electronic device that contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry that performs the functions of a digital computer's central processing unit. (14) |
| MINISTERED | Performed the functions of a cleric |
| HIPFLASK | Trendy Florida opens a soup kitchen serving the whiskey drinkers on the sly (3,5) |
| SIDE | Informal word for a television channel, a sports team or a dish of salad or vegetables served with a main course (4) |
| ENTREE | Dish served before a main course (or, in the US, the main course itself) (6) |
| SERIF | In printing, a small line at the extremities of a main stroke in a type character (5) |
| CYME | In botany, inflorescence where the first flower is the terminal bud of a main stem, and subsequent flowers develop as terminal buds of lateral stems (4) |
| PARSE | Describe the form, part of speech and function of a word in a sentence |