Possible Clues:

• Daydreaming of 21 down with soup, mash, mince
• Daydreaming of 8 across and most of 11 across
• Daydreaming, e.g
• Chopped-up spam in mac with cheese as fall-back option?
• Get out when they're not looking at machinery? That's the dream!
• Mental process by which one avoids something unpleasant
• Daydreaming, e.g.
• Means of suppressing dreadful shame and panic - seem cold
• Way out?