Related Clues:

• Partook of the buffet
• Did 44-Across
• Had haggis, e.g.
• Visited a restaurant (with "out")
• Cleaned plates
• Sat down to supper
• Gnawed
• Took something
• ___ the cost
• "No thanks, I just __"
• Brunched or munched
• Took in a hero
• Consumed food
• "Because seven ___ nine" (punchline)
• Little more than one of 9 across, by the sound of it