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• Absorbed the cost of, as a ticket
• Banqueted, perhaps
• Picked at, say
• Was full of baloney?
• Had a 52-Down
• Hit the buffet
• Took 9-Down, say
• Took nourishment
• Had a lot on one's plate, say
• Grabbed something
• Got on a roll?
• Took courses
• Bothered (with "at")
• South African rockers Henry ___
• What signed musician finally did