| Letters on meat packaging | 25 |
| Letters on a certain stamp | 26 |
| Beef-grading govt. agency | 25 |
| "___ Approved" | 24 |
| Stamp of meat approval | 22 |
| Stamp of approval?: Abbr. | 25 |
| Stamp of approval letters | 25 |
| Org. that gives approval | 24 |
| Org. behind some food recalls | 29 |
| National Organic Program org. | 29 |
| Meat quality rater, for short | 29 |
| Letters stamped on meat | 23 |
| Letters on packages of meat | 27 |
| Letters on egg cartons | 22 |
| Letters on a steak package | 26 |
| Letters on a food stamp? | 24 |
| Letters on a food stamp | 23 |
| Letters of certification? | 25 |
| Govt. meat-stamping org. | 24 |
| Govt. group for farming | 23 |
| Federal food inspection org. | 28 |
| Farmer's helper at D.C. | 27 |
| Farm Service Agency org. | 24 |
| D.C. group re farm products | 27 |
| Crop overseer, for short | 24 |
| Beef-grading govt. agcy. | 24 |
| Beef recaller, briefly | 22 |
| Beef quality graders: Abbr. | 27 |
| Abbr. on a meat package | 23 |
| "Choice" agcy. | 24 |
| "Choice beef" Abbr. | 29 |
| Medium of OPEC transactions | 27 |
| Deplete (with "up") | 29 |
| "It's no ___!" | 28 |
| "___ it or lose it" | 29 |
| Fair ___ (copyright issue) | 26 |
| Obtain some value from | 22 |
| Exhaust, with "up" | 28 |
| "___ as directed" | 27 |
| "It's no ___" | 27 |
| "___ sparingly" | 25 |
| "___ no hooks" | 24 |
| Not leave on the shelf | 22 |
| Get some mileage out of | 23 |
| Find an application for | 23 |
| "___ your head!" | 26 |
| Take meth regularly, e.g. | 25 |
| Put to the test, in a way | 25 |
| Of no ___ (ineffectual) | 23 |
| Milk for all its worth | 22 |
| Homophone for yews or ewes | 26 |
| Hinder "___ Me" | 25 |
| Have no __ for (dislike) | 24 |
| Deplete, with "up" | 28 |
| Application, as of a product | 28 |
| "It's no __" | 26 |
| "Here, ___ mine" | 26 |
| "_____ No Hooks" | 26 |
| "_____ as directed" | 29 |
| "___ Your Illusion" | 29 |
| "___ your head" | 25 |
| "___ with caution" | 28 |
| "__ the force ..." | 28 |
| "__ as directed" | 26 |
| ___ NO HOOKS (crate label) | 26 |
| "___ directed" | 24 |
| "__ directed" | 23 |
| "--- directed" | 24 |
| "____ directed" | 25 |
| "___ needed" | 22 |
| Start of an expiration notice | 29 |
| Words on a yogurt container | 27 |
| Words on a medicine bottle | 26 |
| Words always preceding a date | 29 |
| Phrase before a future date | 27 |
| Medicine bottle phrase | 22 |
| Food label recommendation | 25 |
| From the thrift shop, say | 25 |
| Failed to abstain from | 22 |
| Sign on a car on a lot | 22 |
| Got some mileage out of | 23 |
| Like thrift store finds | 23 |
| Like thrift shop goods | 22 |
| Like some cars or textbooks | 27 |
| Like most yard sale items | 25 |
| Like many products on eBay | 26 |
| Like many auction items | 23 |
| Like batting-practice balls | 27 |
| Gone, with "up" | 25 |
| Car dealership category | 23 |
| Warped Tour/Ozzfest Utah boys | 29 |
| Subject to markdown, say | 24 |
| Sticker on some textbooks | 25 |
| Put to work for oneself | 23 |
| Played for a cat's-paw | 26 |
| Owned by another at one time | 28 |
| Not worth as much, probably | 27 |
| Marked down, most likely | 24 |
| Like vintage clothes, usually | 29 |
| Like thrift-store wares | 23 |