| Applebee's sister chain | 27 |
| 24-hr. breakfast place | 22 |
| 24-hr. breakfast chain | 22 |
| 24-hour breakfast place | 23 |
| 2007 purchaser of Applebee's | 32 |
| "Rooty Tooty Fresh and Fruity" restaurant | 51 |
| "Rooty Tooty Fresh & Fruity Breakfast" company | 60 |
| "Come hungry. Leave happy" sloganeer | 46 |
| "Come hungry. Leave happy" chain | 42 |
| "Come hungry. Leave happy." chain | 43 |
| "Come hungry. Leave happy." breakfast chain | 53 |
| "Come Hungry, Leave Happy" breakfast chain | 52 |
| "If only!" | 20 |
| Wishful words | 13 |
| "Fingers crossed" | 27 |
| Optimist's phrase | 21 |
| "My fingers are crossed" | 34 |
| "If only" | 19 |
| "If all goes well ..." | 32 |
| "God willing!" | 24 |
| Words of expectation | 20 |
| Wishful thought | 15 |
| Start of a wish | 15 |
| Rosy expression | 15 |
| Grammy-nominated song by the Dixie Chicks | 41 |
| [crosses fingers] | 17 |
| Wisher's words | 18 |
| Start of a wishful comment | 26 |
| Optimistic expression | 21 |
| Longing words | 13 |
| Lee Ann Womack title track "___ You Dance" | 52 |
| Expectant words | 15 |
| Dixie Chicks song for Katrina relief | 36 |
| Comment made while crossing the fingers | 39 |
| Comment made while crossing one's fingers | 45 |
| [Crossing my fingers] | 21 |
| "With luck ..." | 25 |
| "With any luck" | 25 |
| "My wish is ..." | 26 |
| "--- you're satisfied!" | 37 |
| "--- You Dance" | 25 |
| "_____ you're happy!" | 35 |
| "___ you're satisfied now!" | 41 |
| "___ you're happy ..." | 36 |
| "___ so for your sake!" | 33 |
| 'That's my wish' | 28 |
| "Say it isn't so!" | 32 |
| Words of apprehension | 21 |
| "That would be bad!" | 30 |
| Response to "Things might go wrong" | 45 |
| Negative sentiment | 18 |
| Negative agreement | 18 |
| Expression of wishful thinking | 30 |
| "Heaven forfend!" | 27 |
| "Fingers crossed!" | 28 |
| "With any luck!" | 26 |
| "God willing" | 23 |
| Optimistic reply | 16 |
| "It's my fervent wish!" | 37 |
| Wishful reply | 13 |
| Upbeat words | 12 |
| Unconvincing "yes" | 28 |
| Optimistic comment | 18 |
| Expression of positive thinking | 31 |
| "We can only pray!" | 29 |
| "Touch wood" | 22 |
| "Let it be true" | 26 |
| "If all goes well" | 28 |
| 'God willing!' | 22 |
| Flapjack franchises, familiarly | 31 |
| Flapjack franchises | 19 |
| Pancake restaurants, familiarly | 31 |
| Flapjack places, familiarly | 27 |
| Units of a chain with links? | 28 |
| They offer hot links | 20 |
| Stack-selling restaurants, for short | 36 |
| Some 24-hr. breakfast places | 28 |
| Sellers of stacks, familiarly | 29 |
| Places to eat a late breakfast, maybe | 37 |
| Places that serve O.J. beside the links? | 40 |
| Makers of many links | 20 |
| Highway flapjack sellers since '58 | 38 |
| Highway breakfast joints | 24 |
| Franchises with sweet and savory crepes | 39 |
| Flapjack places, for short | 26 |
| Breakfast food restaurants, for short | 37 |
| Blue-roofed franchises | 22 |
| Blue-roofed dining spots | 24 |
| Words from an egotistical first mate? | 37 |
| What you won't hear from a mutineer? | 40 |
| XXX ÷ X | 10 |
| Sundial numeral | 15 |
| Clock numeral | 13 |
| Sundial number | 14 |
| Square root of IX | 17 |
| Midafternoon, on a sundial | 26 |
| Sundial hour | 12 |
| Midafternoon hour | 17 |
| Midafternoon, in a way | 22 |
| Three, on a sundial | 19 |