| Unreturned serve |
| Filled tortilla served with chilli sauce |
| A dish best served cold |
| Entrée served with mint jelly |
| Patient observers, for short |
| Rectangular server with a dull-edged knife |
| Wine traditionally served in a smallish flared glass |
| Actor who served under the real-life US colonel he portrays in "12 Strong": 2 wds. |
| Actress Richards who was once married to Charlie Sheen, a role for which I believe she deserves an Oscar |
| 2000 Eugene Levy film with the tagline "Some pets deserve a little more respect than others |
| Always serve ___" (dog soiree advice?) |
| Of one who has suddenly and undeservedly risen in status |
| Dish served with Roquefort cheese |
| Baseball's reserve clause challenger |
| Gain deservedly |
| Life-preserver stuffing |
| Alcoholic drink served over cracked ice |
| Horror drama that serves as a prequel to "Psycho" ... but set in a lodge full of flying mammals? |
| Drinks served after drinks |
| First-come, first-served pickup spots |
| Drink sometimes served in a hollowed-out pineapple |
| Abbreviation that serves to shorten a list of items |
| Disobeys established rules on how to make and serve meat sauce? |
| Alcohol in a mint julep, served during Mardi Gras in New Orleans |
| Expert tennis server |
| Deserve |
| Deserves |
| Affectedly reserved |
| Drink served at some picnics |
| Phenomenon observed in receding galaxies ... and in the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues? |