Answer:

eater

Answer	Crossword Clue
EATER	Diner
EATER	Hash-house patron
EATER	Lotus-.. ("Odyssey" figure)

EATER	Cafeteria goer
EATER	Faster opposite?
EATER	He was purple, and he liked people
EATER	Lunchroom attendee
EATER	"... pumpkin ..."
EATER	"...purple-people ...."
EATER	One in a mess?
EATER	Food lover

EATER	Peter, vis-a-vis pumpkins
EATER	Consumer
EATER	Non-faster
EATER	Fast breaker?
EATER	One getting stuff down
EATER	Gourmand
EATER	Lotus-... (indolent person)
EATER	Fast breaker

EATER	Peter, pumpkinwise
EATER	Diner patron
EATER	Miss Muffet, before the spider showed up
EATER	One putting away groceries
EATER	Fire-...
EATER	Fire-... (pugnacious type)
EATER	Lotus-... ("Odyssey" figure)
EATER	"Purple People ..." (Sheb Wooley hit)

EATER	"Peter, Peter, pumpkin ......"
EATER	Nursery rhyme Peter, to a pumpkin
EATER	Cafeteria customer
EATER	Humbled person, to crow
EATER	Meat ... (carnivore)
EATER	Restaurant patron
EATER	"Purple People ..."
EATER	Bistro patron

EATER	Jack Sprat or his wife
EATER	Lotus-... (daydreamer)
EATER	Partygoer, typically
EATER	Person starting a course, e.g.
EATER	"Peter Pumpkin ..."