Possible Clues:

• Ingredient in a McDonald's Quarter Pounder
• Veggie for fried rings
• It can reduce one to tears
• Certain bulb
• View missing page one: it'll make you weep
• I get skinny on each end
• Buffett "Heaven on earth with an ___ slice"
• One is just skinny on either side of it
• With 3-Down, deli order
• Strong tasting vegetable