I would put it bluntly here. As an ex-CTA regular, I wouldn't do it.
Go to Syracusa and stay overnight as suggested earlier. It's pretty nice out there, and there are some very nice restaurants along the coast.
Not staying overnight would be such a waste, but the serial inefficiency and potentially extremely slow-moving queues mean the risk of back-to-back is too high.
Originally Posted by
Deltus
But yes, there definitely isn't enough to entertain anyone airside at CTA for 45 minutes! 25 minutes would still be too long...
Or even landside, until you leave the airport

(Actually the pizza place landside isn't *that* bad).