| MIXCD | Personalized album, and this puzzle's theme |
| TALKABLUESTREAK | Go on and on (and this puzzle's theme) |
| OOP | "And I ___" (recent meme phrase, and this puzzle's theme) |
| IRONMAN | 2008 Robert Downey Jr. hit, and this puzzles theme |
| SPOONER | Reverend whose name is linked to terms like "Pazz and Jop," and this puzzle's theme answers |
| BOXEDS | Certain music collection... and this puzzle's theme |
| THREETWOONE | Countdown finale and this puzzle's theme |
| SCHOOL | Duke, e.g. (and this puzzle's theme) |
| CCS | E-mail options, and this puzzle's theme |
| TUTOR | Instruct, and this puzzle's theme |
| CAPS | Toppers, and this puzzle's theme |
| LINES | Wrinkles, and this puzzle's theme |
| THEDOORS | 1960s-'70s group, and this puzzle's theme |
| AMERICANIDOL | Top-ranked Fox talent show, and this puzzle's theme |
| JANDB | Dewar's alternative, and this puzzle's theme |
| IBEFOREE | Start of an English rule, and this puzzle's theme |
| FDR | 32nd president and this puzzle's theme |
| DISAPPEARINGINK | Prankster's item, and this puzzle's theme |
| RRXINGS | Gated intersections, briefly, and this puzzle's theme |
| RAP | Music genre and this puzzle's theme |
