| ODEUM | Hate talking in place of performing music |
| PEPPERMINTPATTY | "Peanuts" tomboy who says, "I hate talking to you, Chuck!" |
| APRIL | "Parks and Rec" character who said "Ugh, I hate talking to people about things." |
| ACOUSTICS | The physical quality of a space for performing music (9) |
| SEPTET | Group of seven people performing music together (6) |
| COLISEUM | Venue for performing music -- ole! (8) |
| SHRINKWRAPPING | Analyst audibly performing music using film (6-8) |
| RONDO | Royal bash involves performing music (5) |
| CHORALE | Bachelor doesn't start performing music (7) |
| PLAYING | Performing music (7) |
| SOLOING | Performing music without accompaniment |
| CAESIUM | Element performing music including notes (7) |
| LEO | Pancho in TV's Cisco Kid, ... Carrillo, made many screen appearances in the thirties and forties, usually talking in fractured English |
| AMONG | ...in the middle of performing in a sporty car (5) |
| RINGOFF | Stop talking, in a way - sign of disengagement? |
| STIR | Commotion caused by heads of state talking in riddles (4) |
| SLIDETROMBONE | Instrument that makes the sound of adults talking in "Peanuts" cartoons |
| FAME | Premiered in 1988, which stage musical tells the story of students at New York City's High School of Performing Arts? (4) |
| COMICCON | Large gathering with cosplay spelled using only the letters in "Nomic": Hyph. (Theme answer: The first word is a type of performing artist and the second word is something of unexpected low quality.) |
| CARRILLO | Pancho in TV's Cisco Kid, Leo ..., made many screen appearances, usually talking in fractured Englis |
