| THEDARK | Took as hidden theme for work - an album, right? (3,4,4,2,3,4) |
| LATENT | It's as hidden as talent may be (6) |
| RUNAROUNDSUE | 1961 #1 hit for Dion, and a literal hint to this puzzle's hidden theme |
| DOLL | Figure to work an angle for money |
| APASSAGETOINDIA | Literary work an idiot foolishly introduced with an excerpt |
| CACHE | Man after article in crate, first and foremost, as hidden supply |
| MMI | 2001, as hidden in five puzzle answers |
| KATEBORNSTEIN | Performance artist with pieces such as Hidden: A Gender |
| DOPPLER | Christian -, 19th-century mathematician and physicist noted for his work an the frequency of light and sound waves (7) |
| TURNOUT | Word for a getting out of bed; a call to duty; a coming on shift or attendance at work; an assemblage or muster generally; get-up; or, the manner in which one is arrayed or equipped (7) |
| AHA | "I've found this puzzle's hidden theme!" |
| RISE | Word providing a hint to the hidden theme answers |
| NFL | HBO's "Inside the __" (and hidden theme in this puzzle's four longest answers) |
| TICTACTOE | Game that's the hidden theme of this puzzle |
| ICEDIN | Stranded at the ski lodge, perhaps, and a hint to this puzzle's hidden theme |
| APBS | Emer. broadcasts (and this puzzle's hidden theme) |
| OLDFASHIONED | SOMETHING nostalgic in a glass (unscramble all circled squares to reveal hidden theme - 2 wds.) |
| IMME | Hidden theme of the five starred clues' answers |
| TEASEOUT | Discover, as hidden reasons |
| BEETHOVENSONATA | Work, an industrious thing that encompasses range, issue and area (9,6) |
