| Skilled showoff |
| Crystal-filled rock |
| You might draw them when answering questions |
| Puzzled comments |
| Pickled flower bud |
| Anecdotal knowledge |
| Filled tortilla served with chilli sauce |
| African capital formerly called Salisbury |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| Late September babies concealed one strong craving? |
| Roman statesman called "the Censor |
| Coiled fossil shell |
| Air-cooled machine guns |
| One skilled in emergency childbirth |
| Joplin who led the Full Tilt Boogie Band |
| Action needed to spot the four fliers in the theme answers |
| Recoiled fearfully |
| Acknowledgment of debt, in brief |
| Acknowledged an ovation |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| Pimpled |
| A WWI song urged us to keep them burning |
| Anathema, to Polonius |
| Troubled |
| Acknowledgment of debt |
| Partially obscured (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| Be uncontrolled |
| Skilled |