What this puzzle's theme words aim to do

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Question not asked in this puzzle's theme words
Number of times this puzzle's theme word appears diagonally in the grid (to complete the puzzle, shade those words plus the Down answers that begin where they meet)
What the self-contradictory words found in this puzzle's theme answers are examples of
Choice words swapped in this puzzle's theme answers
Place to use this puzzle's theme words?
Theme word inside this puzzle's theme words
Alternative words used as alternatives for each other in this puzzle's theme answers
Like the theme words in this puzzle?
Famous last words (and homophonically, a hint to this puzzle's theme)
Engagement gift (both words suit this puzzle's theme)
Attendance check, and a hint to the puzzle theme in the first words of the starred answers
Traditional location of one of this puzzle's theme words
Place to fix this puzzle's theme words?
"Magic" words that are the theme of this puzzle
Synonym for the first words of this puzzle's four longest answers
Special CD release ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
Stranded at the ski lodge, perhaps, and a hint to this puzzle's hidden theme
Casino game that's the basis of this puzzle's theme
Drag, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
Cry upon discovering a puzzle theme?
Letters featured in this puzzle's theme
Need bailing, or what five entries in this puzzle can do to make two overlapping words or phrases
Game being played in this puzzle's theme?
Pleasure trip, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
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