What this puzzle's theme words aim to do

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Place to use this puzzle's theme words?
Theme word inside this puzzle's theme words
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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)
Place to fix this puzzle's theme words?
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
"Magic" words that are the theme of this puzzle
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
Baffles (ABOUT THIS PUZZLE: If you saw the headline "Fiend Found!" you might instantly notice that, between the two words, only the vowels change â€” the consonants stay put. Okay, if you were me, you'
Street sign ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
Many people get one in the summer (and so do this puzzle's theme entries)
Contract clone (whose abbreviation hints at this puzzle's theme)
Show whose characters are this puzzle's theme
Grade that describes this puzzle's theme
This puzzle's theme entries
Mars mouthful; also, a hint to this puzzle's theme
Source of all the tender words in this puzzle?
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Texas Hold 'em, e.g., and a hint to this puzzle's theme