| Musical genre related to punk | 29 |
| Melodic offshoot of punk rock | 29 |
| Fall Out Boy's genre | 24 |
| Confessional music genre | 24 |
| Weezer's musical genre | 26 |
| The Get Up Kids' genre | 26 |
| Rock music subcategory | 22 |
| Panic! at the Disco genre | 25 |
| Panic at the Disco genre | 24 |
| Like some broody teens | 22 |
| First name in zany comedy | 25 |
| Expressive rock-music genre | 27 |
| Emergency measures org. | 23 |
| Angst-ridden music genre | 24 |
| Alternative rock genre | 22 |
| Weezer's music genre | 24 |
| Unrestrained musical genre | 26 |
| The Dismemberment Plan genre | 28 |
| Sunny Day Real Estate genre | 27 |
| Stand-up comedian Philips | 25 |
| Some music on the Warped Tour | 29 |
| Sensitive, so to speak | 22 |
| Sensitive and twee, slangily | 28 |
| Screwball comic Philips | 23 |
| Screwball comedian Philips | 26 |
| Post-hardcore, of a sort | 24 |
| Philips of “UHF” | 24 |
| Philips of stand-up fame | 24 |
| Overly dramatic and moody | 25 |
| My Chemical Romance genre | 25 |
| Music related to punk rock | 26 |
| Music genre of I Am Ghost | 25 |
| Mopey, like some rock music | 27 |
| Melodramatic, in slang | 22 |
| Lovelorn and whiny, in slang | 28 |
| Like one wearing guyliner | 25 |
| Jimmy Eat World's genre | 27 |
| Jawbreaker's music | 22 |
| Jawbreaker's genre | 22 |
| Hardcore punk offshoot | 22 |
| Guitar-driven alt-rock | 22 |
| Genre of the Get Up Kids | 24 |
| Genre of My Chemical Romance | 28 |
| Genre for Fall Out Boy | 22 |
| Further Seems Forever genre | 27 |
| Food for thought provider? | 26 |
| Expressive music subgenre | 25 |
| English comic Phillips | 22 |
| Emergency response org. | 23 |
| Effusive musical genre | 22 |
| Dashboard Confessional genre | 28 |
| Dark-haired fashion style | 25 |
| Confessional rock genre | 23 |
| Brooding, as some pop music | 27 |
| Alternative style to goth | 25 |
| "Weird Al" pal | 24 |
| Peach State university | 22 |
| The Eagles of the N.C.A.A. | 26 |
| High-ranked Atlanta school | 26 |
| Venerable Atlanta institution | 29 |
| The Eagles of college sports | 28 |
| Carter Center cofounder | 23 |
| Atlanta research university | 27 |
| Get carried away in Hollywood | 29 |
| Tread the boards broadly | 24 |
| Perform with great feeling | 26 |
| Act excessively expressive | 26 |
| Wax rhapsodic, perhaps | 22 |
| Tear a passion to tatters | 25 |
| Play to the back of the room | 28 |
| Be over the top, while acting | 29 |
| Show one's feelings | 23 |
| Perform with broad gestures | 27 |
| Overplay one's part | 23 |
| Go over the top, on stage | 25 |
| Go over the top on Broadway | 27 |
| Be melodramatic on stage | 24 |
| Upstage a co-star, perhaps | 26 |
| Upset a stage coach, perhaps | 28 |
| Turn on the waterworks, maybe | 29 |
| Try to steal the scene, maybe | 29 |
| Tread the boards heavily | 24 |
| Show too much feeling? | 22 |
| Show rage onstage, say | 22 |
| Play without restraint | 22 |
| Play to the peanut gallery | 26 |
| Play to the cheap seats | 23 |
| Play a role none too subtly | 27 |
| Perform poorly, perhaps | 23 |
| Perform histrionically | 22 |
| Overdo the stage directions | 27 |
| Overdo one's lines | 22 |
| Let one's feeling show | 26 |
| Ham up "Hamlet" | 25 |
| Go too far on the boards | 24 |
| Go too far in performing | 24 |
| Go overboard, in a way | 22 |
| Express feeling excessively | 27 |
| Do one's part poorly? | 25 |
| Disappoint Lee Strasberg | 24 |