| Cry too readily, maybe | 22 |
| Behave like a thespian | 22 |
| Become maudlin onstage | 22 |
| Be a hammy Hamlet, say | 22 |
| Bathe the stage with bathos | 27 |
| Act with great feeling | 22 |
| Act in "East Lynne" | 29 |
| Act excessively expressively | 28 |
| Overplayed one's feelings | 29 |
| Acted broadly, on Broadway | 26 |
| What Pearl White did in films | 29 |
| Went over the top, in a way | 27 |
| Was a bad player, perhaps | 25 |
| Played a part to the hilt | 25 |
| Overplayed one's role | 25 |
| Overdid one's part | 22 |
| Indulged in cabotinage | 22 |
| Emulated William Gillette | 25 |
| Emulated Mary Pickford | 22 |
| Did it broadly, on Broadway | 27 |
| Did B-grade stage work | 22 |
| Acted unprofessionally | 22 |
| No Tony nominee, surely | 23 |
| Cast liability, perhaps | 23 |
| They're unsubtle on stage | 29 |
| Overblows one's lines | 25 |
| Shows one's feelings | 24 |
| Overblows one's lines? | 26 |
| Overacts, on the stage | 22 |
| Indulges in cabotinage | 22 |
| Goes over the top, in a way | 27 |
| Gets carried away, in a way | 27 |
| Expresses love or hate | 22 |
| Acts unprofessionally? | 22 |
| It often includes a colon | 25 |
| Symbol like :-) or :-( | 22 |
| Smiley in an e-mail, e.g. | 25 |
| It may involve the colon | 24 |
| Creation using punctuation | 26 |
| :-) is an example of one | 24 |
| What Mr. Spock suppressed | 25 |
| Show of tears or fears | 22 |
| Stoic's concealment | 23 |
| Cause of laughter or tears | 26 |
| Charlemagne's dom. | 22 |
| Title for Charlemagne (abbr.) | 29 |
| Napoleon, for one: Abbr. | 24 |
| Hirohito's title: Abbr. | 27 |
| Nero's title, briefly | 25 |
| Napoleon or Nero: Abbr. | 23 |
| Charlemagne, e.g.: Abbr. | 24 |
| Titus or Tiberius: Abbr. | 24 |
| Sovereign ruler: Abbr. | 22 |
| Nero's title: Abbr. | 23 |
| Nero or Napoleon: Abbr. | 23 |
| Napoleon, for one.: Abbr. | 25 |
| Napoleon, for one (abbr.) | 25 |
| Napoleon title.: Abbr. | 22 |
| Napoleon or Jones: Abbr. | 24 |
| Montezuma's title: Abbr. | 28 |
| Japanese royal, for short | 25 |
| Japanese monarch (abbr.) | 24 |
| Japanese leader: Abbr. | 22 |
| Incas' realm, e.g.: Abbr. | 29 |
| Holy Roman, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Haile Selassie, e.g.: Abbr. | 27 |
| Haile Selassie shortly | 23 |
| Diocletian, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Akihito's title: Abbr. | 26 |
| South-of-the-border snack | 25 |
| Spanish stuffed pastry | 22 |
| Mexican stuffed pastry | 22 |
| Select for jury duty: Var. | 26 |
| One who feels your pain | 23 |
| Create an emotional bond | 24 |
| Identification with another | 27 |
| Identification of a kind | 24 |
| Ming the Merciless, e.g. | 24 |
| Notable wearer of new clothes | 29 |
| His clothes didn't exist | 28 |
| Beethoven's ___ Concerto | 28 |
| Tiberius or Charlemagne | 23 |
| O'Neill's Jones | 23 |
| Largest of the penguins | 23 |
| Largest kind of penguin | 23 |
| Andersen title character | 24 |
| Some moths and penguins | 23 |
| Rulers of ancient Rome | 22 |
| Constantine and Hadrian | 23 |
| Charlemagne and Constantine | 27 |
| What "!" provides | 27 |
| Stress on a word or phrase | 26 |
| One reason for italics | 22 |
| Using very strong language | 26 |
| Sovereign's domain | 22 |
| British or Byzantine, e.g. | 26 |
| Sovereign's concern | 23 |
| Darth Vader's dominion | 26 |
| The "E" of H.R.E. | 27 |
| Magnate's holdings | 22 |