Crossword Puzzle Wipe the dishes

Clue: Wipe the dishes

Wiped the dishes (DRIED with 5 letters)
Wipe dishes (DRY with 3 letters)
Recurring themes (MOTIFS with 6 letters)
What thespians do (ACT with 3 letters)
Not natural, as theater (STAGY with 5 letters)
Therapeutic center, for short (REHAB with 5 letters)
Break at the theater (ENTRACTE with 8 letters)
The theme, part 1 (EVERYONEOFTHE with 13 letters)
Scientist whose theory leads to the wordplay in this puzzle's theme (CHARLESDARWIN with 13 letters)
Bit of theatrics (PLAY with 4 letters)