Audiovisual Adds 
Short fall?   PRECIP
Run, for one?   RHYME [run and one rhyme]
Theme: the letters AV added to random phrases yields other ones
Colorado brewer’s rodent mascot?   COORSBE
AVER
Culinary product of a French-Italian region?   S
AVOYSAUCE
Where the experts hang out?   M
AVENSROOM [I’d go with where they go to wash up.] 
PR specialist   SPINDOC [never heard of this; it’s always spin doctor]
____ santo: Spanish graveyard   CAMPO [I’d go with a place name]
RATING:  
Three grins = Excellent: Loved it; Two grins = Good: Enjoyed it; One grin = Satisfactory: A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Unsatisfying: No fun