THEME: none, but four 15-letter entries abutting!
GOOD ONES: Peter Pan rival JIF [peanut butter]
Picked locks AFRO [here "picked" is an adjective, not a verb]
Stock problem STAMPEDE
Black and blue, say TWO TONE
BTW: The duck in Disney's "Peter and the Wolf" SONIA [I'd go with "Raskolnikov's friend in
Crime and Punishment," but that's me. Sonia is a significant literary character. The duck?]
Bon mot JEST [a
bon mot is a "clever remark"; a
jest is a comment made to cause laughter; the two are rather far apart]
RATING:

Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun