Themes as answers?

[KXL]

Hi, I'm brand new.  If there is a FAQ I should be reading, could someone please point me to it?  I'm working with the theme of dropped initials from famous people (like Franklin D. Roosevelt, drop to D to just Franklin Roosevelt).  So, I have several examples in my grid.  I'd like to make one of the theme answers near the right bottom "Initial Flush" or "Initial Shock" -- something like that. A common-enough phrase with "Initial" that sort of says what I did.  Is that generally acceptable?  Seems like I sometimes see phrases that hint, but often not.  Thanks.

[mmcbs]

The "hint" or "revealer" entry is commonly used, in untitled puzzles especially, to help the solver understand a theme that isn't apparent from a normal solving effort. Just a comment on your theme, the names probably need to be those that are only thought of as having an initial (e.g. Johnny B. Goode, T. Rowe Price, J. D. Salinger), and who, without the initial might not be recognized.

[mmcbs]

BTW, most editors would probably want all the people to be either fictional or real people, not mixed as in my examples . . .

[KXL]

That helps.  Thanks.