Crossword puzzle clue "action needed to spot the four fliers in the theme answers"

Action needed to spot the four fliers in the theme answers

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" theme, or a hint to the start needed to complete 12 answers in this puzzle

Explode, and words needed to complete the four starred answers

Words needed to complete four puzzle answers

It doesn't convey ferocious fuel-burning action, action, action! when it's regular-sized

Action hero's garb, and what each first word in this puzzle's four longest answers is

"Dog the Bounty Hunter" network, and a hint to the theme in this puzzle's four longest answers

Confuse—or what to do to four common phrases to form this puzzle's theme answers