Crossword puzzle clue "special cd release or a hint to this puzzle's theme"

Special CD release ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme

Hint (and a hint to this puzzle's theme)

Restaurant special, and a hint to this puzzle's theme

Puzzle invented by Lewis Carroll (and a hint to this puzzle's theme)

Some special deliveries, and a hint to solving this puzzle

1866 debut, and a hint to the pattern created by the puzzle's special squares

Contented sighs (and a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme)

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