Answer: harlequins

AnswerCrossword Clue
HARLEQUINSBuffoons.
HARLEQUINSMasqueraders.
HARLEQUINSSummer romances, maybe
harlequinsA small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly gray-blue plumage with bold white markings
harlequinsA stock comic character in Italian commedia dell'arte
harlequinsA mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume