The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Come through under pressure, as in baseball
2. Environmental disaster
3. Non-stop talker
4. Sherwood Forest legend
5. Southern tip of Manhattan
6. Unwelcome weight
7. He can do it all
8. Chemistry lab staple
9. Slow down
10. Increase production, as in a factory

Answers:

1. Hit in the clutch
2. Oil spill
3. Motormouth
4. Robin Hood
5. Battery Park
6. Spare tire
7. Jack of all trades
8. Graduated cylinder
9. Brake
10. Gear up

Credit: Chicago Tribune Crossword
Robert H. Wolfe - AUTO PARTS