OUT OF COUNTENANCE
Credit: NY Times Crossword - Mar. 5, 1989
Frances Hansen  (adapted)

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

1. Apparently
2. Anonymous / non-descript
3. Be rashly defiant
4. King, for one
5. Feign confidence
6. Innkeeper
7. Classic American gangster film
8. Term for a pretty girl - mildly disrespectful

Answers:

1. On the face of it
2. Face in the crowd
3. Fly in the face of
4. Face card
5. Put on a brave face
6. Boniface
7. Scarface
8. Dollface