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

1. Insignificant amount
2. Buck the trend
3. Called on the carpet, perhaps
4. In a fix, with no solution in sight
5. Play along
6. Behave recklessly
7. Fail utterly
8. Major shift, as in policy
9. One reason to talk to a banker
10. Thoreau's simplicity metaphor
11. Casino activity on the Mississippi

Answers:

1. A drop in the ocean
2. Swim upstream
3. In hot water
4. Up the creek without a paddle
5. Go with the flow
6. Go off the deep end
7. Sink like a stone
8. Sea change
9. Float a loan
10. Walden Pond
11. Riverboat gambling

Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick
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