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

1. Protective headwear
2. Former name of Belize
3. Yom Kippur or Hanukkah
4. Oboe cousin in the orchestra
5. Greasy spoon
6. Record chart topper
7. Universal health advice
8. Part of Manhattan
9. Jewish New Year
10. Clean-up site sight
11. Heavy traffic period
12. Ritz-Carlton, for one

Answers:

1. Crash helmet
2. British Honduras
3. Jewish holiday
4. English horn
5. Hash house
6. Smash hit
7. Wash hands
8. Spanish Harlem
9. Rosh Hashanah
10. Trash heap
11. Rush hour
12. Posh hotel


All the answers have the consecutive letters SHH .

Credit: Will Shortz
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
Sept. 1, 2013