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

1. Jewel in the Triple Crown
2. Swimwear
3. National youth organization
4. It separates Alaska from Russia
5. Painful insect bite
6. Ohio nickname
7. Eroica or Pastoral
8. Fresh start
9. VIP
10. Former US industrial giant

Answers:

1. Belmont Stakes
2. Bathing suit
3. Boy Scouts
4. Bering Strait
5. Bee sting
6. Buckeye State
7. Beethoven symphony
8. Blank slate
9. Big shot
10. Bethlehem Steel