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

1. Like nerves under stress
2. What happens when you turn 40
3. New Orleans attraction
4. Women's casual slacks
5. Word of indecision
6. Louisiana music and cooking
7. He came, saw, and conquered
8. Heiress, perhaps
9. Flower parts
10. Monitor, as an exam
11. Emergency at sea
12. Cottage industry product, often

HINTS:
#1: Each clue conceals something.
#2: The something is an abbreviation.
#3: Notice that there are twelve clues.

Answers:

Hidden in each clue are the abbreviations of the months of the year, in order:

1. JANgled
2. liFE Begins
3. MARdi gras
4. cAPRis
5. MAYbe
6. caJUN
7. JULius caesar
8. dAUGhter
9. SEPals
10. prOCTor
11. maN OVerboard
12. hand maDE Crafts 

Credit: NY Times Crossword
June Boggs
MONTHLY MEETINGS