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

1. Convenience for department store shoppers
2. Bargain centers featuring name brands
3. What's happening now
4. Itinerant jurist
5. Prison section
6. Half of a felony
7. Move to gain influence or control

Answers:

1. Charge account
2. Outlet stores 
3. Current events
4. Circuit judge
5. Cellblock
6. Battery
7. Power play

Credit: NY Times Crossword
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