MAYDAY!
Credit: NY Times Crossword
Peter Gordon

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

1. Military move intended to warn
2. Book before Isaiah
3. Escape alive
4. "Subway walls - tenement halls" song
5. Dog's gift
6. Daytime TV celebs
7. The Babe
8. Extreme conditions, as when under attack

Answers:

1. Show of strength
2. Song of Solomon
3. Save one' skin
4. Sound of Silence
5. Sense of smell
6. Soap opera stars
7. Sultan of Swat 
8. State of siege