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

1. Side door, perhaps
2. Flogging, for example
3. Band leader
4. State official
5. Marvel superhero
6. Yankee, for one
7. One of the usual suspects
8. United Nations body

Answers:

1. Private entrance
2. Corporal punishment
3. Sergeant Pepper
4. Lieutenant Governor
5. Captain America
6. Major Leaguer
7. Colonel Mustard
8. General Assembly

Credit: NY Times Crossword
Bryant White
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