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

1. Unwritten reminder to yourself
2. Umber, ochre, or sienna
3. Frenzied state
4. Area patrolled by a policeman, informally
5. Certain herder's rod

Answers:

1. Mental note
2. Earth tone
3. Fever pitch
4. Cop's beat
5. Shepherd's staff

Each answer contains a musical term.

Credit: LA Times Crossword
August 20, 2013
Steve Blais
THE SOUND OF MUSIC (#1-3)