The answers to the clues below will have something in common, as revealed by the last clue.

1. Gun control, for one
2. Mountain of Coke 12-packs, for example
3. "If you were on a _____  _____ and could have only one..............?
4. He was afraid of the dark, so he created light.
5. The B on a 45 rpm record

Answers:

1. CONTESTED ISSUE 
2. STORE DISPLAY
3. DESERTED ISLAND
4. THOMAS EDISON
5. FLIP SIDE 

Each answer has the letters SIDE in reverse order (FLIP "SIDE").

1. contestED ISsue
2. storE DISplay
3. desertED ISland
4. thomas EDISon

Credit: LA Times Crossword
July 9, 2015
Jerry Edelstein
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