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

1. Home protector against fire or electrocution
2. Tiny oceanic food source
3. It may host a picnic or a cemetery
4. Certain animal shelter
5. Street timers that must be "fed"
6. Infantryman
7. Caterpillar
8. Denver, Colorado nickname
9. ML in MLB
10. Stetson topper

Answers:

1. Lightning rod
2. Plankton
3. Churchyard
4. Dog pound
5. Parking meters
6. Foot soldier
7. Inchworm
8. Mile High City
9. Major League
10. Ten-gallon hat

Each answer contains a unit of measure.

Credit:
Trip Payne
BY ANY MEASURE (adapted)