The clues below share a very unusual quality. Can you determine what it is and answer the clues?

1. Edgar Allan Poe, to name one
2. Utensil for kitchen use
3. They espy things.
4. Where a Siamese cat comes from
5. Insane Roman emperor

Answers:

Hidden in each clue is its answer:

1. edgar allan POE, To name one
2. utensil FOR Kitchen use
3. thEY ESpy things
4. where A SIAmese cat comes from
5. insaNE ROman emperor

Credit: 
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle
October 18, 2009
Will Shortz