The answers to the clues will have something in common. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Low-cost hockey gear for rams and ewes
2. Cobbler's cause for personal freedom
3. Part ownership in a bar
4. Comment about a woman from Copenhagen

Answers:

1. Sheepskates
2. The right to shoes
3. Lounge share
4. She's Danish

Explanation: 
1. Cheapskates
2. Right to choose
3. Lounge chair
4. Cheese Danish

Credit:
NT Times Crossword
February 8, 2007
Dan Reichert