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

A. Vehicle that may crush cars
B. Author's secret collaborator
C. Tribal healer
D. Limited staff

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

A. Hand from the audience
B. Group of people one like to associate with
C. Area in which one has a degree of power
D. Cousin of enchilada and shebang

Answers:

1)
A. Monster truck
B. Ghost writer
C. Witch doctor
D. Skeleton crew 

2)
A. Round of applause
B. Circle of friends
C. Sphere of influence
D. Ball of wax

Credit #2:
LA Times Crossword
November 20, 2017
Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette