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

1. Run things (especially at home)
2. Cattle-drive grub dispenser
3. Nightclub admission fee
4. Not easily rattled
5. Policy with no exceptions
6. News-supplying agency
7. Short hair style for men
8. Prom dress, perhaps
9. Unaware of what's going on (informally)
10. Like some windows or bookshelves

Answers:

1. Rule the roost
2. Chuck wagon
3. Cover charge
4. Level-headed
5. Zero tolerance
6. Wire service
7. Crew cut
8. Ball gown
9. Out to lunch
10. Floor to ceiling

What the answers have in common:

HINT:
It has to do with the first word of each answer.

Answer:

The first word of each answer can be preceded by GROUND to form a common phrase. 

Credit:
Pancho Harrison
COMMON GROUND