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

1. What "X" might do on a treasure map

2. Classic science fiction novel by Ray Bradbury

3. Goofing off at work

4. Actress known for her swimming

5. One way to paint

6. Passover subject

7. Well-known cookie maker

8. Baseball icon

9. Supreme Court Nine

10. Neither hot or cold, as a welcome

11. The circus has lots of them

12. He lived in a place that was neither land, sea, or sky.

Answers:

1. MARK the spot

2. Martian CHRONICLES

3. Lying down on the JOB

4. ESTHER Williams

5. By the NUMBERS

6. EXODUS from Egypt

7. Famous AMOS

8. Babe RUTH

9. JUDGES

10. LUKE warm

11. ACTS

12. JONAH (in the whale)

Common theme: Names of books in the Bible

Credit: LA Times Crossword

Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick

(Idea and #1-5) - IT'S IN THE BOOK