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

1. Like Gettysburg
2. It's what's happening now
3. Once-traveling jurist
4. He bats both left and right
5. "Bill me later" arrangement
6. New-car shopping experience
7. Popular toys of the 80's
8. Electrician's "nuts and bolts"


Answers:

1. Hallowed ground
2. Current events
3. Circuit judge
4. Switch hitter
5. Charge account
6. Sticker shock
7. Transformers
8. Watts and volts

Credit: Boston Globe Crossword
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
JUICED UP (adapted)