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

1. How to find out if everyone is there
2. Figure out
3. Frequent consequence of a major error
4. Beat a hasty retreat
5. Peacock's pride
6. Topsy-turvy
7. Declining rapidly toward disaster
8. Definitely superior
9. It can help you get there faster in a plane.
10. Stay calm
11. Follow too closely in a car

Answers:

1. Counts heads
2. Make head or tail of
3. Heads will roll
4. Turn tail
5. Tail feathers
6. Head over heels
7. In a tailspin
8. Head and shoulders above
9. Tailwind
10. Keep your head
11. Tailgate

Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick
YOU'LL FLIP  (#1-7)