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

1. What a yegg might do
2. What NASA engineers might have to do
3. What a corrupt accountant might do
4. Start anew
5. What a detective might do
6. What an editor might do
7. Conceal something in the hope it won't be discovered by others

Answers:

1. Clean out the safe
2. Scrub the launch
3. Cook the books
4. Wipe the slate clean
5. Dust for prints
6. Polish some prose
7. Sweep under the rug

Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING