UPDATES
Credit: Boston Globe Crossword
Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon  (example and #1-7 - adapted)

Each clue below can be "updated" using more current terms to replace the original words. For example, given the clue, Rossini Opera featuring Figaro,  the answer would be The HAIRSTYLIST of Seville, updated from the original BARBER of Seville.

1. Transfer blame, avoid responsibility
2. Repeating the same complaints
3. Tandem of song
4  Lively Southern banjo music
5. "There's no comparison!"
6. Shark feature
7. Good breaks
8. Classic song by Pat Boone
9. Play by Tennessee Williams
10. What's on your mind?
11. Exceptional
12. Make well known (unexpectedly)


Answers:

1. Pass the fin.
2. Broken CD
3. A Harley Built for Two
4. Blue astroturf
5. Can't hold a flashlight to 
6. Dorsal sawbuck
7. Stop on a half dollar
8. Love Emails in the Sand
9. A Bullet Train Named Desire
10. A dollar for your thoughts 
11. One in a trillion   
12. Put on the GPS