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

1. Dorothy Gale's second friend
2. CLUE weapon
3. A valued prize
4. Large, old-time theater
5. Dark blue
6. The USSR used to be behind it.
7. He rode Scout.
8. Clark Kent's alter ego
9. It's in fish and barometers.
10. Third in an Olympic trio
11. 1849 epidemic
12. Of hair, records, and credit cards
13. Widely recognized conductor

Answers:

1. The Tin Man
2. Lead pipe
3. Brass ring
4. Nickelodeon
5. Cobalt
6. Iron Curtain
7. Jay Silverheels  (Tonto)
8. Man of Steel
9. Mercury
10. Bronze Medal
11. Gold fever
12. Platinum
13. Copper wire

Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick
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