COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick  (adapted)

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

1. He asked "The question."
2. Child raiser
3. Mental condition
4. Monopoly stack
5. Rodent cousins of fable
6. Blue in Blue and Grey
7. Fiery temperance advocate
8. "The Bronx is up and the Battery's down."
9. Sheriffs' jurisdiction
10. Annual message from mayors, governors, and the President

Answers:

1. Hamlet
2. Village
3. State of mind
4. Community Chest cards
5. City Mouse and Country Mouse
6. Union
7. Carrie Nation
8. Town
9. County
10. State of the City, State, and Union