FOOTWORK
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick  (#1-6)

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

1. To talk nonstop
2. 1775 slogan of defiance
3. Juvenile free enterprise symbol
4. Charity dedicated to helping mothers and babies
5. Beat to the punch
6. Cope easily with a problem
7. Grooms can get them, and brides too
8. Clumsy, as at dancing
9. Very easy to do
10. Small success which could lead to future opportunities
11. Without obligations or responsibilities
12. Act based on belief in something
13. Take responsibility and deal with the situation
14. Be firm
15. Bad start
16. Appear at your best
17. Be independent
18. Leave the area without notifying anyone
19. Try something new in a small way
20. Traditional children's playground game
21. Be practical, realistic, and sensible
22. To be strongly and immediately attracted to someone

Answers:

1. Run off at the mouth
2. "Don't Tread on Me"
3. Lemonade stand
4. March of Dimes
5. Get a jump on
6. Take it in stride
7. Cold feet
8. Have two left feet 
9. A walk in the park
10. Foot in the door
11. Footloose
12. Leap of faith
13. Step up to the plate
14. Put your foot down
15. Get off on the wrong foot
16. Put your best foot forward
17. Stand on your own two feet
18. Skip town
19. Get your feet wet
20. Hopscotch
21. Keep your feet on the ground
22. Swept off your feet