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

1. Token punishment\
2. Sign of approval
3. Pressure one to make a decision
4. Give in
5. Bribe
6. Hobnobbed alongside
7. Cayuga and Seneca, for two


Answers:

1. Slap on the wrist
2. Thumbs up
3. Force one's hand
4. Knuckle under
5. Grease one's palm
6. Rub elbows with
7. Finger Lakes

Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick
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