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

1. Interfere with the future
2. Audition for a Hollywood role
3. Unexpected show of affection
4. Make a face when being photographed
5. Talking idly
6. Solve two problems with one action
7. Marry someone much younger

Answers:

1. Hold up progress
2. Break into show business
3. Steal a kiss
4. Mug for the camera
5. Shoot the breeze
6. Kill two birds with one stone
7. Rob the cradle

Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick
IT'S A CRIME  (adapted)