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

Kind of cookie
2-2 in soccer, for example
Like some collars and shirts
His nemesis was Peter Pan

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

Steady date
Seal out air
Third sister: corn, beans, ...........
Informal, improvised music making
Heavy traffic area in southern California county

Answers:

1)
Ginger snap
Tie game
Button-down
Captain Hook

2)
Main squeeze
Vacuum pack
(Winter) Squash
Jam session
Orange crush

Credits:
#1: LA Times Crossword
July 25, 2008
Norma Steinberg
CLOTHING CLOSURES

#2: LA Times Crossword
July 18, 2008
Barry Silk
CROWD SCENE