The answers to the following clues will have something in common:

1. Hog the remote
2. View from the South Pole
3. Reminder to a child at dinner
4. Doomed effort
5. Hot spots after dark

Answers:

1. Channel surf
2. Barren landscape
3. "Mind your manners."
4. Futile attempt
5. Night clubs

What do they have in common?

Each answer contains a word that is a homophone of a term related to the Feudal System:

1. SURF - SERF
2. BARREN - BARON
3. MANNERS - MANORS
4. FUTILE - FEUDAL
5. NIGHT - KNIGHT 

Credit: LA Times Crossword
November 11, 2009
Dan Naddor
MEDIEVAL TIMES