Each clue below can be answered with a familiar phrase, but with the same two letters added to one of  the words in the phrase. Wordplay is fair play.

1. Holding your ground - in an outdoor dining area
2. Charge plate - for life-saving procedure
3. Sweet treat - in East LA
4. Speed contest - to win a knickknack
5. Rude NY disapproval - for a cereal
6. Cinema hunk - in a small apartment

HINT:
The added letters are IO.

Answers:

1. Standing patio
2. MasterCardio pulmonary resuscitation
3. Candy barrio
4. Race for the curio
5. Bronx Cheerio
6. Movie studio 

Credit: LA Times Crossword
September 7, 2014
Julian Lim
I OWE YOU ONE (adapted)