What do the following names, words, and phrases have in common?

1. MR. BOJANGLES
2. LIFE BLOOD
3. MINIMART
4. CAPRICIOUS
5. TOWN MAYOR
6. ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
7. MINT JULEPS
8. LAUGH TRACK
9. ANTISEPTIC CLEANER
10. MONROE DOCTRINE
11. WIN OVER
12. UNDECIDED VOTER

HINT:
There are 12 clues.

Answer:

The abbreviated names of the months of the year, in order, are concealed in the clues. 

Credit: NY Times Crossword
January 3, 2016
David Woolf
RECORD OF THE YEAR (adapted)