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

 

1. Vicinity

2. Looking ahead

3. High performance vehicle

4. Outhouse or flee

5. Bureau

6. Chili ingredient

7. Cover all costs

8. Good reporter' trait

9. Support a losing candidate

10. Gulf of Mexico, for example

11. Open, personal space

12. Without pity

13. Very rapidly, as in making money

14. Alert and attentive to what's happening

15. Accomplish a goal by persevering, especially at the end

Answers:

 

1. Neck of the woods

2. Eye to the future 

3. Muscle car

4. Head for the hills

5. Chest of drawers

6. Kidney beans 

7. Foot the bill

8. Nose for news

9. Back the wrong horse

10. Arm of the sea

11. Elbow room

12. Heart of stone

13. Hand over fist

14. Ear to the ground

15. Leg it out

 

Credit: David W. Cromer (#1-7)

APPLIED ANATOMY