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

1. Fifty-one cats

2. Six hundred stand-ups

3. Half-dozen monarchs

4. Five hundred one martens

5. Eleven hundred Trump namesakes

 

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Puzzle title: WHEN IN ROME

 

Answers:

 

The numbers, when expressed as Roman numerals and preceding (a synonym of) the clue words make up names or new words:

 

1. LIFE LINES

2. DC COMICS

3. VIKINGS

4. DISABLES

5. MCDONALDS

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Gary Larson