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

Mild curiosity

Quick look

Concession to the years for women

Convergence of parallel lines in art 

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

Be acquitted of a crime

Win the lottery

Evade the issue

Search thoroughly

What people will do if you build a better mousetrap

 

Answers:

 

1. Passing interest

    Fleeting glance

    Fading beauty

    Vanishing point

 

2. Beat the rap

    Beat the odds

    Beat around the bush

    Beat the bushes

    Beat a path to your door