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

1. Wreath 

2. Secretive, hidden

3. Frank, outspoken

4. Chaotic situation

5. Glowing, luminous

6. Rebuke or scolding

7. Predicament, dilemma

8. Appeal to the lowest level 

9. Illegally imported or exported goods

10. Speech or writing meant to persuade

11. Pertaining to a meal, especially dinner

12. Charge or instruction, as from an electorate

13. Partly male and partly female in appearance

14. Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida each have one

15. Alter voting boundaries to gain political advantage

 

Answers:

 

The answers all have the word "and" inside of them:

 

1. Garland

2. Clandestine

3. Candid

4. Pandemonium

5. Incandescent 

6. Reprimand

7. Quandary

8. Pander

9. Contraband

10. Propaganda

11. Prandial

12. Mandate

13. Androgenous

14. Panhandle 

15. Gerrymander 

 

Credit:

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel