The answers to the clues below will have something in common. Can you determine what it is?

1. Chitchat

2. Time after midnight

3. 18 putts and a stubby pencil

4. Shoplifting, for one

5. Appetizer served in a glass

6. Small but significant progress

7. He had a big adventure

8. A very small fee, for example

9. Hair-splitting distinction 

 

Answers:

 

1. Small talk

2. Wee hours

3. Miniature golf

4. Petty larceny

5. Shrimp cocktail

6. Baby steps

7. Peewee Herman

8. Negligible amount

9. Trivial difference