Commoners - Hints added

All of the items in list A have a common bond that none of the words in list B share. Name the common bonds.

LIST A: glory; sword; marching; coming; grapes
LIST B: practical; yard; drum; patriotic; sit
SOLUTION: The words in list A are in the Battle Hymn of the Republic

-1. LIST A: woman; mouse; goose; index; annex; class (Hint: 1 potato 2 potato...)
LIST B: scale; throw; enter; quail; boxer; crate; globe

-2. LIST A: catalog; vacation; confiscate; scattered; cathedral; indicating
LIST B: carbon; infraction; remember; float; stacking; common; climate

-3. LIST A: Firestone; Wartenburg; Atwood; Balfour; Guthree; Conine
LIST B: Churchill; Rhodes; Samuels; Ehrlich; Thatcher; Lincoln; Sosa

-4. LIST A: well; ice; rip; angle; river; roves
LIST B: water; skin; ruin; army; coal; great; skilled

-5. LIST A: jab; big; fed; ice; had; aid (Hint: alphabet)
LIST B: toe; cob; pun; leg; ask; ram; wax

-6. LIST A: tar; gem; can; corn; go; aqua (Hint: signs)
LIST B: cat; milk; feed; we; bump; pet; imperfect

-7. LIST A: Easter Island; South Korea; Mount Sinai; Lake Mead; Central America; Miami Beach (Hint: ABC, it's easy as 123...)
LIST B: New Zealand; Rhode Island; South Dakota; Bering Sea; Lake Tahoe; West Virginia; Persian Gulf

-8. LIST A: Arizona; Indiana; Massachusetts; Utah; Arkansas; Colorado (Hint: 1 is the loneliest number)
LIST B: California; New York; Florida; New Mexico; Wisconsin; Oregon; Nebraska

-9. LIST A: Eleanor; Maxwell; Desmond; Mary; Molly; Rita
LIST B: Teddy; Garth; Judy; Harriet; Karim; Elliott; Tyrell

-10. LIST A: Jordan; Ethiopia; Turkey; Paraguay; Greece; Algeria (Hint: capitals)
LIST B: United States; Bolivia; Kenya; South Korea; France; Spain

-11. LIST A: So In Love; Night and Day; I Love Paris; Anything Goes; True Love; I've Got You Under My Skin
LIST B: Over There; Michelle; Mammy; Old Man River; April in Paris; Summertime; Climb Every Mountain

-12. LIST A: ride; scar; many; pain; wind; mine
LIST B: know; poke; stop; cake; tool; flip; howl

11. Cole Porter songs

9. names in Beatles songs

Two good starts!

3. Each name in A has a number spelt out within them

2. the word cat

Good eyes! These are not easy.

You can say that again Sue. It's a great but tough puzzle.

4. adding the letter D to each word makes a new word

Yes!

12. state abbrebviations

Good eye Joan.

Yes Michele! All of the A list words are composed of state abbreviations.

to those of you solving these .

10. The capital cities all start with 'A'

6. letters in zodiac signs

Two good ones!

5. Using the letters from a to j

That's right! Just the first half.

1. To get plurals for words in list A you have to do more than add an s, as in list B.

Yessss!

7. Each word has the same number of letters (thank you hint!)

8. List A includes states whose capital is also it's largest city.

Excellent! I'm sure there are some who will sleep easier tonight.