I've arrived rather late to this party, but here are all but one of the answers others haven't already got, along with ones others have already got for convenience, credit given by initials. [EDITED to add:] MOehm figured out the last one (#3), which I'm sure I would never have got. So now we have the full list.
CHEF wv 1. Boss turns blind eye to knife user (4)
FEEL 2. Charge with first-degree larceny makes sense (4)
DABBER 3. Recite backwards about king computer worm (6)
DEANS 4. Start donning trousers, topless educators (5)
UNDER js 5. Initial understanding negotiated, communist backs down (5)
LANDS 6. Boys have top notch territories (5)
ONE ok 7. Neo, alternatively! (3)
SEEK js 8. Look for turban head by telephone (4)
AIM 9. Point to uneven axioms (3)
BRIDGE 10. First groom taken by wife-to-be to game (6)
YORE wv 11. Your hearing time long ago (4)
QUELL 12. Spring quest starts before fall ends (5)
SOCKS js 13. In distress, comedian Louis punches hard (5)
FORE wv 14. Warning for ultimate disobedience (4)
DECK wv ok js 15. Dress up a ship's surface (4)
SITTER wv js 16. Tetris complicated for caretaker (6)
And, to answer the final question, we are listing
CHEF FEEL D / ABBER DEAN / S UNDER LAND / S ONE SEE / K AIM BRIDGE / YORE Q / UELL S / OCKS FORE D / ECK SITTER
which is to say
Sheffield, Aberdeen, Sunderland, Swansea, Cambridge, York, Wells, Oxford, Exeter
which are
British cities
though whether there is some more specific link I haven't yet figured out. [EDITED to add:] In comments, OP says nothing more specific was intended.
Note: an earlier version of this answer said (obviously absurdly) that they were
English cities
because I'm a moron; thanks to the OP for politely pointing out my mistake in the comments.
The table above omits explanations of the cryptic-clue solutions, for the sake of brevity. Here they are:
CHEF 1. Boss turns blind eye to knife user (4) CHIEF without I
FEEL 2. Charge with first-degree larceny makes sense (4) FEE + L(arceny)
DABBER 3. Recite backwards about king computer worm (6) READ< around BB
DEANS 4. Start donning trousers, topless educators (5) D(onning) + (j)EANS
UNDER 5. Initial understanding negotiated, communist backs down (5) U(nder...) N(eg...) + RED<
LANDS 6. Boys have top notch territories (5) LADS contains N(otch)
ONE 7. Neo, alternatively! (3) anag. &lit
SEEK 8. Look for turban head by telephone (4) sounds like SIKH
AIM 9. Point to uneven axioms (3) AxIoMs (un-even letters)
BRIDGE 10. First groom taken by wife-to-be to game (6) G(room) in BRIDE
YORE 11. Your hearing time long ago (4) sounds like YOUR
QUELL 12. Spring quest starts before fall ends (5) QUE(st) + (fa)LL
SOCKS 13. In distress, comedian Louis punches hard (5) CK in SOS
FORE 14. Warning for ultimate disobedience (4) FOR + (disobedienc)E
DECK 15. Dress up a ship's surface (4) double def
SITTER 16. Tetris complicated for caretaker (6) anag. of TETRIS
Relevant not-entirely-universal knowledge:
3. There's a singer called B B King. 7. As in The Matrix. 8. Sikhs wear turbans. 12. The word QUELL has a (rather obscure) meaning of "spring or fountain". 14. "Fore!" is a warning cry in the game of golf, meaning "look out, fast-moving golf ball heading your way".
