1. What do the following words have in common?

ROSE

SUGAR

SUPER

PUNCH

DUST

SALAD

COTTON

2. What do the following words have in common?

BAR

SEE

PIN

COO

SUN

3. What do the following phrases have in common?

WEST END

DAYS OF OUR LIVES

GETS EVEN

DON'T WORRY

YOU GO NEXT

LAST WORDS

JUST PLAIN INEPT

HINTS:

2. The same letter can change each word into a new one.

3. Each phrase contains a related, hidden word.

Answers:

1. They are all "Kinds of Bowls"

(Credit: NY Times Crossword - Dec. 3, 2000

Elizabeth C. Gorski)

2. Each word becomes a new one with the addition of K.

(Credit: Idea - NY Times Crossword - Feb. 11, 2001

"Knights Errant" by Bob Peoples and Nancy Salomon)

3. Each phrase contains a hidden number word.