MISSING LINK XCV

Each trio of words below shares a Missing Link - that is, its members have something in common, obvious or not. For example, RIVERS, NOSES, & VIOLINS can all have BRIDGES.

1. Stick..........Hard..........Soft
2. Long..........Muscle..........Palm
3. Fish..........Monkeys..........Pickles
4. Dance..........Days..........Frontier
5. Pumps..........Flats..........Clogs
6. Grown..........Made..........Fires
7. Stop..........Wrist..........Pocket
8. Break..........Belly..........Modern
9. Love..........Mate..........Kiss
10. Battery.....12-Step Organization.....Minor League

Answers:

1. Ball
2. Names of beaches
3. Things in a barrel
4. Last
5. Kinds of shoes
6. Home
7. Kinds of watches
8. Kinds of dances
9. First
10. AA