MISSING LINK CXVI

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. Cakes..........Springs..........Peppers
2. Night..........Adult..........Home
3. Hatch..........Key..........Artist
4. Cheese..........Pot..........Frost
5. Air..........Cut..........Start
6. Water..........Luck..........Time
7. Line..........Phone..........Fort
8. Nose..........Blood..........Streak
9. Penalty..........State..........Red
10. Letters..........Partners..........Majority

Answers:

1. Things that can be hot
2. Kinds of schools
3. Escape
4. Jack
5. Things that may be fresh
6. Things that may be hard
7. Things you can hold
8.  Things that may be blue
9. Kinds of flags
10. Things that may be silent