SOUP TO NUTS I
NY Times Crossword
April 27, 2000
Greg Staples

Can you go from SOUP to NUTS in nine steps, changing one letter in each step? Use some or all of  the hints below for one solution. 

    SOUP
1. Water's partner
2. Fly
3. Pig
4. Snakes
5. Prejudice
6. Trash containers, perhaps
7. They could be white or wheat
8. Convent members
9. NUTS

Answer:

    SOUP
1. SOAP 
2. SOAR
3. BOAR
4. BOAS
5. BIAS
6. BINS 
7. BUNS
8. NUNS
9. NUTS