The blanks in the clues below can be filled in with 6, 7, and 5-letter words - in that order. All three words share the same last four letters - in the same order.

Curious about the new smell from the
     top of the hill?
Make the _ _ _ _ _ _ toward the _ _ _ _ _ _ _
     _ _ _ _ _ , if you will.

HINT:
The last four letters, shared by all the words, are CENT.

Answers:

Curious about the new smell from the
     top of the hill?
Make the ASCENT toward the NASCENT
     SCENT, if you will.

Credit:
The Enigma 
NPL Magazine
October, 2017
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