MISSING LINK CCXIX

Each pair or 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. Strip..........Skirt
2. Party..........Person
3. Drafts..........Crafts
4. End..........Fry..........Sea
5. Mat..........Bell..........Step
6. List..........Stub..........Mate
7. Head..........Wheel..........Point
8. Duck..........Pretty..........President
9. Friends..........Quarters..........Harmony

Answers:

1. Kinds of steak
2. Third
3. Man
4. Deep
5. Door
6. Check
7. Pin
8. Sitting
9. Close