1. What do the following names and phrases have in common?

UP AND AROUND

LOTTERY WINNER

ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

GOING NUCLEAR

ETHEL KENNEDY

DETERMINED TO SUCCEED

2. What do the following words have in common?

TACK

CAST

FIZZ

BEET

SING

3. What do the following words have in common?

BESTOW

CORDIAL

DESIGNATION

GOLDEN

HINTS:

1. Hidden in each clue is the name of something.

3. Joined at the hip

Answers:

1. Each name or phrase contains the name of an animal.

PANDA, OTTER, ELAND, GNU, ELK, ERMINE

Credit: NY Times Crossword - Feb. 7, 1999

Nancy Nicholson Joline - HIDDEN ZOO

2. LE can be added to each clue to give a new word.

3. Each word is made up of two smaller words conjoined by a common letter. The common letter is the last letter of the first word and the first letter of the second word (BESTOW = BEST + TOW).