YOU AND I INCLUDED

Credit: NY Times Crossword - Feb. 24, 2002

Manny Nosowsky

What do the following words have in common?

SET

PAD

EVIL

NEST

BRED

TAKING

HINTS:

#1: The title is a clue.

#2:The same two-letter word can be inserted into five of the words and precede the sixth.

Answer:

The word WE can precede or be inserted into each of the words.

SWEET/PAWED/WEEVIL/NEWEST/BREWED/TWEAKING