1. What do the following words have in common?

FLU

BELL

BORN

LAPS

CAST

2. What do the following words have in common?

AID

AIR

EAT

LAY

LACE

HINTS:

1. The answer has to do with homophones.

2. Each word can be preceded by the same three letters.

Answers:

1. Each word become its own homophone by adding a silent E:

FLU - FLUE]
BELL - BELLE
BORN - BORNE
LAPS - LAPSE
CAST - CASTE

Credit: NY Times Crossword
January 15, 2006

Richard Silvestri 
E-TAIL

2. Each word can be preceded by REP:

REPAID
REPAIR
REPEAT
REPLAY
REPLACE

Credit: NY Times Crossword 
January 1, 2006

Joe DiPietro
AD REPS