When I first saw the clue "Intern," my mind went straight to the corporate world. I was thinking about things like "Coffee," "Entry-level," "Office," or maybe even "Resume." It’s such a specific role that it’s hard to see where it’s going without more context. I honestly thought the category might be something like "Jobs found in a skyscraper."

Then the second clue, "Space," popped up. That totally threw me for a loop. How does an intern relate to outer space? I briefly wondered if we were talking about "Programs" (like a NASA internship), but that felt a bit too niche for a general puzzle. I took a second to look at the words themselves rather than their definitions. If I add a word to the end of "Intern," I get "Internship." If I add that same word to "Space," I get "Spaceship." That was the "Aha!" moment.

To be sure, I waited for the third clue, "Friend." Adding that same suffix gives us "Friendship." At this point, the pattern was undeniable. The puzzle wasn't about what these things *are*, but rather a linguistic trick where they all share a common tail. I was already confident, but seeing "Champion" and "Battle" just sealed the deal.

"Championship" and "Battleship" fit the mold perfectly. It’s funny how the brain tries to find a thematic link—like thinking about people or places—when the real answer is hiding in the structure of the words themselves. Once you see the "ship" suffix, all these very different concepts suddenly belong to the exact same family.