LETTER SWAPPING III
Credit: GAMES Magazine - Aug. 2009
Stephen Sniderman  (adapted)

The words in each pair below can swap a single letter to create two new words. For example, in the words  NOUGHT and AUGER, the H in NOUGHT and the A in AUGER could be swapped to give NOUGAT and HUGER.

1. ACCENT..................BASK
2. SIEGE......................SHRINK
3. THESE.....................BLAME
4. IRONY.....................CRISES
5. DUST.......................EMOTE
6. SEARCH.................CREPT

Answers:

1. ASCENT - BACK
2. SINGE - SHRIEK
3. THEME - BLASE
4. CRONY - IRISES
5. DUET - SMOTE
6. STARCH - CREPE