Dropping a single letter from each clue below and anagramming the remaining letters will change the clues into new, related words.

1. THRONE
2. LATHE
3. PORTRAY
4. MOVED
5. FRANCE
6. RAVINE
7. OPENING
8. WHISKER
9. SCOURGE
10. HISTORIC

Answers:

1. HERON
2. TEAL
3. PARROT
4. DOVE
5. CRANE
6. RAVEN
7. PIGEON
8. SHRIKE
9. GROUSE
10. OSTRICH

Credit: GAMES Magazine
May, 1984
Len Elliott
WORDS FROM BIRDS (adapted)